Retrofit Data and Insight Manager

Package Description

Responsible to: Retrofit London Programme Director

Starting salary: £58,855

Working Hours: 35 per week

Contract details: Full time. Hybrid working, some mandatory office days required.

London Councils operates in a hybrid working environment as an agile employer, working across its Strategic Directorates.

If you have any queries or would like to informally discuss the role, please contact Jack Ostrofsky, Retrofit London Programme Director at jack.ostrofsky@londoncouncils.gov.uk

Please be advised that the application deadline for this role will close at 11:59pm on Monday 31st March 2025. Interviews are due to be scheduled for the week commencing 14th April 2025.

Job Introduction

We are recruiting to an exciting new role within Warmer Homes London, a new joint endeavour of the GLA and London Councils to accelerate the pace and scale of quality retrofit across the capital.

The Retrofit Data and Insight Manager will play a key role in a multidisciplinary team focussed on synergising retrofit data at unprecedented scale from London’s Social Housing Fund Strategic Partnership of 27 of London’s Boroughs and Housing Associations.

You will be the lead for all aspects of data collation, management, and innovation, going beyond minimum grant funding reporting requirements to enable the Partnership to achieve its strategic goals. 

The successful candidate will be well versed in a range of data analysis and visualisation tools, will be a skilled problem-solver, and an adept project manager with excellent stakeholder management and communications skills.

Please note that anyone using generative AI tools such as ChatGPT or Copilot to answer sift questions may be marked down if they do not also include original content that demonstrates their aptitude, experience and skills. Using these tools also runs the risk of plagiarism.

Main Responsibilities

1)  Be the primary person responsible for identifying and prioritising the data and insight needs of Warmer Homes London, including development of a comprehensive retrofit data insight strategy to support the delivery of London's SHF Strategic Partnership.

2) Utilise housing asset and retrofit data from a range of sources to respond to user and stakeholder requirements, and to generate insights, data products, dashboards, reporting templates and toolkits, as well as other in-depth analyses, to support and enable pan-London retrofit outcomes.

3) Contribute to and develop tools for a variety of internal, external, and multi-partner reporting needs, focussing on clear communication, problem solving, data quality, and consistency.

4) Prepare reports and presentations to communicate findings and place data (and the insights derived from it) at the heart of the scale up of the retrofit sector in the capital.

5) Stay up to date with best practice, innovative approaches, and emerging data technologies to bring to bear benefits to the team and its remit.

Read about the job activities in more detail in the Job Description and Person Specification document attached below.

The Ideal Candidate

1) Skilled in applied data science, including proficiency in MS Excel, Power BI and (ideally) other data analysis and visualisation tools 

2) A creative, pragmatic, and agile problem solver, with strong analytical skills

3) Articulate both in person and in writing

4) An experienced project and/or programme manager with proven leadership characteristics

5) Experience working with residential energy data and/or social housing data

6) Educated to degree level, or with equivalent practical experience

All applications will be processed using a blind sifting method. This means that personal identifying details will be removed to ensure fair and unbiased shortlisting of applications.

About The Company

London Councils is the collective of London local government, the 32 boroughs and the City of London Corporation. They come together through London Councils to work in collaboration to deliver their shared ambitions for London and Londoners.

Through lobbying, collaboration and partnership, we ensure the voice of the London boroughs are united, and heard at a local, regional and national level.

We also run a number of services on behalf of the boroughs including the Freedom Pass, Taxicard and Health Emergency Badge.

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