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Requisition ID:  13814
Posted date:  26 Mar 2026

Senior Data Officer

Team: Data & Insight

Job Family:  Providing - CBG10
Salary:  £38,476 - £40,069 per annum pro rata
Hours: 37 per week. 

Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month. 

Contract Type: Hybrid - 1 Year Fixed Term Contract / Secondment Opportunity

Closing Date: 6th April 2026

Interview Date: TBC

 

More about the role

 

The Senior Data Officer plays a critical role in ensuring the council meets its statutory obligations for Families First, Early Help and Children’s Services. This role provides advanced analytical capability, leads on providing data for statutory submissions, and acts as a key liaison between operational teams and senior managers. The postholder ensures that all statutory datasets are accurate, timely, compliant, and aligned with national guidance.

This role requires a blend of technical expertise, service knowledge, and the ability to interpret complex guidance and translate it into operational requirements.

 

Technical Skills

  • Advanced data analysis and interpretation, including the ability to work with complex multi‑system datasets.
  • Strong SQL skills for extracting, transforming, and validating Families First and Early Help data.
  • High‑level Power BI capability, including data modelling, DAX, and automated validation dashboards.
  • Understanding of statutory frameworks, including Early Help Census, CIN Census, and related DfE guidance.
  • Experience with case management systems

 

Soft Skills

  • Excellent communication, able to translate technical requirements into clear guidance.
  • Task management and allocation, ensuring effective allocation of work to Data Officers and Support Officers and tracking progress whilst ensuring high standards.
  • Stakeholder engagement, working confidently with all levels of staff.
  • Time management, able to manage statutory deadlines and competing priorities

 

Essential Experience

  • Significant experience delivering statutory returns in Children’s Services, Early Help, Families First, or similar public sector environments.
  • Experience working with sensitive family and children’s data, with a strong understanding of safeguarding and confidentiality.
  • Advanced analytical and reporting experience, including producing insights for senior leaders.
  • Experience improving data quality, including designing validation rules
  • Use of SQL, Power BI, and advanced Excel for data manipulation and reporting.

 

Desirable Experience

  • Knowledge of DfE statutory guidance
  • Experience contributing to inspection readiness (Ofsted, DfE, internal audit).
  • Understanding of data governance frameworks, retention schedules, and GDPR.

 

Additional Information

This role is being offered on a fixed term basis and will conclude when the funding ends.

 

Our Offer 

We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page  

 

Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer.  We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process. 

 

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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.

 

Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack. 

 

For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Claire West at claire.west@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 5396

 

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