Job Details
Purpose of the job
To provide the Council’s Management Board with accurate, relevant and timely data, research and performance information that contributes to a culture of continuous improvement, enhanced efficiency and evidence-based decision-making in the Council.
Principal accountabilities
Direction
To contribute towards the development of the Council’s Business Process and senior managers ability
to make informed decisions and improve performance by:
• Working with Directorates to develop outcomes performance measures (and ensure associated systems are in place) that enable robust performance management.
• Analysing data to establish levels of need and trends and understand performance
• Streamlining and automating performance reporting wherever possible
Implementation
• To analyse performance management information, develop and monitor performance targets and support service areas in using data to drive improvement, contributing proposals for remedial action where required.
• To collate, analyse, monitor and challenge out turns and trends from performance management information to enable emerging issues to be brought to the attention of colleagues and advise service managers of implications to enable action to be taken to improve service delivery.
• To liaise with London Councils, Central Government, Local Authorities and other relevant organisations, including regulators, to benchmark Bexley’s performance and inform service improvement.
• To ensure data contributes towards the Council meeting its statutory duties, particularly in relation to Equalities, regulators and statistical returns.
• To develop policies, systems and procedures on data handling and information sharing to ensure high quality data and outcomes and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Council’s services.
• To provide essential data and information required to support the preparation for external assessment and inspection
Umbrella hourly rate – £23.28
