Data and Analytics Analyst & Researcher

• Suffolk County Council
• Address: Endeavour House, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 2BX
  , hybrid working
• Salary: £34,434 per annum (pro rata for part time)
• Hours: 37 hours per week, flexible working options available
• Contract: Fixed term or secondment to March 2028 (funding)

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship due to the associated salary level, which does not meet the minimum requirements for a Skilled Worker visa.

We’re passionate about improving the future for our customers, our communities and the environment. If you are too, join us as a Suffolk Office of Data and Analytics (SODA) Analyst and Researcher and make a huge and meaningful impact. Your innovation and drive will help us to continue improving and evolving. Our opportunities and support will enable you to make a difference and leave a positive, lasting legacy.

The Suffolk Office of Data and Analytics (SODA) is an exciting, innovative function, set up by Suffolk’s public service organisations, with the purpose of developing new, joined‑up insights to inform policy and service design and delivery. SODA is hosted by Suffolk County Council's Public Health, Communities and Public Safety Directorate.

The topics that you will be covering are usually highly relevant to current and future social, economic, and environmental challenges. SODA’s work covers areas including economic growth, social care, health, criminal justice, housing, environment, and many more.

The role also offers excellent opportunities to understand a range of different organisations and meet a range of different professionals.

• Produce and present output of data analysis appropriate for a diverse audience to provide the best evidence base to support decision making across SODA partners.
• You will be key to providing the best insight, knowledge, and intelligence we possibly can.

• Statistical analytical abilities and investigative skills, including the ability to interpret data and other types of information.
• Effective communication and partnership working skills.
• Ability to produce pictorial information which can communicate data and issues in a clear way to a non‑specialist audience.
• A passion for data‑driven problem‑solving.

SODA is one of only a few similar efforts across the country. Therefore, this role sits within an innovative and pioneering function that brings together public service organisations, ensuring that data and information is shared and used for the benefit of all Suffolk’s residents.

We are committed to flexible working, so please read the Job and Person Profile to find out about the types of flexible working available for this role.

We welcome applications from all individuals, especially those from groups that are currently underrepresented in the organisation.

Closing date: 11.30pm 2 August 2026.

Interview date: 10 and 13 August 2026. If you are selected for an interview but not available on this date, we may be able to arrange an alternative date.

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.