Data Support Officer

Description Salary £29,071 - £33,119 Per annum | 37 hours per week | Full time, Fixed Term | Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Description Salary £29,071 - £33,119 Per annum | 37 hours per week | Full time, Fixed Term | Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.

The Government has confirmed that local government across Lancashire will be reorganised, with the current 15 councils being replaced by four new unitary councils covering North, South, East and West Lancashire from April 2029.

If you are successful in your application, you will initially join Lancashire County Council. However, as part of the planned transition, your employment will transfer to one of the new unitary councils from April 2029, subject to the implementation of the reorganisation and relevant employment legislation.

Throughout this period, our focus remains on delivering excellent services to our communities. By joining us now, you'll play an important role in shaping the future of local government and helping to build a strong new organisation that will serve residents for years to come.

Please note: that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Location: County Hall / Hybrid

Salary: £29,071- £33,119

Contract: Fixed-term appointment for 12 months

Please note: This post is being offered on a fixed-term basis for an initial period of 12 months. There is potential for the contract to be extended, subject to service requirements, funding and business need.

Lancashire County Council is committed to ensuring every child has access to the right school place at the right time. Accurate data and robust analysis are fundamental to achieving this goal.

We are seeking a highly organised and analytical Data Support Officer to join the School Place Planning Team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working with data, solving problems and supporting strategic decision-making that directly benefits children, families and communities across Lancashire.

As a Data Support Officer, you will play a key role in maintaining, analysing and reporting on the data that underpins school place planning across Lancashire.

Working closely with School Place Planning Officers and other colleagues across Education, you will support the collection, validation and analysis of pupil, school and demographic data used to forecast future demand for school places. You will help ensure that information is accurate, accessible and available to support strategic planning, statutory returns and service delivery.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop analytical, technical and project support skills within a supportive and collaborative team environment.

• Support the collection, validation and maintenance of school place planning datasets.
• Assist with the preparation of pupil projection data, forecasts and reports.
• Maintain databases, spreadsheets and monitoring systems used by the School Place Planning Team.
• Produce routine and ad-hoc statistical reports and information requests.
• Support the preparation of statutory returns, sufficiency assessments and public-facing documents.
• Analyse data to identify trends and anomalies and highlight findings to colleagues.
• Assist in monitoring school capacities, admissions information and pupil numbers.
• Conduct net capacity assessments for educational establishments in accordance with Department for Education (DfE)…