Strategy and Insight Advisor

About the role:
Lead, design, develop and manage projects with strategic implications which evaluate needs, services and costs, and use the findings to inform strategies, plans and financial planning. Make recommendations and implementing future options around budget savings.
Drawing on significant expertise, lead on providing support to strategic leads (including Heads of service and directors) and operational leads on the business and budget planning process, including the development and review of service plan and strategies, scheme of delegation, coordination of Committee reports and DPRs, and consultation.
Be responsible for the service’s forward work plan, ensuring clear governance mechanisms are in place, and take decisions on the best processes to follow.
Provide high quality data analysis and make recommendations for change, ensuring insight informs strategy development, policy decisions and service improvement to enhance and maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of the service.
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About you:
The post holder will display excellent judgment, political astuteness and have confidence in working closely with and advising senior officers. The ideal candidates will have:
Strong project management/research training or on the job experience supplemented with relevant training.
Extensive knowledge, experience and understanding of undertaking research and delivering highly valued and relevant reports and recommendations.
Proven experience and understanding of constructing well structured, clear and concise briefing papers and reports.
Highly skilled expert in the use of standard Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Ability to analyse complex information quickly, reaching and articulating decisions with clarity, to deliver solutions that command support.
Proven ability to develop and maintain effective professional working relationships and networks with stakeholders and use these relationships to improve the effectiveness of the service
About Family Services
The aim of the Family Service is to ensure that all children and young people in Barnet achieve the best possible outcomes and to enable them to become successful adults, especially our most vulnerable children. They should be supported by high quality, integrated and inclusive services that identify additional support needs early, are accessible, responsive and affordable for the individual child and their family.
Key areas include:
Safeguarding our children through our multi-agency Barnet Children’s Safeguarding Board.
Looking after children who are in care.
Recruiting foster families and potential adoptive parents and placing children in their care.
Making sure that children in need of social care receive the support that they need.
Reducing Domestic Violence and working with perpetrators of Domestic Violence.
Working with Young Offenders and young people who are at risk of getting involved with crime or gangs to reduce youth crime.
Whole family approach to early intervention and prevention, strengthening links with voluntary sector organisations, especially where this ensures that youth and play activities are available.
What we offer – this is generic / could re-word and add e.g. pension flex or/and R&R however as this is a template it may not be applicable for every job
31 days annual leave, plus public and bank holidays
Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, which provides a valuable guaranteed income in your retirement together with security for your dependents
Work-life balance options may include hybrid working, flexitime, job share, home working, part-time
A vast range of lifestyle discounts from major retailers, supermarkets, energy suppliers and more
Broad range of payroll benefits including cycle to work, eye care vouchers, travel and gym membership
Excellent training and development opportunities
Employee well- being training programs including confidential employee assistance
How to apply
Read the job description and person specification before clicking ‘Apply’ to commence the online application form. If you would like any further information about the role before applying, please contact Jalpa Patel, Improvement Lead, jalpa.patel@barnet.gov.uk
Barnet Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Barnet operates stringent safer recruitment procedures.
To deliver Barnet Council’s commitment to equality of opportunity in the provision of services, all staff are expected to promote equality in the workplace and in the services the Council delivers. As such we value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds including from the LGBT+ community, genders, ages, disabilities, faiths/beliefs and candidates from Black, Asian, and ethnic minority backgrounds. For further information, please read our equality statement.
Barnet Council is a Disability Confident Committed Employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply
All posts with the council are subject to a probationary period of six months, during which time you will be required to demonstrate to the council satisfaction your suitability for the position in which you will be employed.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close vacancies before the stated closing date if sufficient number of applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible.