Gloucestershire County Council
Data Analyst
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Job Title: Data Analyst
Job Location: Shire Hall
Salary: £37,280-£40,777 per annum
Hours per Week: 37.00
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Duration: One Year
Closing Date: 09/08/2026
Job Requisition Number: 14558
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About The Team & Role
Like a challenge? Enjoy working with data and producing management information and insightful analysis to drive improved outcomes for local communities? Come and work for a rewarding organisation, joining our high-performing team of Data Analysts in the Corporate Data, Analysis & Insight Team. You’ll be at the centre of the emerging cultural shift to become insight driven.
You can help make a difference working with a team of analysts and wider stakeholders to understand what is required to meet the needs of our organisation, while complying with external assurance frameworks and supporting our elected Members with key insights. More importantly, you can help shape the future environment for the team in relation to its analytics capabilities, deploying Power BI reporting to a crucial service area within the Council.
This is an opportunity for internal candidates for a fixed term, 12-month role within a career grade position, working with our Human Resources Directorate to support their improvement drive and ongoing reporting, analysis and insight journey.
About You
To be successful, you’ll need experience in analysing data and disseminating it to a range of stakeholders through visualisation tools like Power BI, as well as in presentations and written reports. A background in managing data reporting environments will help per aspiration to become an intelligence-led organisation.
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Ideally, you’ll have some level of working knowledge of Human Resources in a data context. You’ll also be able to manage multiple projects to demanding timescales while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.
About Us
For all your hard work, you will receive the following:
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
- An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
- Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
- Career development and qualification opportunities
- Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
- An in-house Occupational Health service
- Employee discount scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)
- Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
How to apply
If you feel you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Steve Miller or John James via email at steve.miller@gloucestershire.gov.uk or john.james@gloucestershire.gov.uk respectively.
Short-listed candidates will be contacted by e-mail and invited to interview for the role on w/c 24th August 2026.
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Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have the right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months' employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.
Applications from any Gloucestershire County Council's employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.
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