Performance Coordinator
| Posting date: | 29 April 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £23,614 to £24,534 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 May 2025 |
| Location: | Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Huntingdonshire District Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) is passionate about providing high-quality services to our communities, residents and businesses. This means we must employ and retain the most talented and dedicated people.
Situated within the heart of the Cambridge-Peterborough Growth Area, Huntingdonshire is a beautiful district that boasts thriving market towns and many attractive villages, each with its own identity. We are an innovative and forward-thinking local authority whose residents are at the heart of our decision-making.
At HDC we want to employ staff who embody our icare values (Inspiring, Collaborative, Accountable, Respectful, Enterprising), all of which support our ultimate purpose of putting our customers first.
Job details
Do you want to be part of a new team supporting services with their performance monitoring and influencing the priorities for our council? Would you like the opportunity to ensure we are data driven, improving performance and impact?
If you do, you will support the corporate review of operational performance and delivery against the council’s planned actions, helping to present the information so it is easy to understand, with trends against targets.
You will also contribute to the development of unit costs and benchmarking of performance with colleagues in the Performance and Insight team, enabling the council and its services to develop services, strategy and policy to deliver the outcomes of Huntingdonshire Futures (The place strategy for Huntingdonshire) and our Corporate Plan.
About the role
Are you a well-organised, numerical thinker able to review performance information? Your strong numerical skills will allow you to interpret and present data in charts and graphs to support decision-making, helping others see the insights from data. Additionally, your excellent interpersonal and communication skills will enable you to effectively collaborate with colleagues and convey a range of qualitative and quantitative information clearly.
We are looking for a Performance Co-ordinator who wants to grow their career in a fast-paced and ambitious council. If you are creative with data, love a challenge, and are a great multitasker, we want to hear from you
You will be accountable for collating and presenting accurate data and information from services across the council to create regular reports supporting the council’s performance management framework.
Develop and provide an enterprising service - adaptable and dynamic supporting services and major projects with performance and benchmarking data to ensure that the council continues to develop its data maturity - decisions and actions are driven or supported by data. You will also work with a range of colleagues across the council, so you will need good communication and interpersonal skills.
Be a respectful team player, able to provide advice relating to data and analysis to inform decision-making at various levels, demonstrating and interpreting data.
Working closely with the Project Management Office and Transformation teams across the organisation, you will support the continuous improvement of services to meet the needs of our district.
About you
Have good qualifications: 2 A levels and 5 GCSE grade C or above, including mathematics and English or equivalent working experience in collating and presenting numerical information and writing summaries in a business environment.
Good data analysis skills to include statistics and the creation of graphs and charts.
An understanding of data security and maturity.
Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills, experience with other relevant software tools such as Power Bi will be beneficial.
Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrating your ability to work effectively with various teams and stakeholders with varying data experience.
Independence, time-management skills, and a demonstrated history of personal growth through job experience, or other relevant experiences.
A strong willingness to learn and develop your skills.
An offer of employment is conditional upon having the right to work in the UK. Huntingdonshire District Council does not hold a Sponsorship Licence and is unable to provide a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) or take over sponsorship for any role.
Apply
To apply for this position please complete the application form.
The closing date is 9am 26 May 2025 and interviews will be held the week commencing 5 June 2025.
However, this is a rolling campaign and we'll be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and will close the advert early should we receive suitable applications, so please don't delay in applying!
For many of our roles (where it is possible) we accommodate a hybrid model of working. We know our people are what make Huntingdonshire District Council great and recognise how important a healthy work–life balance is. Our hybrid work model enables employees to work remotely whilst allowing for in-office collaboration opportunities across the district. Candidates should therefore be within commutable distance of our offices in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire or able to attend meetings as required if further afield.
Should you have any additional questions regarding submitting an application, please contact the Recruitment Team at recruitment@huntingdonshire.gov.uk.
