Insight Data Analyst (6182)

Fixed Term Maternity Cover until 31/05/2027

21 hours/week (flexibility available for pattern adopted)

£20,520 per annum

Location: Home Based with occasional travel

Benefits include but not limited to:

• 36 days’ annual leave (FTE and pro-rated for part time), inclusive of flexible bank holidays, increasing with length of service
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• We match up to 8% pension
• Free counselling service
• Opportunities to develop and widen your skills
• 2 days of paid volunteering time per annum to support another part of the organisation

About us:
The Children’s Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We deliver essential local services that provide safe, trusted support to children and young people during times of significant need.

Our People, Culture, and Transformation domain is dedicated to creating an exceptional experience for our people and volunteers. We bring together strong people practices, modern digital tools, and meaningful data insights to build the skills, systems, and culture that help everyone thrive. By joining us, you’ll contribute to shaping an organisation that is supportive, forward‑thinking, and empowered by both people‑centred approaches and smart, connected technology, enabling The Children’s Society to grow its impact and deliver on our mission.

About the role:
As this role sits within our PCAT Domain, you’ll play a key part in our Youth Insight team, delivering high-quality reporting, analysis and insight that supports evidence-based decision making across The Children's Society. Working with data relating to service outcomes, operational activity and safeguarding, the Data Analyst will transform data into accessible and meaningful insights that help improve outcomes for children and young people.
The role will contribute to the development of reporting and analytics products using Microsoft Fabric as the organisation's analytics platform and Power BI as the primary visualisation and reporting tool. The post-holder will work closely with stakeholders to understand reporting requirements, develop trusted data products and support a growing data-driven culture across the charity.

We’re looking for a skilled, proactive, and organised data analyst with the ability to manage their own workload and priorities while following established governance, data and technical standards; make day-to-day decisions relating to data analysis, reporting and stakeholder support, escalating complex or high-risk issues where appropriate; plan and organise their own work to deliver agreed objectives and project milestones; contribute to work planning, backlog refinement and continuous improvement activities within the Youth Insight team.

Key skills and experience:

Essential:

• Experience delivering reporting, analytics or business intelligence solutions in a professional environment.
• Strong experience using Power BI for dashboard development and reporting.
• Good SQL skills and experience working with relational databases.
• Experience working with large and complex datasets.
• Strong Excel skills for analysis, data validation and reporting.
• Knowledge of data modelling concepts and reporting best practices.
• Understanding of data governance and data protection principles.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to data quality.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Effective stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver work to agreed deadlines.
• Collaborative and customer-focused approach.

Desirable:

• Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric, including exposure to Dataflows, Lakehouse or Semantic Models.
• Experience within the charity, public sector, social care or not-for-profit sector.
• Experience using Python Notebooks for analysis or automation.
• Knowledge of child services, social care, mental health services, service delivery or impact reporting.
• Experience using the MS Power Platform or wider MS data technologies.
• Microsoft certifications such as:
  • PL-300: Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst
  • DP-600: Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate
  • Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900)

Closing date: Midnight on 21-08-2026
Interviews: TBC

The Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding and protection of the children and young people we work with. As such, our safer recruitment process includes a Basic or Enhanced DBS check, 2 years of employment references, and additional vetting checks relevant to the role. We have a comprehensive range of policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices across all areas of our organisation.

In support of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, shortlisting is carried out on an anonymised basis. Personal details are hidden from the shortlisting panel, and candidates are referenced by a candidate number only. As part of this process, we ask that your CV is anonymised before submission - this means removing personal information such as your name, contact details, age, and any other identifying details.

AI tools can support your application but only when used appropriately. You’re welcome to use them to improve clarity, structure, and research. However, overuse or misuse (e.g. inventing experience or using AI during assessments) may lead to rejection at any stage. We want to hear the real you - authenticity matters.

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