South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
Senior Data Analyst – Education and Skills
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Hours: 37 hours per week (full time)
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Grade 8 - £39,153 - £41,772
Location: Sheffield (This is a hybrid role with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office)
We are looking for a talented and analytical Senior Data Analyst – Education and Skills to join our Analysis, Insight & Performance team.
This is an exciting opportunity to help shape skills, employment and economic policy across South Yorkshire by providing high-quality analysis, insight and evidence. Your work will support decision-making across a range of education, skills and labour market programmes, helping to ensure investment delivers positive outcomes for residents, communities and businesses.
If you think you'd be a great fit for this role but you’re not sure you meet every requirement equally, we'd still welcome your application
We would welcome applications from candidates who are seeking to work part time (4 days a week or more) or as part of a jobshare.
We anticipate interviews for this role will take place on 16 September 2026.
Applications must be accompanied by a cover letter to detail how you meet the criteria as detailed within the role profile. (please see role profile attached). Please note, all applications should be made directly via our careers portal.
About The Role
Reporting to the Lead Data Analyst & Management Information Specialist, you will provide analytical support across a range of skills and employment priorities, ensuring policy and programme delivery is informed by robust evidence and insight.
In This Role, You Will
- Analyse data relating to education, skills and employment programmes to assess performance, outcomes and impacts
- Support monitoring and evaluation of programmes such as the Adult Skills Fund, Skills Bootcamps and Apprenticeships
- Identify trends within labour market and economic data to inform policy development and strategic decision-making
- Produce reports, dashboards and visualisations that communicate complex information clearly and effectively
- Work with internal teams, training providers and external partners to gather, validate and interpret data
- Support the development and improvement of management information systems and reporting processes
- Ensure data is accurately managed, quality assured and compliant with data protection and governance requirements
- Provide evidence and insight for strategies, business cases, briefings and decision-making processes
- Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement through effective use of data and performance information
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This is a varied role that offers the opportunity to influence policy, commissioning and programme delivery while supporting some of South Yorkshire's key skills and economic priorities.
About You
You will be a highly analytical and organised individual with experience of working with complex data and turning information into meaningful insight.
You Will Bring
- Education to degree standard in a relevant subject, or equivalent professional experience, including significant knowledge of statistical techniques, data quality and data sharing.
- Experience analysing and interpreting data to support decision-making and performance improvement
- Strong quantitative and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work confidently with large and complex datasets
- Experience using data visualisation and reporting tools to communicate findings to a variety of audiences
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills and an interest in developing expertise across analytical and business intelligence tools
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical information in a clear and accessible way
- Experience building positive relationships with stakeholders and collaborating across teams
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
- Knowledge of data governance, quality assurance and data protection principles
- A proactive and inquisitive approach, with a passion for using evidence to improve outcomes
An understanding of education, skills, labour market analysis or management information systems would be beneficial.
If you're passionate about using data and insight to shape policy and improve opportunities for people across South Yorkshire, we'd love to hear from you.
Benefits
All colleagues have access to a Local Government Pension Scheme and the chance to be part of an organisation where you can really make a difference. Located in Sheffield City Centre, we are well-placed for transport links and encourage employees to take advantage of the active travel facilities. Work/life balance is extremely important to us here at SYMCA with our recognised family/friendly policies, genuine work flexibility, recognition, and shared success.
In addition to the above, some of our benefits include -
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- Holiday Entitlement – From 28 to 36 days annual leave entitlement (depending on length of service) plus bank holidays. Pro-rata for part time colleagues.
- Annual Leave Purchase Scheme – The ability to purchase up to a further 15 days per year in addition to your normal annual leave
- Hybrid working – Our offices are a space where we come together and collaborate. Most of our roles are offered on a hybrid basis with the exception of some support roles being onsite full time. Please note, unless specified within the job advert, we cannot accommodate remote working contracts.
- Flexible Hours Scheme – Most roles within SYMCA work under the Flexi-Scheme which allows office-based employees’ flexibility and discretion over their working hours. Under the scheme employees can accrue a defined amount of credit or debit of working hours, and to take time-off in the form of Flexi-Leave or banked Annual Leave.
- Rewarding You - Reducing everyday expenses through discounts, benefits, financial advice, wellbeing solutions and more with Reward Gateway and Cycle-to-Work schemes.
- Training on the job - Support with upskilling skills through on-the-job training and qualifications
- Professional Membership Fees – Where membership to Professional bodies is applicable to your role, SYMCA will reimburse your membership fees where applicable and following approval by Line Management.
Diversity at South Yorkshire Combined Mayoral Authority
Our workforce is made up of a diverse community, where we all belong and feel part of something bigger. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
All employees are eligible to request Flexible Working arrangements from day one of employment as such all requests will be considered subject to operation requirements.
Where candidates share disabilities within the application process, if they demonstrate that they meet all essential criteria from the Role Profile within their application, they will automatically be invited to interview.
If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the process, please contact recruitment@southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk or include within your application form detailing the adjustment and how it will assist in managing any barriers.
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