MI Manager
Contract: Temporary (3-6 months)
Location: Hybrid (2 days London)
Salary: £46.66 per hour (Umbrella)
Direct Reports: 2 FTE (MI Analyst and MI Assistant)We are seeking an MI Manager for a temporary assignment to provide essential continuity of service during a period of planned leave. The primary objective is to manage the team's output, ensure data integrity, and maintain performance reporting across the organisation, followed by a professional handover of responsibilities.
Day-to-day of the role:
Ensures effective data systems, supports business and external users with reports for operational and strategic decisions, and continuously improves reporting and dashboards.
The position is hybrid across 36 hours per week (Monday to Friday) and requires attendance at the Authority's offices, sites, and contractors' locations as needed.
Ensure compliance with health and safety policies, manage risks, promote a safety-first culture, monitor standards, and report incidents promptly.
Includes professional conduct, team management, conducting appraisals, leading IT system projects, collaborating with senior leadership, and driving MI use in decision-making.
Oversees daily operations of data systems, manages workloads, governs access rights, validates data, produces reports for management and finance, completes statutory returns, and develops Power BI functions and automated reporting.
Responsible for sourcing and managing service providers for data systems, ensuring contract compliance, handling technical issues, planning software upgrades, and providing training.
Supports business managers and external users in report development, leads reporting improvements and insights, manages a central hub for data submission and MI provision, collaborates with finance on data and financial modeling, and identifies opportunities for improvements and savings.Required Skills & Qualifications:
Qualifications from GCSE to degree level.
Advanced Excel and VBA skills, expertise in databases, SQL, DAX.
Strong project management skills.
High attention to detail and a knack for innovation.
Experience in local government is desirable.To apply for this MI Manager position, please submit your CV
