Vacancy Details

Are you passionate about data, providing insights and making a difference for adult social care? We are looking for someone with a keen interest in helping to support a programme of work for effective use of data and intelligence across Partners in Care and Health's offer of sector-led improvement for adult social care and public health. You will work closely with analysts in the PCH Research and Data Team to support PCH's sector led improvement support programme. You will support colleagues to provide effective, high-quality research and analysis support, including building on-line surveys, data analysis, and producing case study and evaluation reports, and updating information publications using a variety of means, including web research and communication with local authority contacts. You will help to develop and maintain reports, tools and visual representations of data, and intelligence for adult social care and carry out day-to-day ad-hoc requests to meet reporting and other data requirements. About data and intelligence for adult social care Data and intelligence for adult social care is becoming increasingly important and is experiencing a period of significant change through the development of client level data collections and linkage with health data. Working closely with ADASS regional networks this role will be an important part of ensuring that adult social care is able to maximise the opportunities for gaining insights and intelligence from the data available. The role and work will be varied, and you will need to make sense of a range of data and information to provide quality insights for adult social care. We are looking for someone with good organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise work to meet deadlines, and a concern for order and accuracy. An ability to work as part of a team and to support others is key for this role. Duties for this role will include

• Supporting colleagues in the PCH Research and Data team to promote the use of intelligence to support sector led improvement for adult social care
• Ensuring that robust arrangements are in place for any feedback and evaluation on events and support
• Review and quality assurance of adult social care data and intelligence, tools and reports.
This is an exciting role for the right candidate with opportunities to be involved at this pivotal time for adult social care intelligence. The successful post-holder will be a key part of the Partners in Care and Health team. We are looking for team players with good data analysis and IT skills who can write and communicate well, and a willingness and ability to learn new packages as required. The LGA supports flexible working, and this role can be home or office-based at 18 Smith Square, London. There may occasionally be a need for the postholder to travel to London or elsewhere in England. Our approach to flexible working is based on a culture of trust and personal responsibility and includes having the flexibility to adapt your working arrangements to meet the changing needs of our business. Employees are responsible for managing their time and their work to deliver their role and meet their contractual requirements; managers work on the basis that people can be trusted to manage their own time effectively. You must have the right to work in the UK, the LGA are unfortunately unable to offer sponsorship visas. Evidence for the right to work in the UK will be requested at the interview stage.,
• Flexible & agile working - office-based staff are required to work in the LGA's London office two days per week as a minimum, subject to business need and this may vary significantly between different roles and from week to week.
• Future development - face-to-face and virtual courses are scheduled in line with developmental goals
• The LGA offers 24/7 access to a free, confidential employee assistance programme managed by Health Assured. This service is also available for Dependants.
• Family friendly policies
For more of LGA's benefits and working with us, please view our webpage https://www.local.gov.uk/benefits-and-working-lgaOur values & behaviours Our Values and Behaviours are there to give us an understanding of who we are as an organisation and who we want to be. They are a framework to help us understand:
• how we work with each other
• how we work with our members and stakeholders
• our expectations for ourselves and each other
Our values are: Inclusive - We ensure that our work is inclusive of all voices. Ambitious - We are ambitious for councils and their communities and are committed to striving for excellence in all that we do to support our colleagues, our membership and the sector to deliver the best possible outcomes.


• Experience in research and evaluation, analytic techniques and use of data sources, and ability to apply these in practice.
• Good IT skills, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint with the ability quickly to learn new packages as required.
• Good organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise work to meet deadlines, with a concern for order and accuracy.
• Experience of managing a busy workload and planning it to meet deadlines and milestones.
• Ability to work as part of a team and to support others.
  
  The Local Government Association (LGA) is the national membership body for local authorities. We work on behalf of our member councils to support, promote and improve local government.
We are a politically led, cross-party organisation that works on behalf of councils to ensure local government has a strong, credible voice with national government. We influence and set the political agenda on the issues that matter to councils to help them deliver local solutions to national problems. We also provide councils with the tools and resources to respond to challenges present and emerging, and support improvement across the sector. About the Partners in Care and Health Programme (PCH) The Local Government Association and Association of Directors of Adult Social Services are Partners in Care and Health (PCH) working with well-respected organisations. PCH helps councils to improve the way they deliver adult social care and public health services and helps Government understand the challenges faced by the sector. The programme is a trusted network for developing and sharing best practice, developing tools and techniques, providing support and building connections. It is funded by Government and offered to councils without charge. https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/partners-care-and-health About ADASS The Association of Directors of Adult Services (ADASS) exists to represent and support its membership of DASSs and their management teams. ADASS is also a charity which gives a national voice for social care. ADASS and the LGA work together as partners to lead PCH.