Performance Analyst
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Job Title: Performance Analyst
Salary: The starting salary is £37,289, which includes allowances totalling £2,841.
The salary is broken down as £34,448 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £36,864. Plus, a location allowance of £1,841 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: Westminster
Performance & Insight is a new function within the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) that has been created to deliver analytical support to enable the organisation to manage its performance. Through the New Met for London plan the team will look to deliver data-driven decision making to enable more trust, less crime and high standards. This means treating our data in the same way we treat our people, methods and technology; as a strategic asset.
The Performance & Insight function covers the following areas:
- Basic Command Unit (local borough level) analytical support,
- Public Protection (adult and child safeguarding) analytical support,
- Specialist Crime (serious crime e.g. homicide, gun crime) analytical support,
- MPS Governance (analytical support at corporate level) analytical support.
The Role:
As a Performance Analyst in the Performance & Insight team, you will work with a range of stakeholders (ranks of Superintendent and above and police staff equivalents) and supported by your Lead Analyst to deliver evidence based, high quality, and insightful analysis to support the delivery of MPS objectives. It includes using analytical findings to spot trends, forecast future implications and highlight areas of good or poor performance. You’ll look to enable and support data-driven decision making across the MPS.
Performance Analysts will help to embed approaches and frameworks that underpin and enable the effective delivery of a Performance & Insight, which will recognise emerging risks, steer organisational direction, inform decision making at all levels and provide assurance.
You will be responsible for:
- Undertaking analysis; this will include analysing diverse datasets to make best use of the evidence base and produce high quality analytical products. This may include:
- Ability to present effectively and own regular meetings with key stakeholders to assess and identify issues to enable data-driven decisions,
- Produce high quality analytical products that communicate findings in a meaningful way for the intended customer using a range of presentational styles,
- Building and maintaining effective internal relationships with staff and external stakeholders to ensure we understand their needs and deliver the right products,
- Embracing change and striving to deliver continuous improvement,
- Support the development of analytical processes, tools and techniques to ensure the production of insightful products that enable decision making, learning and provide assurance,
- Supporting the approach to evidence based policing, which will help to shape how policing in London should operate in the future,
- Ability to balance and manage competing priorities,
- Undertake ad hoc reporting.
Additional Information
You may in addition be required from time to time to undertake additional duties necessary to meet the needs of the MPS; such duties to be commensurate with the responsibilities and grading of the post.
Flexible and Part Time Working
Performance & Insight is committed to creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working arrangements, including part time working. In the first instance, please contact the vacancy holder to discuss how such arrangements could be accommodated.
How to apply
Click the apply now button below and start your career at the Met. Applications will be via a detailed CV, Personal Statement, and online application form. For Personal Statement please focus on why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience demonstrate your suitability. Please keep this to two sides of A4 – Arial Font Size 10. (NB. Please do not attach 2 copies of your CV).
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 22nd April 2024.
Essential Criteria:
Education/Experience:
- GSCE level or equivalent qualification in both Mathematics (Grade 6 (B) is required for this role) and English (Grade 5 (C) is required for this role).
- Computer literacy, particularly to have skills in Office 365 Excel at Intermediate level, PowerPoint, Word with the relevant presentational skills alongside.
- We would require applicants to have a basic knowledge of SQL and willingness to learn and develop further in this.
Skills, Knowledge & Experience:
- Excellent communication skills, including presentation skills both verbal and written.
- Ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues and peers internally and externally.
- Proven ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Welcoming and confident personality.
- Flexible approach to work with ability to work unsupervised and independently.
- Good stakeholder management with the ability to engage with internal and external stakeholders and colleagues at all levels of the organisation.
- Be self-motivated and have the willingness to learn and develop in the role.
Desirable Criteria (Training will be provided where required):
- Graduate/professional qualification or worked experience in a statistical, analytical, social science, business management or related discipline.
- Ability to demonstrate excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- You are able to demonstrate a good knowledge of how to manage, analyse and visualise large datasets (ideally using SQL, Excel, Tableau and PowerBi).
Disability Confident Statement
The Met is committed to being an inclusive employer with a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority groups and females.
As a Disability Confident employer, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. If you consider yourself to have access, workplace or reasonable adjustment requirements that need to be accommodated, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence and will not affect any recruitment decisions.
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