Data Visualisation (Tableau) Lead

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Kirklees
Corporate Strategy, Commissioning & Public Health
Strategy and Innovation
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Kirklees
Permanent
15
Up to £55,000 (inclusive of Market Rate Supplement)
Market rate supplement

The base salary for this position is up to £49,487 (Grade 15). A market rate supplement is available up to a total remuneration of £55,000.

The role will be predominantly home-based with some travel to Kirklees, regional and national meetings required as part of the role.

Building on some of the fantastic work delivered during the Covid-19 pandemic, we’ve recently developed an ambitious Data and Insight Strategy. To support and enable delivery of our Strategy, we’re in the process of building a new Data and Insight Function within the Council.

For more information about our data and insight ambitions, and current data and insight vacancies, please visit our Data and Insight Careers page

About the role

This role is one of several exciting new roles we’ve created to provide leadership and drive improvements in our use of data and insights. You will act as the Council’s technical lead for our Tableau platform. You will ensure the technical capabilities and functionality of Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server are maximized efficiently, whilst implementing best practice standards in visual design.

Through the deployment of Tableau, you will lead on the delivery of data to staff at all levels across the Council, ensuring data is quick and easy to access and understand. You will embed the use of self-service data to improve data literacy across the workforce, developing a data culture. The work you do will directly contribute to improving health, social and economic outcomes across Kirklees.

You will effectively manage and prioritise demand for Tableau developments from across the Council and oversee the delivery of projects through the leadership and management of a team of Tableau Developers. You will play a significant part in us achieving our ambitions for data and insight use.

About you

We are looking for someone who shares our energy and ambition for how data can help us to understand needs, experiences and perceptions and generate actionable insights to improve public services and make a tangible difference to outcomes for people and places.

You will have proven experience of leading and nurturing technical teams and be confident in building trusted relationships with colleagues at all levels. You will be committed to continuous improvement and have a desire to succeed – individually and as part of a team.

You will have the knowledge, skills, experience and expertise to lead and manage a broad range of Tableau projects and be confident in your ability to develop, implement and embed best practice standards, tools and approaches, ensuring quality is central to everything we do.

If you are looking for a role that is challenging and hugely rewarding, and you have the skills and ambition we are looking for, we would love to hear from you.

About us

Kirklees is set in the heart of beautiful West Yorkshire and has a growing population of c440,000. With the two major centres of Huddersfield and Dewsbury, it also encompasses several smaller towns. It is well served by both rail and road networks and is close to Leeds and Manchester.

We are a metropolitan single tier authority, the 13th biggest local authority in the UK in terms of population. We have an elected leader and cabinet structure, and a very talented and dedicated workforce.

We are committed to building a strong local democracy and offer many exciting career opportunities for those who want to help us achieve this. We value our workforce and want everyone to have their say.

We are a modern and progressive council, committed to family friendly, flexible and agile ways of working - as well as offering many other benefits including a generous pension scheme and annual leave entitlement of 27.5 days a year (plus public holidays). We’re committed to staff development and continuous improvement.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Lucy Tiffany (Business Intelligence, Analytics and Data Visualisation Strategic Lead) at lucy.tiffany@kirklees.gov.uk or Mike Henry (Head of Data and Insight) at mike.henry@kirklees.gov.uk.

Mike Henry is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information. 
This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile.  A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.
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05 December 2022, 11:55 PM

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