ISP Business Intelligence Manager Role Profile (ISP Wimbledon / Hybrid)

Purpose of Role

This role is responsible for bringing group-wide performance/progress data to life, ensuring it is fit for purpose against a backdrop of an increasing number of schools and evolving business intelligence requirements.

ISP Principles

Begin with our children and students. Our children and students are at the heart of what we do. Simply, their success is our success. Wellbeing and safety are both essential for learners and learning. Therefore, we are consistent in identifying potential safeguarding and Health & Safety issues and acting and following up on all concerns appropriately.

Treat everyone with care and respect. We look after one another, embrace similarities and differences and promote the well-being of self and others.

Operate effectively. We focus relentlessly on the things that are most important and will make the most difference. We apply school policies and procedures and embody the shared ideas of our community.

Are financially responsible. We make financial choices carefully based on the needs of the children, students and our schools.

Learn continuously. Getting better is what drives us. We positively engage with personal and professional development and school improvement.

ISP Business Intelligence Manager Key Responsibilities

1. Ensure data requirements are clearly and consistently defined and understood and the process for doing so is consistent with other data requirements.

1. Identify the relevant business processes and associated data sources relevant for meeting data requirements and work with the BI team and Lead Data Engineer to ensure organisational discipline around data capture.

1. Lead the design of business intelligence reports and dashboards relevant for end users of relevant data and contribute to the design of cross-functional dashboards.

1. Take responsibility for developing insights from analysis of the underlying data and developing the organisational capability to use intelligence and insights in decision making.

1. Responsible for ensuring relevant stakeholders derive sufficient use/value out of the available intelligence (end user training).

1. Take responsibility for the development and delivery of reports that meet regular management reporting requirements.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in leading the use of data to create business intelligence that leads to insight, decision making and action.
• Ability to manage the evolving data requirements,
• Collaborating with senior business leaders and functional / regional heads to put sufficient definition to those requirements for them to be actionable.
• Experience of using Power BI as the tool of choice for data analytics and insight,
• An understanding of SQL/database management and
• The ability to lead adoption of a Power BI reporting solution across a portfolio organisation.

ISP Commitment to Safeguarding Principles

ISP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and satisfactory Criminal Background Checks or equivalent covering the previous 10 years’ employment history.

ISP Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

ISP is committed to strengthening our inclusive culture by identifying, hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing teammates regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender expression, age, disability status, neurodivergence, socio-economic background or other demographic characteristics. Candidates who share our vision and principles and are interested in contributing to the success of ISP through this role are strongly encouraged to apply.