Early Years Research, Information and Data Officer

Job Overview As a Research, Data and Information officer you will be responsible for maintaining the integrity of data for the Early Years service as well as using this data for reporting and analysis. You will ensure data is relevant, accurate and stored meeting GDPR requirements as well as Birmingham City Council policies. You will use data to build reporting solutions for different stakeholders and ensure the reports meet the users needs. You will use your skills as a data expert to scrutinise data and information and to help find innovative ways to drive the service forward. What we are about
The Data and Information Team within the Early Years and Childcare Service is responsible for providing accurate and relevant information to Early Years Settings, families and the wider public regarding opportunities available to the sector, support available to families and targeted information on Early Years care. We also manage the Early Years and Childcare Service data and reporting systems and look to provide statistics that will underpin the way that we work and to help answer the big questions put to us on how our service is performing and how we plan to drive forward to meet future challenges. What you will do

• Support the delivery of the Early Years, Childcare and Children's Centre service data plan, developing and maintaining a suite of associated system reports for users across the early years' service and dependant services such as Contact Centre.


• Analyse data from multiple systems to produce reports for performance scorecards and dashboards, annual sufficiency assessments and to support the work of the Early Years Networks.


• Analyse data to support responses to statutory requests, such as Freedom of Information Requests, Serious Case/Domestic Homicide Review scoping requests and others.


• Liaise with Service Birmingham and Directorate ICT around upgrades and system bugs, including raising calls and conducting User Acceptance Testing for all system upgrades and fixes.


• Define and review the links and data flows between EY systems, including liaison with business colleagues and ICT contractor partners to ensure these are effectively managed and understood.


• Use programming language to extract and manipulate data for use in visualisation tools.
  
  We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.


A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

These are exciting times to be working at Birmingham City Council. The City has experienced significant employment, housing and retail growth in recent years. To support the continued growth the city has agreed it is a priority to make Birmingham an aspirational city to grow up in.

Working within the Early Years and Childcare Service, you will play a vital role in delivering the Council's Statutory duties to provide professional support services to all early years and childcare providers to meet the Local Authority statutory duties in respect of childcare sufficiency for children aged 0 -14 (16 for children with SEND) and early education for 2, 3 and 4 year olds.

We have huge ambitions for Birmingham. As the shape of local government continues to change, we are determined to rise to the challenge and find new ways to ensure that our youngest children reach their full potential and are ready for their educational journey in school. Working at Birmingham City Council gives you the opportunity to play a part in meeting those ambitions.

You must upload a Supporting Statement via the attachments part of your application. This is required for shortlisting; you need to describe how your experience and skills fit the essential criteria for the role as specified in the Person Specification. If you do not attach your Supporting Statement, your application will not be considered.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application., Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city., The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence.

There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:

• A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.


• An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.


• A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.


• A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.


• A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.


We see the Council's role as providing strategic leadership - that's being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.

We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.