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Contract to start ASAP until 28-02-27 with a possible extension.
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Fabric & Power BI Analyst – Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council
Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week)
Contract: Temporary contract from 6 November 2026 to 28 February 2027
Support Data, Reporting and Insight Through Microsoft Fabric and Power BI
We're recruiting an experienced Fabric & Power BI Analyst to join Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council, based at BCP Civic Centre, BH2 6DY.
This is a specialist data and business intelligence role focused on developing, maintaining and improving reporting, analytics and data solutions using Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.
You'll work closely with service teams, analysts, technical colleagues and stakeholders to transform data into meaningful insight, improve reporting capability and support informed decision-making across the Council.
About the Role
As a Fabric & Power BI Analyst, you'll support the development of modern data and reporting solutions across Council services.
You'll design dashboards, build data models, improve reporting processes and help ensure data is accurate, accessible and presented clearly to users.
What you'll be doing:
- Developing and maintaining Power BI dashboards and reports
- Supporting data solutions within Microsoft Fabric
- Building and maintaining data models
- Creating measures, calculations and reporting logic
- Using Power Query and DAX to transform and analyse data
- Working with stakeholders to understand reporting and insight requirements
- Translating business requirements into effective data solutions
- Supporting data integration and transformation activities
- Improving data quality and consistency
- Designing clear, user-friendly dashboards and visualisations
- Developing automated and repeatable reporting processes
- Maintaining documentation for reports, datasets and data models
- Supporting testing and validation of reporting solutions
- Investigating data discrepancies and reporting issues
- Working with technical teams on data pipelines and source systems
- Supporting users with Power BI reporting and self-service analytics
- Monitoring report performance and identifying opportunities for optimisation
- Applying appropriate data security and governance requirements
- Contributing to continuous improvement of business intelligence and data services
Requirements
We're looking for an experienced data and business intelligence professional with strong Microsoft Power BI skills and practical experience of Microsoft Fabric.
You'll ideally have:
- Strong experience developing reports and dashboards in Power BI
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric
- Strong knowledge of DAX and Power Query
- Experience designing and maintaining data models
- Experience working with multiple data sources
- Good understanding of data transformation and ETL processes
- Experience gathering and documenting reporting requirements
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to present complex data clearly to non-technical users
- Experience investigating data-quality issues
- Good understanding of data governance and security
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities
- Previous local authority or public-sector data experience would be advantageous
- Experience with SQL would be highly desirable
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- Ability to provide relevant references/work history
- Ability to complete required pre-employment checks
Why Apply
- Opportunity to work with Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council
- Competitive Umbrella rate of £29.26 per hour
- Full-time 37-hour working week
- Specialist role working with Microsoft Fabric and Power BI
- Opportunity to support modern data and business intelligence solutions
- Chance to work across multiple Council service areas
- Temporary assignment through to February 2027
- Opportunity to further develop public-sector analytics experience
Benefits
- Weekly Pay
- Company Pension
- Ongoing Agency Support
Additional Information
Client: Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council
Job Title: Fabric & Power BI Analyst
Location: BCP Civic Centre, BH2 6DY
Positions Available: 1
Hours: 37 hours per week
Start Date: 6 November 2026
End Date: 28 February 2027
Contract Type: Temporary
Pay Rate: Umbrella: £29.26 per hour
Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract
Pay: £29.26 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
Application question(s):
- Do you have strong experience developing dashboards and reports in Power BI?
- Do you have hands-on experience working with Microsoft Fabric?
- Are you confident using DAX, Power Query and data modelling?
- Do you have experience gathering reporting requirements from business stakeholders?
- Do you have experience working with SQL or other data-querying tools?
- Are you able to reliably travel to BCP Civic Centre, BH2 6DY?
- Are you available to start from 6 November 2026?
Experience:
- Power BI Development: 2 years (required)
- Microsoft Fabric: 1 year (preferred)
- Data Modelling / DAX / Power Query: 2 years (required)
- SQL / Data Analysis: 1 year (preferred)
- Local Authority / Public Sector Data: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Relevant Data / BI / Microsoft Certification (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
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