Are you the right candidate for this opportunity Make sure to read the full description below. MLC Partners are working with prestigious London based College to support them with the recruitment of a newly created Head of Business Intelligence & Reporting role. This role would be for someone who likes the prospect of working in a greenfield environment and working with Executive teams to ensure the Data strategy links in to the wider organisational and Digtal Strategy. If you're a self sufficient, driven individual with strong previous exposure to the Higher Education sector... please read on! Job Purpose Lead the development and delivery of business intelligence solutions to support evidence-based decision-making across the College. This pivotal role shapes the institution’s data strategy, drives continuous improvement, and fosters a culture of data literacy and collaboration. The postholder will champion best practice, engage key stakeholders, and ensure the service continually evolves to meet institutional needs. Key Areas: Develop and maintain dashboards to report and monitor the College's KPIs Manage the delivery and prioritisation of strategic data projects for the College Lead on the development of dashboards and semantic data models in Power BI Be responsible for an annual cycle of updates to existing reports Be highly proficient in external Higher Education data and relevant internal student record systems Support decision making through intuitive data visualisation and scenario planning Benchmarking against internal and external performance measures Manage, mentor and develop a team of Planning Analysts, fostering professional growth and wellbeing Provide a professional, efficient and friendly service to students, staff and external organisations Develop relationships with key stakeholders such as academic schools and professional services to understand business needs Main Duties and Responsibilities: Leadership and Data Governance Develop and implement the College’s Data strategy, including institution-wide data definitions, and governance frameworks Champion for Data Quality and Records Management across the institution, ensuring alignment with regulatory and sector standards (e.g. OfS, HESA) Align data projects to strategic priorities Lead on the design and delivery of dashboards and semantic data models using Power BI and other relevant tools Support the creation and maintenance of a ‘single- source of truth’ data infrastructure Business Intelligence and Reporting Develop and maintain dashboards to monitor and report on College KPIs Provide complex analysis of key performance indicators to senior leadership, including OfS metrics, National Student Survey results, League table publications Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration xehkeey Build strong cross departmental collaboration with IT, Finance, HR and Registry, academic schools and other professional services Communicate complex data insights to a range of stakeholders through intuitive visualisations and clear reporting Develop a deep understanding of user requirements in order to deliver intuitive dashboards Team Leadership Build, lead and develop a team of data analysts/ officers to support business needs Service Delivery and Support Produce complex analysis of key performance indicators to the senior leadership team Develop dashboards and reports to support various stakeholders in their operations and planning processes Pro-actively identify data quality issues with student records and communicate with relevant staff to resolve them Provide support and training to staff in the use of reporting tools and other data resources