Senior BI Analyst

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst - 12-month maternity cover contract. The role will commence 7 September 2026. The position is based in Barnsley Council and involves shaping data-led decision making, leading BI projects, developing visualisations and supporting strategic and operational performance management., * Lead projects with data developers and analysts to extract, integrate and analyse complex data from multiple systems using advanced SQL.

• Provide advice to senior leaders on strategic and operational performance management, identifying performance insights to inform business decisions and drive improvement.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements, deliver complex work, gather insights and support new mechanisms to assess impact and measure performance.
• Develop and present data visualisations and dashboards using Power BI, SSRS, Visual Studio and Excel.
• Produce high-quality, user-friendly reports and dashboards that display complex information, statutory data and actionable recommendations.
• Ensure performance management information is timely, robust and used to improve data quality, share insights and strengthen accountability.
• Enable self-serve capabilities for staff to access data.

• Proactive and analytical with a passion for using data to drive improvement.
• Substantial experience with data visualisation tools and specialist BI solutions to provide information to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Significant experience conducting data quality assessment, cleansing and profiling from multiple sources, integrating and transforming data.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, able to tailor messages and deliver to diverse audiences.
• Experience presenting information verbally at meetings, undertaking formal presentations and using modern technologies and digital tools to enhance performance.
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to build effective relationships across the organisation.
• A Level 6 qualification (or equivalent experience) in a relevant field., * Basic Criminal Record Check required.
• Applicants who have lived abroad for 6 months or more in the past 3 years must provide a reasonable account.
• Applicants must have valid visa or other legal documents; Barnsley Council does not sponsor visas.