stockport council company
Junior Business Intelligence Analyst
Scale 6 (£31,537 - £33,699)
37 Hours, Full Time
Permanent
Hybrid Stopford House Stockport / Work from Home
Application Deadline: 16th October 2025 11:59pm
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 21st October 2025
Interview Date: 29th October 2025
Interview Type: Virtual Interview via MS Teams and technical test
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Your Role
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Junior Analyst to join Stockport Council’s Award winning (Digital Impact, LGA Awards 2022) Business Intelligence Team.
This role is based in our Business Intelligence Analytics team, which is responsible for Analytics and Insight for Stockport Council.
You will be supporting Children’s Services, which includes Early Help, Children’s Social Care and Youth Justice, in decision making and improving outcomes for Stockport’s children and families. You will be responsible for producing business as usual reports, providing key data insights and analysis, building and maintaining Tableau dashboards and helping the service meet statutory return obligations
You will work alongside other analysts in our Children’s BI Team and attend meetings with the wider Children’s services where you will be able to see how the data you provide is used to support children and families across Stockport.
About You
We are looking for candidates with an interest and background in Analytics, able to understand and interpret complex data. You will be an experienced user of Excel and are confident working with SQL, experience of working with Tableau would be advantageous but not essential.
You will have excellent communication and organisations skills, able to work flexibly and as part of a team with an enthusiasm to learn and develop new skills.
Experience of working within or supporting Children’s Social Care or Youth Justice Services would be advantageous but not essential.
About Us
Stockport Council Business Intelligence Team use market leading software to provide services with actionable insight. Our BI Analytics Team sits within Corporate Services, with teams supporting all Council Directorates.
We value our employee’s development and within this role you will have access to training to ensure you are given the skills required to continue to develop and thrive in this role.
At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Phoebe Fryer at phoebefryer@stockport.gov.uk for an informal discussion.
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