Strategic Business and Intelligence Improvement Manager

Now is a very exciting time to join Children's Services in Salford on our journey to 'Outstanding'. The role will celebrate the practice of our workforce and the impact to our children, young people, parents and carers by providing qualitative and performance data to help shine a light on successes of our practice and identify areas of improvement. You will be an integral part of our leadership team with the confidence and ability to use a number of different tools and systems to translate data and performance indicators. This will provide a clear understanding of the impact we are making and ensuring that we go beyond our statutory duties for 'Outstanding' outcomes in all of areas of practice. As a key member of our leadership team and someone who will provide regular data and analytical reporting we are seeking an individual with a key passion for innovation and how data and technology can support better outcomes for our workforce and families. You will have understanding of performance management tools, techniques and have confidence translating this into reports, training and supporting embedding learning into practice where required. In Salford, we are interested in you as a person and the employee you are or who you aspire to be. You will be responsible for:

• Taking the lead role in providing data, intelligence and analysis that drives service improvement and improves outcomes for those we work for.
• Being a key member of the senior leadership team across children's services. We want you to be confident in taking a lead role in challenging progress and driving the improvement journey.
• You will work alongside corporate partners, stakeholders, partner agencies to support our partnership in achieving outstanding outcomes. You will work on a local and national level to deliver directives that feed in our business planning and service performance.
• You will be responsible for the co-ordination and oversight of our performance data alongside statutory returns to showcase our practice.
  
  Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and that you will be required to meet the cost of the DBS check currently £49.50. The payment for this will be deducted from your first four months' salary payments at a rate of £12.38 per month. If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment of £49.50.
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• Competitive salary following pay and grading review in 2023.
• Free parking.
• Hybrid working giving flexibility for you to manage your diary and offer a better work/life balance.
• Recently refurbished office space with free parking on site. The majority of our teams are sat together in Swinton at Unity House.
• Robust training offer and mentoring scheme to support you with your career and aspirations.
• A comprehensive Wellbeing Offer
• Regular, quality, reflective supervision from a consistent management and leadership team.