Insight Analyst
LocationKingston Upon Thames, England, United Kingdom
Posted At3/9/2026
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Occupation Type
Data analysts
Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled
Sponsorship Salary Threshold
£41,700
(£21.38 per hour)
Standard minimum applies
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Description
Enhancements/Additional Payments
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About The Borough
Found in zone 6 with good transport links in and out of London, Kingston is a vibrant and diverse university town which creates the rich sense of community shared across the borough and its Residents. Kingston boasts an idyllic riverside location, good shopping and great restaurants, as well as a mix of modern and historic town centre. Kingston has lots of open parklands and cycle routes that help connect the district town centres into an enjoyable place to live and work.
We are passionate about working closely with our residents and vulnerable groups to help them maintain their independence and create a balance between support and independent living.
About The Role And Our Ideal Candidate
Insight Analysts provide the technical expertise to transform data into insight, empowering the Council to make evidence-led decisions, conduct needs assessments, assist with statutory returns to government, and provide accessible statistics via the Kingston Data website.
This is a high-impact role primarily focused on data on young people and their participation in education, employment, and training, fulfilling the Council’s statutory duties under the Education & Skills Act. You will support the collection, cleansing, processing and upload of large, complex and often messy data sets, and use a range of applications linked to a Client Caseload Information System (CCIS).
You will need to communicate clearly and effectively with colleagues and external partners, and provide system support, data quality assurance to national standards (NCCIS), and timely and accurate reporting of service performance to stakeholders.
About You
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About The Borough
Found in zone 6 with good transport links in and out of London, Kingston is a vibrant and diverse university town which creates the rich sense of community shared across the borough and its Residents. Kingston boasts an idyllic riverside location, good shopping and great restaurants, as well as a mix of modern and historic town centre. Kingston has lots of open parklands and cycle routes that help connect the district town centres into an enjoyable place to live and work.
We are passionate about working closely with our residents and vulnerable groups to help them maintain their independence and create a balance between support and independent living.
About The Role And Our Ideal Candidate
Insight Analysts provide the technical expertise to transform data into insight, empowering the Council to make evidence-led decisions, conduct needs assessments, assist with statutory returns to government, and provide accessible statistics via the Kingston Data website.
This is a high-impact role primarily focused on data on young people and their participation in education, employment, and training, fulfilling the Council’s statutory duties under the Education & Skills Act. You will support the collection, cleansing, processing and upload of large, complex and often messy data sets, and use a range of applications linked to a Client Caseload Information System (CCIS).
You will need to communicate clearly and effectively with colleagues and external partners, and provide system support, data quality assurance to national standards (NCCIS), and timely and accurate reporting of service performance to stakeholders.
About You
We are looking for a diligent and positive person to join our close-knit team. The successful candidate will be comfortable working independently to meet deadlines and will also be a strong team player who is happy to support colleagues and partners when required. Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written, and a meticulous approach to data analysis are vital to this role.
Required Qualifications & Experience
The Chief Executive’s Department brings together key council functions such as Transformation, Communications, Engagement, Insight and Performance at the heart of the council.
Within this department, the Insight, Strategy and Performance Service plays an important strategic role in ensuring the Council is informed by insight to understand where change is needed, and how strategic priorities can best be achieved. The service plays a critical part in strengthening the Council’s planning, governance, and improvement frameworks to ensure they support delivery of the Council Plan and the Medium Term Financial Strategy.
Our service works across multiple disciplines, collaborating with colleagues, councillors, senior leadership, partners and other external stakeholders.
The Insight & Data Team provides an information and data analytics function for the whole Council. Our local authority is passionate about evidence led service design and transformation and the team has a key role to play in that. The range of services accessing our team ensures that we have a varied, stimulating portfolio of projects.
Our Offer To You
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Experience in data analytics (local government experience desirable)
- Knowledge of and proficiency in business systems and software applications that support data collection and analysis and a high standard of ICT literacy - Excel/Google Sheets, Data governance, management and security
- Experience cleansing and processing large data sets to defined standards
- Experience supporting projects and delivering identified outcomes to deadlines
The Chief Executive’s Department brings together key council functions such as Transformation, Communications, Engagement, Insight and Performance at the heart of the council.
Within this department, the Insight, Strategy and Performance Service plays an important strategic role in ensuring the Council is informed by insight to understand where change is needed, and how strategic priorities can best be achieved. The service plays a critical part in strengthening the Council’s planning, governance, and improvement frameworks to ensure they support delivery of the Council Plan and the Medium Term Financial Strategy.
Our service works across multiple disciplines, collaborating with colleagues, councillors, senior leadership, partners and other external stakeholders.
The Insight & Data Team provides an information and data analytics function for the whole Council. Our local authority is passionate about evidence led service design and transformation and the team has a key role to play in that. The range of services accessing our team ensures that we have a varied, stimulating portfolio of projects.
Our Offer To You
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
Employees have access to a wide range of benefits to enable staff to achieve a work life balance, some of which include:
Employees have access to a wide range of benefits to enable staff to achieve a work life balance, some of which include:
- A generous annual leave entitlement of 25-32 days, plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply) depending on service and grade.
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependents leave
- Three volunteering days per year in Kingston
- Hybrid working (dependent on the role)
- Flexible and agile working arrangements using Google Chromebooks
- Learning and development portal offering a range of courses
- Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Local Government Pension Scheme
Apply online outlining what skills, abilities and experience you can bring which makes you an ideal candidate for this role. Please refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application and check your CV details have been uploaded correctly in the relevant sections.
We understand and recognise the benefits of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the workplace and are embracing AI where appropriate, to boost our productivity and streamline how we deliver our Council services efficiently; to provide the best possible outcomes for our residents and communities.
However, we reserve the right to reject applications where it is apparent that AI-generated content has been used in isolation and without personalised responses. At Kingston we value authenticity and are looking for individuals who can clearly demonstrate their own skills, experience and motivation for the role that they are applying for and embrace and demonstrate our STAR values.
Here at Kingston we have core values of Transparency and this is to be demonstrated during the application process and completion of the supporting statement and will be further tested at interview and selection stage for those who progress forward.
The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received, it is strongly advised that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
As part of our award winning Diversity Programme we anonymise all applications received to reduce conscious and unconscious bias enabling every application to be reviewed on the knowledge, skills and experience shown in your application. We encourage our interview panels to be as diverse as possible (age, cultural, neurodiverse etc.) to reduce bias where possible. We are fully committed to removing barriers and enhancing the diversity of our workforce.
Additional Information
We are proud to be a diverse and welcoming Borough and we strive to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve, and instil a sense of belonging in our staff. We celebrate and respect differences and appreciate the value of having a diverse workforce, therefore we welcome applications from under represented groups.
To support our workers and their families we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda.
We are also proud to be a disability confident employer and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a role. As an accredited London Living Wage Employer all our employees are guaranteed the London Living Wage regardless of their length or type of contract.
The UK has a points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the GOV.UK website for right to work guidance. Sponsorship availability varies and is subject to eligibility requirements and budget limitations. As a result, we cannot guarantee sponsorship for all roles and will evaluate sponsorship requests on a case-by-case basis.
To support our workers and their families we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda.
We are also proud to be a disability confident employer and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a role. As an accredited London Living Wage Employer all our employees are guaranteed the London Living Wage regardless of their length or type of contract.
The UK has a points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the GOV.UK website for right to work guidance. Sponsorship availability varies and is subject to eligibility requirements and budget limitations. As a result, we cannot guarantee sponsorship for all roles and will evaluate sponsorship requests on a case-by-case basis.