Applications Analyst - Housing - Southwark Council : Job Details

The role

What You’ll Do:We’re looking for a highly skilled Applications Analyst to play a key role in the delivery and continuous improvement of our housing service applications. You will:

• Support, maintain, and enhance corporate applications (NEC Housing), ensuring system reliability and optimal performance.
• Work as part of a team of specialist analysts, providing technical expertise and covering for colleagues when required.
• Develop and improve services, ensuring Southwark Council benefits from cutting-edge solutions.
• Manage, troubleshoot, and resolve application issues, ensuring minimal disruption to users.
• Work confidently with data, using SQL to manipulate, report, and extract insights from corporate systems.
• Share knowledge and document processes, fostering a collaborative and knowledgeable team environment.
• Contribute to shaping significant changes in the Housing Application landscape, ensuring Southwark Council remains at the forefront of public sector technology.

What You’ll Bring:

• Proven experience as an Applications Analyst using critical tools for data management, reporting, and delivering valuable insights.
• Knowledge of Housing or Public Sector applications such as NEC Housing is highly advantageous.
• Strong SQL skills, with the ability to query, manipulate, and report on data effectively.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving, troubleshooting, and system optimisation.
• Experience in stakeholder engagement, with the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• A problem-solving mindset, with a focus on efficiency, automation, and innovation.
• Skilled in driving systemic change management across organisations.
• Expertise in defining and analysing business processes and data flows.
• Extensive experience in managing technology upgrades and transformations.
• This role offers flexible home working blended with travel into our London Bridge HQ.

Additional salary details

Southwark is a borough that thrives on diversity, confidence, and ambition. With over 120 languages spoken and a young, multi-cultural population, we are committed to delivering a fairer future for all. This is a unique opportunity to be a key player in delivering Southwark’s 2030 vision of a fair, green, and safe borough where everyone thrives!Are you an Applications Analyst with expertise in NEC Housing, and SQL? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, ensuring critical applications run smoothly and efficiently? If so, we want you on our team at Southwark Council.About Southwark Council

Southwark Council is the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues such as The Shard, The Tate Modern and Borough Market along with many social enterprises and we have a young, diverse, and growing population.

At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities.?Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.Salary Range: £44,430 - £51,663Benefits and more information:

https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/

Recruitment timetable

Application Closing Date: 11.59pm on the 13th of March 2025

Interview Date: The28th of March 2025

We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition.#LI-PC1

Attachments

• AppAnalyst-JD-Housing.docx