What's involved with this role: Interim Intelligence & Performance Principal Reference no: Luton 102428 Pay Rate: £350.96 per day PAYE 35-37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours This opening assignment is for 12 months City: LUTON The Intelligence and Performance Principal will provide the leadership to coordinate and deliver a joined-up approach to the intelligence and performance analysis within the BI Service. They will influence the production and deployment of actionable insight and performance assessment to aid decision-making within the Borough Council. The post holder will lead specific projects that enable a full understanding of the needs, costs and drivers of demand-led services. Key Responsibilities: Working in partnership with finance teams and ASC senior staff, develop combined financial, demand and performance reporting, by: Progression of the cost and demand analytical work for adult social care, including the development of this work to ‘business as usual’ reporting. Undertake work on the local cost and demand project, to develop an understanding of drivers and production of models of delivery that may reduce costs and improve outcomes. Delivery of a performance framework, with a particular emphasis on ensuring that Adult Social Care reporting is standardised, of good quality and timely. This will include: Coordination and improvement of performance/ data requirements on ASCOF and national reporting measures for ASC. This role will be responsible for outlining the standards expected within a performance framework in relation to measures (output, outcomes), targets, effective assessment in the performance framework and making recommendations for change. Also ensuring that the timelines for performance reporting are aligned to the wider reporting of the council, including corporate performance reporting. Work with the Adults Social Care performance team and Adult Social Care management teams to ensure robust assessment of performance data, including highlighting exceptions, and changing data patterns. Ensure that performance cards also support CQC Information Return. Qualifications: Relevant degree/ qualification Knowledge: Highly specialist and in depth knowledge of Adult Social Care. Experience: Substantial experience at a senior level in an analytical post. Experience in business analysis, intelligence analysis or performance analysis. Substantial experience to enable them to drive improvements, with a professional curiosity to ask the right questions of data to develop collective understanding complex issues Skills & Abilities: Ability to, and experience of, planning and delivering complex projects and programmes, including delivery of effective governance and frameworks. Ability to, and experience of, working effectively and credibly with diverse and complex stakeholders to drive changes to business processes. Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address. Please feel free to apply to us directly via jobstclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles. ALD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please