Please note that the official closing date is as above, and will be the correct date. Some third-party websites may have different dates. Please refer to the HDC website for the official closing date to ensure you do not miss out on applying.
Situated within the heart of the Cambridge-Peterborough Growth Area, Huntingdonshire is a beautiful district that boasts thriving market towns and many attractive villages, each with its own identity. We are an innovative and forward-thinking local authority whose residents are at the heart of our decision-making.
At HDC we want to employ staff who embody our icare values (Inspiring, Collaborative, Accountable, Respectful, Enterprising), all of which support our ultimate purpose of putting our customers first.
Job details
Do you want to be part of a new team supporting services with their performance monitoring and influencing the priorities for our council? Would you like the opportunity to ensure we are data driven, improving performance and impact?
If you do, you will support the corporate review of operational performance and delivery against the council’s planned actions, helping to present the information so it is easy to understand, with trends against targets.
You will also contribute to the development of unit costs and benchmarking of performance with colleagues in the Performance and Insight team, enabling the council and its services to develop services, strategy and policy to deliver the outcomes of Huntingdonshire Futures (The place strategy for Huntingdonshire) and our Corporate Plan.
About the role
Are you a well-organised, numerical thinker able to review performance information? Your strong numerical skills will allow you to interpret and present data in charts and graphs to support decision-making, helping others see the insights from data. Additionally, your excellent interpersonal and communication skills will enable you to effectively collaborate with colleagues and convey a range of qualitative and quantitative information clearly.
We are looking for a Performance Co-ordinator who wants to grow their career in a fast-paced and ambitious council. If you are creative with data, love a challenge, and are a great multitasker, we want to hear from you
You will be accountable for collating and presenting accurate data and information from services across the council to create regular reports supporting the council’s performance management framework.
Develop and provide an enterprising service - adaptable and dynamic supporting services and major projects with performance and benchmarking data to ensure that the council continues to develop its data maturity - decisions and actions are driven or supported by data. You will also work with a range of colleagues across the council, so you will need good communication and interpersonal skills.
Be a respectful team player, able to provide advice relating to data and analysis to inform decision-making at various levels, demonstrating and interpreting data.
Working closely with the Project Management Office and Transformation teams across the organisation, you will support the continuous improvement of services to meet the needs of our district.
About you
Have good qualifications: 2 A levels and 5 GCSE grade C or above, including mathematics and English or equivalent working experience in collating and presenting numerical information and writing summaries in a business environment.
Good data analysis skills to include statistics and the creation of graphs and charts.
An understanding of data security and maturity.
Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills, experience with other relevant software tools such as Power Bi will be beneficial.
Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrating your ability to work effectively with various teams and stakeholders with varying data experience.
Independence, time-management skills, and a demonstrated history of personal growth through job experience, or other relevant experiences.
A strong willingness to learn and develop your skills.
An offer of employment is conditional upon having the right to work in the UK. Huntingdonshire District Council does not hold a Sponsorship Licence and is unable to provide a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) or take over sponsorship for any role.
Apply
To apply for this position please complete the application form.
The closing date is 9am 26 May 2025 and interviews will be held the week commencing 5 June 2025.
However, this is a rolling campaign and we'll be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and will close the advert early should we receive suitable applications, so please don't delay in applying!
For many of our roles (where it is possible) we accommodate a hybrid model of working. We know our people are what make Huntingdonshire District Council great and recognise how important a healthy work–life balance is. Our hybrid work model enables employees to work remotely whilst allowing for in-office collaboration opportunities across the district. Candidates should therefore be within commutable distance of our offices in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire or able to attend meetings as required if further afield.
Should you have any additional questions regarding submitting an application, please contact the Recruitment Team at recruitment@huntingdonshire.gov.uk.
Please note that the official closing date is as above, and will be the correct date. Some third-party websites may have different dates. Please refer to the HDC website for the official closing date to ensure you do not miss out on applying.
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