Peterborough City Council, Head of Performance and Intelligence

🌟 Join Us as Head of Performance and Intelligence! 🌟

This is a permanent role

Location: Sand Martin House, Peterborough (with flexible home working 1–2 days per week)

Salary: Circa £68k - £78k

Are you passionate about driving organisational excellence through data, insight, and innovation? Do you thrive on leading high-performing teams and shaping strategic decisions at the highest level? If so, Peterborough City Council wants to hear from you!

About the Role

As our new Head of Performance and Intelligence, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering a corporate approach to performance management and intelligence that underpins the Council’s Corporate Plan and key objectives. You’ll work closely with the Chief Executive, Corporate Leadership Team, and strategic partners to ensure robust analysis and insight inform every major decision.

You’ll lead a talented team of service managers and analysts, championing a culture of curiosity, evidence-based practice, and continuous improvement. Your work will drive transparency, accountability, and operational excellence across the Council.

What You’ll Do

As Head of Performance and Intelligence, you will:

• Lead and deliver the Council’s performance and intelligence strategy, ensuring a consistent, corporate approach that supports strategic priorities and service outcomes.
• Oversee statutory performance reporting and regulatory returns, ensuring they are accurate, timely, well‑governed, and able to withstand external scrutiny from auditors, inspectors, regulators, and government departments.
• Provide assurance to Members and senior leaders through robust governance, audit trails, data quality controls, and clear performance frameworks.
• Lead and develop a high‑performing, multidisciplinary team of service managers and analysts, championing curiosity, professionalism, and evidence‑based practice.
• Drive innovation responsibly, shaping the use of self‑service analytics, data science, and emerging AI capabilities while maintaining strong ethical standards, data quality, and information governance.
• Build and sustain strategic partnerships across the system, including with health, police, universities, schools, and other public sector partners, to strengthen shared intelligence and outcomes.
• Support and guide the organisation through Local Government Reorganisation, ensuring continuity, insight, and confidence during a period of significant change.
• Champion equality, diversity, and inclusion, embedding inclusive leadership and fair access to insight across all services.
• Present clear, impactful insights to senior leaders and Members, translating complex data into meaningful intelligence that supports decision‑making.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for a leader who can operate confidently at the most senior levels of the organisation, with the credibility and experience to influence, assure, and inspire.

• You will bring:
• Significant leadership experience in local government or a closely aligned public sector organisation, operating in a complex political and regulatory environment.
•  Proven accountability for statutory performance reporting and regulatory returns, including governance, audit, and inspection readiness.
•  Strong expertise in performance management, business intelligence, and data‑driven decision‑making, applied at a corporate and strategic level.
•  A track record of leading and developing high‑performing teams, creating a culture of trust, learning, and continuous improvement.
•  The ability to influence and collaborate with senior stakeholders, Members, and external partners.
•  Experience of digital, data, or analytics‑led transformation, with a pragmatic and ethical approach to innovation.
•  A clear commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, demonstrated through your leadership practice.
•  A relevant degree and management qualification; postgraduate or professional qualifications are desirable.

 Why Join Us?

·        Make a real impact on the lives of Peterborough’s residents

·        Work at the heart of strategic decision‑making

·        Lead the future of performance, data, and intelligence in a changing local government landscape

·        Enjoy flexible working within a supportive, inclusive organisational culture

·        Play a key role in shaping the Council through Local Government Reorganisation

Ready to shape the future of performance and intelligence at Peterborough City Council?

Apply now and be the catalyst for positive change!

Closing date: 11:59pm, Sunday 10^th May 2026

Interviews: Wednesday 20th / Thursday 21st / Friday 22nd May 2026 (to be confirmed)

Job Description - Head of Performance and Intelligence

For more information about the benefits of working for Peterborough City Council, please visit:

https://careers.peterborough.gov.uk/jobs/why-join-us/

How to Apply

1. Upload your CV under “Please select one of the options below.”
2. Complete the short mandatory fields on the next page.
3. Use ‘Add Attachments’ to upload your Supporting Statement and any other documents.
4. Please ensure that the file name of your CV and supporting statement includes your full name.
5. Ensure both CV and Supporting Statement are uploaded before submitting your application.
6. If you have a long term health condition or disability and would like your application to be considered in accordance with a Disability Confident Scheme, please email: execapplications@penna.com to inform the Penna team.