Information and Insights Analyst


Location
Salary
£32,073 - £39,043 gross per annum (pro rata)
Profession
Analyst
Grade
Band 5
Deadline
02 Nov 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
19 Oct 2026
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Job requirements

Essential

11 listed

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

  • Skills

    Ability to use a developing range of IT systems, Business Intelligence Tools and software packages specifically to present information to external and internal audience

  • Skills

    Ability to write confidently in reports explaining issues with actions stated clearly

  • Skills

    Able to cope with change and ongoing transformation and improvement

  • Knowledge

    Good working knowledge of wider health and social care systems and structures, policies, procedures and legislation relevant to NHS contracts and business functions

  • Knowledge

    Management tools, organisational systems and processes relevant to managing in an NHS organisation

  • Experience

    Managing people

  • Experience

    Directly supporting Service improvement

  • Experience

    Delivery of performance reporting using BI tools including Excel

  • Experience

    Communication of performance related detail in reports and presentations

  • Qualifications

    ICT related qualification at Level 5 or above or experience at a good standard using MS Office specifically Excel, Word and PowerPoint

  • Qualifications

    Maths and English qualifications at level 5 or above or equivalent

Desirable

3 listed

Additional qualities the employer would prefer.

  • Skills

    Project management skills.

  • Experience

    Working within an NHS contracting environment

  • Qualifications

    ILM Level 5 or above

Job overview

We are seeking a Performance and Insights Analyst to play a key role within our newly implemented Initial Response Service (IRS) - 24/7 single point of access for secondary care mental health services. The IRS team offers a skilled, flexible and responsive service to ensure that individuals receive a timely, person centred and clinically appropriate response and are directed to the most appropriate service to meet their needs with minimal delay.

The postholder will be based with the clinical team at County Hall, Norwich and work closely with staff, both clinical and management to provide insights, information, performance and data quality reports. The postholder will help develop and produce reports by triangulating data and completing reports in a timely manner, being supported by the wider Performance team.

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Main duties of the job

Work in a core analytical function for the Trust that will be responsible for detailed information analysis using data supplied by the BI function. Analysis will be consistent in approach to avoid any misinterpretation or misrepresentation of the data.

Clearly communicate technical information and data in a way that others can understand and adopt both in presentation and written format.

Work in collaboration with Locality colleagues in a business partner relationship, as well as colleagues from across NSFT.

Understand and contribute towards the development of BI tools to ensure they are optimised to best demonstrate how the team is performing.

Support data quality improvement for the Service, and on specific initiatives to support the data quality agenda across the organisation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly analytical and relationship focussed professional to support organisational improvement within a newly developed service, combining technical and engagement skills to enhance service delivery, development and organisational performance.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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This advert is for Information and Insights Analyst with Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust in Norwich, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Analyst role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 gross per annum (pro rata). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 02 Nov 2026.

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