Junior Business Intelligence Developer
Role Overview
The role sits in the Data and AI team within the DCMS Digital, Data and Technology directorate.
The Corporate Business Intelligence Platform includes a data warehouse and dashboards supporting users, particularly in Finance and HR.
The platform is expanding to include additional business data sources and supports data-led decision-making across the department.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
The role sits in the Data and AI team within the DCMS Digital, Data and Technology directorate.
The Corporate Business Intelligence Platform includes a data warehouse and dashboards supporting users, particularly in Finance and HR.
The platform is expanding to include additional business data sources and supports data-led decision-making across the department.
Responsibilities
- Assist in developing and maintaining the Corporate BI Platform, including its data warehouse and dashboard suite.
- Help design and deliver reports, dashboards, and data processes that provide timely, reliable, accessible information.
- Support data integration and improve corporate data quality, accessibility, and usability.
- Help adapt and replicate reporting, analysis, and automation processes as the department moves from a Google-based environment to Microsoft 365.
- Work independently while contributing flexibly to a small collaborative team.
Tools and technology
- Looker Studio is the current primary reporting platform, with a migration to Power BI planned.
- The department is preparing for a new integrated finance and HR ERP business suite.
- The team uses data, automation, and emerging technologies to address broader business challenges.
Essential requirements
- Knowledge of data warehousing concepts and dimensional data modelling principles.
- Ability to use SQL to extract, transform, and analyse complex datasets.
- Experience building reports, dashboards, or data visualizations with BI tools such as Power BI, Looker Studio, Tableau, or similar.
- Ability to gather and analyse stakeholder requirements to deliver useful reporting solutions.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
Desirable skills
- Understanding of data integration, pipelines, ETL/ELT, and data movement between systems.
- Experience with workflow automation tools such as Microsoft Power Platform, Power Automate, Power Apps, or Google Apps Script.
Salary and contract
- Advertised salary is £36,734–£40,344; no salary cadence is stated.
- The role is fixed term for two years, with loan and secondment also listed as contract types.
- Working pattern is listed as full-time, flexible working, or job share.
Location
- The listed location is Manchester, North West England.
Information session
- An information session is mentioned for prospective applicants; the posting says it is not a recruitment-process briefing.
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