About the role
Are you looking for a position where you can make a real difference locally within Cambridgeshire?
Are you passionate about improving local services and improving policy at Cambridgeshire County Council?
Cambridgeshire County Council is on an ambitious journey to embed a culture where evidence and insight drive the decisions that improve services and change lives. We’re looking for a Performance & Intelligence Manager to play a pivotal role in delivering that vision.
Reporting to the Head of Policy, Performance & Intelligence, you’ll be the key link between our intelligence team and the organisation more widely,
The role will sit within Cambridgeshire County Council’s newly formed Policy, Performance & Intelligence Team. A team of 50 individuals who provide data, analysis insight and policy expertise to support the operational management and strategic planning of services.
We are a family-friendly employer and will be happy to negotiate on working arrangements to achieve a good work / life balance. The role is currently available on a permanent basis with the option of flexibility from full-time to a minimum 30 hours per week, with a provision for home working.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact Rachel Hallam, Head of Policy, Performance & Intelligence, at Rachel.Hallam@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
What will you be doing?

As a Performance and Intelligence Manager (Corporate Insight) you will be responsible for:

• Embedding a collaborative, evidence-led culture across the council and key partnerships.
• Designing and delivering high-quality corporate performance reporting and managing a corporate dataset.
• Resident engagement activities and contextual information about the people and place of Cambridgeshire.
• Help shape our digital and data future — from a business intelligence perspective, providing advice on better systems and data maturity of the organisation.
• Leading a team of analysts, fostering innovation, and developing their skills.
• Acting as a senior adviser on data, performance and insight, influencing decisions at the highest levels.

About you

We are looking for an individual to champion performance, intelligence and analytics excellence across the organisation. You’ll bring:

• Strong skills in data analysis, forecasting, modelling, and presentation.
• A track record of influencing strategic decision-making through evidence and insight.
• Experience in developing and monitoring performance frameworks.
• Knowledge of local government datasets, statutory reporting, and inspection requirements.
• The ability to translate complex data into compelling stories for decision-makers.

Good communication skills, both oral and written, are essential for this role, as the postholder will be required to present complex and sometimes technical information in appropriate forms for a wide range of audiences.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network ‘IDEAL’ and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more