Location
Tooley St, London

Hours
Full Time - standard council working hours

Salary
£57,495 per annum

About the Role
Southwark is one of London’s most dynamic and diverse boroughs - a place of energy, creativity, and ambition. We are proud of our commitment to fairness, equality and opportunity, working every day to make Southwark a place where everyone can thrive. Our Housing Needs and Support service plays a vital role in this vision by helping people find safe, secure homes, preventing homelessness, and supporting residents to live independently. To do this well, we rely on insight—not just data for data’s sake, but intelligence that helps us understand people’s needs, improve services, and make informed decisions about the future.

As the Data Insight and Intelligence Lead, you will connect data with purpose. You will help us understand how our services are performing, where pressures are building, and what opportunities lie ahead. Your role will be to turn complex information into clear, meaningful stories that drive change and support our vision to make Southwark a fairer, more equal borough.

You will work closely with senior leaders, housing officers, analysts, and partners across the council—designing dashboards, analysing performance, and helping to shape future housing strategies. Every report, visualisation, and recommendation you create will help ensure residents receive the best possible service.

Key responsibilities:
- Build and manage high-quality Power BI dashboards and reporting tools that translate data into insight
- Lead on analytical work that drives housing performance, planning, and improvement
- Use SQL, T-SQL and Python to extract, model and analyse complex datasets
- Collaborate across Housing and other departments to embed a data-driven culture
- Present your findings clearly and confidently to leaders, colleagues and stakeholders

Experience
Proven experience using SQL, T-SQL, Python and Power BI to deliver clear, visual insight. Experience within housing, local government or a similar public service is valuable but not essential.

About you
You are an analytical thinker with the confidence to challenge, question and influence through data. You know how to transform numbers into narratives, helping people see the story behind the statistics. Your mix of technical ability, curiosity and communication skills makes you a trusted voice in shaping better decisions for Southwark residents. You have excellent communication skills and confidence engaging both technical and non-technical audiences.

Qualifications
A strong understanding of data quality, governance, and GDPR is essential. Formal qualifications are not specified but relevant technical skills and experience are required.