Data Analyst

Overview

Salary: £28,000 - 28,000 per year

• Solid T-SQL skills, including reading, writing and troubleshooting queries
• Experience with SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and report development
• Experience with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and SQL Server Agent
• Comfortable with MS Office, particularly Excel and formula writing
• Any exposure to Power Shell, CMD, VBA or similar scripting is a bonus
• Experience with Power Automate would be advantageous
• Familiarity with SharePoint would be advantageous
• A SQL Server certification is helpful but not essential
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of problems
• Confidence working with non-technical stakeholders to understand their needs
• A genuine appetite for self-directed learning

• Manage our central SQL Server environment with SSRS reporting, pulling data from multiple third-party platforms across every service area in the business
• Build and maintain ETL pipelines using SSIS, Power Automate, Power Shell and batch scripts
• Develop and maintain a large library of stored procedures
• Deliver self-service reporting to stakeholders across the organisation
• Handle a constant stream of ad-hoc data requests, analysis and report development across fostering, residential, education, adoption and wider childrens services
• Work in a small, central Information & Performance team to keep data flowing

• ETL
• Excel
• Power Shell
• SQL
• Share Point
• SSIS
• VBA

We are Polaris Community, one of the UKs largest childrens services providers and the first provider of independent fostering in the UK. We deliver fostering, residential care, specialist education, adoption, therapy and leaving care services across the country through our community of 19 companies, supporting children and young people from Glasgow to Plymouth and Belfast to London. This is a permanent, full-time Data Analyst role based in Bromsgrove, working 35 hours per week with a salary of up to £28,000 per annum.

We offer 30 days annual leave rising to 35 days with length of service, bank holidays, a company pension, life assurance, an employee discount scheme and free on-site parking. Our work is meaningful, complex and varied, and our small central team offers the chance to grow while supporting vulnerable children across the UK. We are an equal opportunities employer, hold Disability Confident Employer status, and all successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check paid for by us.

last updated 26 week of 2026