Corporate Lead Analyst - REQ02036

NLC11 (£42,131 - £46,397)

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North Lanarkshire Council, as one of Scotland’s largest local authorities, has an ambitious plan to be at the forefront of digital first service delivery. We aim to provide staff, communities, customers and businesses with responsive and inclusive technology so that they can more effectively operate in an increasingly interconnected and digitally enabled world.

As part of this shared ambition, we are committed to locating North Lanarkshire, its services and its economy at the forefront of digital service delivery. We aim to provide staff and customers alike with responsive and inclusive digital technology so that they can more effectively operate in an increasingly interconnected and digitally enabled world.

Business & Digital has created a new role of Corporate Lead Analyst to develop a corporate view of data and information and support the development of the data architecture for delivery of our Business Intelligence Hub and supporting other activities identified through the Data and Information Management Strategic Roadmap. You will work with services and partners to promote the use of data and intelligence as a key tool to inform the development of policy and strategies offering best practice and quality assurance support.

Supporting the Data Insights Manager, you will be responsible for the delivery of key aspects of our roadmap of data, business and technology change aligned with the strategic Digital North Lanarkshire vision. You will require flexibility, adaptability and resilience as the BI Hub and data governance programmes evolve. It should present an exciting and exhilarating challenge, conceiving, driving and defining a major innovation roadmap of data, business and technology change aligned with the strategic Digital North Lanarkshire vision. You should have considerable experience of managing projects to achieve goals; supporting the development and review of policies and strategies; together with good analytical skills and the ability to present findings clearly and concisely.

You must demonstrate evidence of continuous professional development and be educated to degree/SVQ4/HND standard or equivalent in a relevant discipline, ideally with an understanding of the council’s current organisational structure and composition of the workforce.

You will be joining a dynamic and flexible team within Business & Digital who currently operate an hybrid model of home-working and office-based work at the Civic Centre offices in Motherwell.

Working here at North Lanarkshire Council

If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefits available to you, find out more at work well NL. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.

For more information on local authority careers visit the myjobscotland career hub

North Lanarkshire Council are Happy to Talk Flexible Working, we operate a Smarter Working Policy.

Click here to see our Recruitment Charter.

*For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip. You will only be paid for the hours that you work.

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.

We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.

North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People.

The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. The Fair Work Convention’s Framework defines Fair Work as work that offers effective voice, fulfilment, opportunity, respect and security. We believe Fair Work can boost creativity, realise untapped potential and increase productivity. To find out more click on the link.

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The following link contains our Easy Read documents which will help explain the process and what happens during the selection process: Easy Read – My NL

***PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANCY YOU MUST ENSURE AN APPLICATION FORM IS SUBMITTED. ANY CV SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DISREGARDED.***