I am working with a Public Sector Body based in Chelmsford who are looking for an experienced Interim Head of Performance & Business Intelligence for 5 months.
The role is full time, to start ASAP and paying £500 - £624 umbrella per day. The role is In Scope of IR35.
The organisation is one of the county's largest employers, with over 7,500 staff. They provide many services including social care, economic, environmental, transport, education, and planning.
They are looking for a professional interim who can lead the newly formed Performance and Business Intelligence function at the organisational, managing a team of specialists to ensure the continuous development of their business intelligence and performance skills and capability.
As this is a new service you will be key to embedding the service and developing the culture to ensure we are providing a truly value added service to the whole organisation.
You will ensure your team is equipped to develop performance frameworks, metrics and reports which provide Senior Leaders with insights to support effective decision making. You will support the team to work collaboratively with senior colleagues, finding solutions to business intelligence and performance problems to ensure business needs are met - delving below the data to truly understand the issues impacting our communities.
You will bring a significant level of technical expertise and the proven ability to shape and lead the ongoing development of this new service.
You will work with senior leaders across the breadth of the organisation and be responsible for the development of insightful analysis driven by evidence-based data led research.
You will be accountable for leading a professional "guild" (or technical specialism) in the Performance and BI service, ensuring the ongoing development of the service by developing the staff within the guild to advance their technical capabilities and manage demand for services and allocation of resources across the profession.
You will be an inspirational leader, who can take our vision for Performance and Business Intelligence and bring it to life across the organisation.
You will be Educated to degree level or equivalent by experience, and have;
- Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in a relevant technical area.
- Significant experience of undertaking performance & BI analysis and/or providing an intelligence service to a large complex organisation with demonstrable experience of successfully delivering high quality intelligence that impacted on strategic decision making, preferably in local government.
- Experience and understanding of implementing organisation-wide performance management frameworks
- Significant experience of leading and motivating a multi-disciplinary team to deliver positive outcomes.
- Evidence of coordinating the use of deep functional expertise from across service areas to meet business requirements
- Exceptionally strong networking and relationship building skills, with experience of providing both strategic and operational advice and support at a senior level
- Extensive knowledge and experience using quantitative and qualitative techniques.
- Extensive knowledge of data protection regulations to ensure compliance with legal obligations and a deep understanding of the legislative framework in which the organisation operates.
Please only apply for this post if you have all the skills, knowledge and experience as mentioned above.
As the role is to start ASAP please only apply if you are available on no more than a week's notice.
Thank you
Your expert recruitment consultant is Charlotte Townend, call today on (phone number removed) or email (url removed) Eden Brown Synergy is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown Synergy is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.