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Data and Performance Lead, Hove, £40,000.00

Employment Type

Full Time, Permanent

Application Start Date

31-01-2025

Application End Date

23-02-2025

Location

Hove

State/County

East Sussex

Zip Code

BN3 2BE

Country

United Kingdom

Work Style

Hybrid

Description

37 hours per week / Based onsite at our Hove office, with some travel across Sussex and Surrey. Hybrid - three days from our office in Hove and up to two days working from home, working Monday to Friday (hours to be discussed at interview).

Our mission is to help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be. We do this by providing a safe home, increasing life skills and self-confidence, and improving emotional wellbeing and mental health.

Working within the Impact and Improvement Team, you will be responsible for championing data-driven decision making. You will analyse and report on risk and performance across large and complex datasets, translating this into actionable insights to inform strategic decision making.

In delivering the role, you will build engaging dashboards and efficient data models in Microsoft Power BI, Pyramid, In-Form/Salesforce, MS Business Central, HealthBox and other analytics platforms and help to upskill data literacy skills across the organisation.

Key responsibilities:

Insights, analytics and reporting

  • Use data visualisation tools to regularly present and communicate insights and complex analysis to a range of audiences in a clear, concise, and compelling way
  • Lead on small analysis projects and support on larger analysis projects throughout the full project lifecycle
  • Work with the Head of Improvement and Impact, identify and proactively exploit opportunities to streamline or automate data collection processes for greater efficiency

Data systems and processes

  • Lead on data migration and system deployment for the upgrades in 2025/26 for our key systems of Pyramid and In-Form, e.g. contribute to defining and setting up of new reporting, dashboards, and process mapping where needed.
  • Reporting to the Digital Systems Project Manager and working closely with business system owners, the Head of Improvement and Impact and IT Managed Service Provider, establishing high quality systems and tools for capturing, organising and using data.
  • Act as the lead for our built on the Salesforce platform, dashboards and reports. Working with service managers, support the design, production, and continuous improvement of this client management system
  • Lead the design and delivery of a regular programme of induction and training sessions to build organisational knowledge and capabilities around our data systems

Please download the job profile for full role details.

If you’re enthusiastic about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway and demonstrate how your experience is transferrable.You may be just the right candidate.

You will already have experience of complex data analysis and reporting on performance across large datasets, along with experience of building engaging dashboards and efficient data models in Microsoft Power BI, Salesforce, or similar analytics platforms. You have analytical and problem-solving skills to interpret and present complex data, along with expert digital skills around use of MS Office 365 and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel to summarise and graphically represent data.

You are a team player who can work with others to deliver a service and challenge colleagues appropriately where required. You have strong planning and time management skills, with ability to deal with competing priorities and deliver results to tight deadlines. You will already have a good understanding of the importance of data and information security, with experience of managing and working with information, systems and databases, designing and producing reports from them.

If you would like any further information or an informal discussion about this post, please contact Charlotte.Carp@ymcadlg.org. Should you require any assistance with our application process, please email us at Recruitment@ymcadlg.org

CLOSING DATE: 23 February 2025 at midnight, with a proposed interview date of 7 March 2025 

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Successful candidates will already have the right to live and work in the UK without restrictions. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role


An inclusive workplace We are committed to policies and practices of equity, diversity, and inclusion and to supporting our people to make sure our culture is consistent with this commitment. 

Accessibility If you require assistance or have questions regarding the application process, please do contact us.

YMCA DLG requires all staff and volunteers to be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and to respond proactively to safeguarding concerns. Successful applicants are required to undertake an Enhanced DBS (including the Children’s and Adults’ barred lists) check, along with a reference and background check carried out by a third-party service provider. 

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