Enfield Council jobs

We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Education Data Officer to join Enfield’s Education Department. This role focuses on the use and development of Synergy to support high-quality data management, reporting, and statutory processes across education services.

You will work closely with schools, colleagues, and partners to ensure data is accurate, timely, and effectively used to support decision-making, safeguarding, and service improvement. The role involves maintaining and developing Synergy processes, troubleshooting data issues, and supporting users across the system.

We are looking for someone with strong analytical skills, experience working with education data systems (ideally Synergy), and a clear understanding of data quality and compliance requirements. The ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences is essential.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to improving outcomes for children and young people through robust data and systems.

Contact Details -

If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Ian Hewison on 020 8132 0395 for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit to the team.

If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Andrea Walkerdine at andrea.walkerdine@enfield.gov.uk or on 020 8132 1022.

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We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That’s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working, click here to find out more.

Why it's great to work for Enfield Council:

• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
• A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.
• Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
• Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
• Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.
• 1 month's paid sabbatical for registered Social Workers working in Children's Social Care.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received. Therefore, we advise that you complete fully and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

If you have previously applied for this role within the past 6 months, unfortunately, a second application will not be considered.

Certain posts in the Council are ‘politically restricted’ which means that staff employed in these posts may not undertake political activities either in or outside the workplace and therefore if candidates are affiliated with any political party, we may not be able to proceed with their application.