Management Information Officer

About the role

We’re looking for a Management Information Officer to join our Children’s Services Business Intelligence and Performance team. You’ll support services with high‑quality management information, insight and assurance.

If you enjoy turning complex data into something clear, useful and impactful, this could be the role for you.

You’ll help make sure the right information is available at the right time. This includes supporting statutory reporting, inspection readiness and assurance activity, so that services can make well‑informed decisions.

While the main focus is on SEND and inclusion, the role also supports wider Children’s Services data and reporting as priorities change. You’ll work closely with colleagues across Children’s Services, corporate teams and partners to turn complex data into clear, meaningful insight that supports planning, quality assurance and leadership oversight.

Children’s Services operates in a complex and high‑demand environment. Expectations and scrutiny continue to increase.

High‑quality management information underpins everything we do — enabling compliance, inspection readiness and a clear view of the pressures and outcomes shaping children’s services.

This role helps ensure Dorset Council remains transparent, accountable and confident in its data, supporting services to respond effectively to challenge and change.

• Is a confident system user and understands how data is captured and maintained
• Enjoys working with data and understands its importance in public services
• Can explain complex information clearly, accurately and in an approachable way
• Values accuracy, governance and assurance
• Works collaboratively and builds strong professional relationships
• Takes pride in producing information that people trust and use

• Flexible and hybrid working
• A supportive environment to grow your data and MI skills
• The chance to work closely with services and see your work make a real difference
• Opportunities to develop alongside a newly embedded system

This is a full time role at 37 hours per week.

This post requires you to have access to sensitive information. It will be subject to a Basic Criminal Records Check. See our policy on the employment of ex-offenders.

We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. If you declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role, we will offer you an interview. We also want our recruitment process to be accessible, if you need any reasonable adjustments, just let us know on your application.

Contact: rowena