Birmingham Forward Steps is a citywide service delivered collaboratively by Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust working alongside Barnardo's and other voluntary organisations.  The service operates across 10 districts and Barnardo's directly manages 4 of those districts.  This commissioned service is designed for children and their parents/ carers from shortly before birth up to the age of five and provides accessible, community-based services for families with pre-school children through Family Hubs/Children's Centres, their own homes and a number of other community venues.

We are looking to recruit a full time - 36.25 hours per week - Fixed Term Data Officer for maternity leave cover until January 2027, to provide support for the service in managing the data functions as per contractual and organisational requirements.

Please note that this is a locality based role, and frequent on site presence will be required, along with travel within the Birmingham area.  It will not be possible to undertake this role on a virtual/remote basis.  

Duties will include:

• To be responsible for developing and implementing systems of collecting, analysing and reporting data across the service ensuring the systems meet the evolving needs of the service.
• To lead on the usage of management information and information recording systems
• To compile reports as required
• To support the compilation, submission and quality assurance of data
• To monitor progress of KPI's and liaise with managers/teams accordingly
• To lead on Data Protection/GDPR for the service overseeing governance and data sharing

The successful candidate must have/be able to demonstrate:

• Excellent IT skills particularly in the use of databases and MS applications
• Excellent analytical skills
• Substantial knowledge of GDPR, data protection and compliance
• Well-developed numeracy and literacy skills at a level to perform moderately difficult calculations and produce reports.
• Excellent organisational skills

This role will require you to travel independently across the service therefore you must be flexible and adaptable, particularly in relation to working hours and location.

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description Job Addendum. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Please note that, due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible. We do not accept CV's

Should you require any further information regarding this role, please email Ed Whitehouse, Recruiting Manager: Edward.whitehouse@barnardos.org.uk

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values.  We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people. 

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay. 

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.  More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application. 

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

• Reference number:21742
• Job Title:Data Officer
• Location:Birmingham
• Locality:Birmingham
• Contract type:Fixed term
• End date:31/01/27
• Hours:36.25
• Salary:£26,751 - £29.185
• Closing Date:12 October 2025
• Interview Date:TBC

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Additional Info

• Information Sheet for Applicants Applying for Positions Working with Children and Vulnerable Adults (updated July 2021).pdf (107.00 KB)
• Barnardo's Workplace Offer Visual Summary.pdf (27.58 KB)
• Service Administrator E (A5) - Job Description and Person Specification.pdf (212.47 KB)
• Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy Dec 2024.pdf (164.07 KB)
• Data Officer Addendum (EA5).pdf (62.52 KB)