Position reference: 50136370
Directorate: Core Services| Service: Business Improvement, HR & Communications
Salary: £24,027 -£24,404 Plus laptop
Working Arrangements: Agile Working
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Fixed Term until 28/09/2026
We are happy to talk flexible working arrangements with you, please get in touch.
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Closing date: 30/06/2025 at 23:59
This post requires a Basic Criminal Record Check
Prospective employees will be required to give a reasonable account of any significant periods (6 months or more in the past 3 years) of time living abroad.
When applying, please ensure you are prepared to start work with all the necessary legal documents, such as a valid visa, relevant to the type of work you will be undertaking. Please be aware that our organisation does not possess a Home Office license and, as a result, is unable to provide sponsorship for anyone seeking a visa as a skilled or temporary migrant worker.
Pensions Regulations have provisions to reduce pension payments in certain circumstances of those who return to work within local government service. If you are in receipt of a pension upon commencing employment with the authority, this may affect your pension entitlements and you should therefore seek advice from the relevant Pensions Authority.
At Barnsley Council you can start a career that makes a real difference to people’s lives, helping our council and residents to be the best they can be.
We’re an award-winning council and one of the biggest employers in the borough, supporting around 243,000 people. We put people at the heart of everything we do, and that includes our employees. As part of the team, we offer lots of benefits and rewards to support you to thrive and grow, like flexible working, employee discounts, support for your health and wellbeing, and opportunities for training and development to grow your career and develop your skills.
There’s so much happening in our thriving borough, and now’s the perfect time to join our excellent Business Intelligence team as we work to make Barnsley the place of possibilities.
- We’re an award-winning team and one of the biggest employers in the borough supporting around 243,000 people.
- Working at Barnsley Council means being part of a team that makes a real difference to people’s lives, where you can develop the skills you need to make change happen.
- If you join the team you’ll receive great pay alongside an excellent pension scheme. With flexible working we’ll also support your work/life balance, helping you to adjust your hours and take time off when you need it.
- We’ll help you to develop your career and grow your skills with opportunities for training and development.
- There’s so much happening in our thriving borough and your talent and skills will help us make Barnsley the place of possibilities.
- Key to our success is working with our residents, partners, businesses and organisations and building these partnerships to bring about change in Barnsley.
About the Post:
An exciting new opportunity has become available to join our Business Intelligence team on a one-year Undergraduate Placement. At Barnsley, we’re on a journey to become data-led to shape a bright new future for our council and our communities. You’ll help us along this journey to make sure we have the right business intelligence and drive for improvement that we need to make a success of service’s that we support.
On the placement, you will play a critical role in discovering, preparing, and analysing data to support effective decision-making for across the council. You'll also gain hands-on experience working alongside our award-winning BI team on technologies such as Power BI, GIS, and data warehousing.
We’re looking for someone who can:
· Help identify and prepare the necessary data for analysis.
· Support the development and implementation of data quality checks and data validation processes.
· Work closely with other members of the project team to ensure the delivery of high-quality work.
· Have a keen eye for detail and commitment to delivering high quality outputs.
· Be willing to adapt and work independently but still be a critical part of the team and work closely with your colleagues to ensure our outputs support innovation and transformation.
You will need to be currently completing a relevant undergraduate degree, along with experience in accurately recording data, reconciliation, simple analysis, and presentation. Please apply by submitting a CV and cover letter outlining how you meet the criteria for this role.
Please email JessicaHanney@barnsley.gov.uk to arrange informal chat if you would like to discuss any details of the role/essential criteria.
A lot to look forward to:
Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. As part of our team, you can be sure we’ll do all we can to support you in being truly excellent. You see, we prioritise learning and enabling you to achieve your potential. So we’ve created a development process that lets you grow in the way that suits you - whether that’s training to be a leader, or learning flexibly online. That’s one of the reasons why you’ll find your career here inspiring and rewarding.
Please use the documents below to help support you with your application form.
Job Profile: Job Profile.pdf
Vacancy Exposure Profile: Exposure Profile Low.doc
Help with your application form
Please ensure you view the job profile for this role, as you will need to demonstrate in your CV & covering letter how you meet the required criteria.
We welcome the opportunity to have a chat about the role and are happy to address any questions you may have about flexible working arrangements, including as a result of caring responsibilities.
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