Performance and Data Lead

Performance and Data Lead

Salary: £46,889 per annum

Location: Leeds

Key Points:

• Permanent
• 37 hours pw
• Applications for part time / job share will be considered
• Closing date - Sunday 07 June 2026 at 23:55

If this post is advertised on a full-time basis, please note that the Combined Authority will consider requests for part-time working and/or job share. Please discuss your preferred working requirements with the manager at interview.

We currently have a vacancy for a Performance and Data Lead (Healthy Working Life) to join our Employment and Skills Team.

As part of the Employment and Skills team, this role will contribute to ensuring West Yorkshire is the best place to learn, work, and live by growing the local economy, supporting businesses to thrive, and enabling everyone to access quality support and training to prepare for and progress in their careers.

This role will have a focus on our Healthy Working Life agenda. Healthy Working Life is a joint programme of West Yorkshire Combined Authority and NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board. The programme will deliver the region’s £37 million Work and Health Plan, developed following consultation with residents and employer.

The programme aims to grow the economy and put more money in people’s pockets by supporting those with long-term sickness or disability into secure, rewarding and well-paid work, and by testing innovative approaches to help economically inactive people move towards or into the workforce.

It is an exciting time to be joining the Mayoral Combined Authority. We have a wide variety of impactful  projects that we are working on which will help shape the West Yorkshire region. To find out more about the work the Combined Authority is involved with, take a look at our latest news stories.

It is important that you demonstrate how your breadth of experience, knowledge and skills align with the role when applying. We have therefore created comprehensive guidance for candidates, and you are strongly urged to read this before completing your application form. Please visit our Advice for Candidates webpage to find this guidance and further support in completing your application form. 

Visit our 'Life at West Yorkshire Combined Authority' webpage to find out what our staff have to say about working here.

The Role
Reporting into the Policy and Partnerships Lead (Healthy Working Life Delivery) your key responsibilities will include:
• To lead and manage the Performance and Data team, aligning activity to priorities and
ensuring robust and consistent approaches to performance management, data capture and contract reporting across both internally and externally funded programmes.
• To lead the development of a programme performance framework and ensure consistent use of contract management tools, including clear processes, data capture and dashboards to monitor performance, risks and outcomes.
• To oversee the effective management of programmes and contracts in line with Combined Authority and external funder requirements, ensuring compliance with funding rules and delivery against outputs, outcomes and spend, working closely with key managers across Employment and Skills.

Please review the Role Profile for more information about the responsibilities.

About You
You will have the following key skills, attributes, education, and experience:
• You will have experience of managing complex Employment and Skills programmes and contracts, with a good understanding of funding rules, such as DWP requirements, alongside compliance and delivery against outputs, outcomes and spend.
• You will be a proactive manager, with experience of leading and motivating a team to deliver a range of work and manage complex contracts.
• You will have experience of implementing and monitoring performance management
frameworks, systems or processes, including data capture, reporting and performance
dashboards across multiple programmes.
• You will be confident analysing and interpreting data, monitoring KPIs, completing financial claims and writing clear reports for different audiences, with strong attention to detail.
• You will be able to lead change, develop practical solutions and work with partners and colleagues to improve processes, performance and delivery.

This role requires BPSS checks due to the data management requirements of the post.

Our Offer
Alongside a competitive salary, we offer an excellent benefits package including:
• Work your way – From flexible and agile working options, including a generous flexi-time scheme to help you balance your personal life and career.
• Time to recharge – Enjoy 28 days of annual leave (with increases based on length of service), plus all Bank Holidays.
• Free greener travel across West Yorkshire – Cover your commute sustainably with unlimited free bus and rail travel using the MCard (Zones 1–5).
• Secure your future – Benefit from a highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Investing in you – Take advantage of fully funded professional development, regular training, and up to 3 paid volunteering days per year.
• Grow with us – Incremental salary progression for most roles and annual cost of living increases.
• Family first – We offer enhanced parental and bereavement leave, plus other family-friendly policies to support you when it matters most.
• Your wellbeing, our priority – Access 24/7 free confidential counselling services and the Headspace app for you and up to 5 family or friends.
• Modern workspace in a prime location – Work in bright, contemporary offices just a 2-minute walk from Leeds Train Station, fully equipped with the latest tech.

Take a look at our Employee Benefits webpage to find out more.

To Apply
If this sounds like your next role, please complete the application form and tell us within the supporting statement why you would be a great fit for our role and how your skills, knowledge and experience align with the requirements under the ‘About You’ section of the advert and criteria within the Role Profile. Please visit our Advice for Candidates webpage and review the guidance on this page for support in completing your application form.

If you would like to discuss this role in more detail, please contact Anna Myers 

Further Information
Please note that whilst it is our policy to recruit at SP1 for all appointments, which is the salary stated above, each role includes career salary progression, with incremental increases applicable in most cases on an annual basis.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, unfortunately we are unable to respond to every applicant. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful. We do however thank you for your application and encourage you to continue looking for roles on our Careers with Us website page.