Principal BI Analyst

Salary £59,500

Location Milton Keynes

This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The Vacancy

Are you ready to shape how data drives strategy at Amplius? As our Principal BI Analyst, you’ll lead the BI Centre of Excellence, setting standards, mentoring analysts, and delivering high-impact insights - including GIS and geo-analytics. You’ll ensure fast, accurate, and trusted data that informs clear decisions and sparks innovation across the organisation.

Salary: £59,500 per year

Contract: Permanent, full time

Your week: 36.25 hours Monday – Friday 8.45am – 5pm

Location: Hybrid with a weekly presence in our Milton Keynes office ideally.

There is flexibility to be based at another office (Rushden, Peterborough, or Boston), but you’ll need to spend time in Milton Keynes during the first few months to settle in, attend training, and get up to speed.

Snapshot of your role

Lead and maintain BI standards, including design systems, templates, DAX patterns, workspace structure, deployment, and certification processes.
Mentor BI Analysts to elevate insight quality, ensuring outputs are actionable, well-framed, and value-generative for executive and service leads.
Develop and oversee the organisation’s GIS capability, including spatial modelling, mapping, geocoding, and ethical handling of sensitive location data.
Ensure BI quality, performance, and lifecycle management through peer reviews, monitoring refresh/query performance, and maintaining runbooks.
Manage controlled innovation by piloting bespoke measures, promoting successful prototypes for certification, and documenting assumptions and outcomes.
Drive community engagement and adoption by leading user forums, clinics, “how-to” sessions, and curating templates, datasets, and pattern libraries.
Ensure security, privacy, and compliance in all BI outputs, including role-based access, sensitivity labels, audit-ready artefacts, and governance alignment.
Collaborate across Data Products, Data Platform, Data Governance, IT, and stakeholders to shape BI strategy, roadmap, and capability uplift.

What you’ll need to thrive in this role

Degree or equivalent in Data/Analytics, GIS, Computer Science, or related field, with ongoing professional development.
Expertise in Power BI: modelling, DAX, performance tuning, deployment pipelines, and workspace governance.
Proven experience with BI standards, templates, interaction patterns, peer reviews, and insight delivery.
Strong geo-analytics experience, including spatial joins, boundaries, mapping, and GIS privacy considerations.
Experience in a Centre of Excellence, coaching analysts and enabling self-service at scale.
Strong insight craft: turning data into actionable, measurable recommendations.
Collaboration and influence across BI, data, IT, and business teams.
Independence, adaptability, creativity while being customer-focused and strategically aware.

Please read the attached Job Description before applying so you get the full scope of the role.

You can read about our colleague benefits here - Amplius colleague benefits

Important - We do not provide visa sponsorship; you must be eligible to work in the UK. You must reside in the UK for the duration of your employment and provide Right to Work evidence.

Applications close on 30 March. If you’re shortlisted, you will be invited to take part in a three-stage selection process: TestGorilla skills assessment, a follow-up virtual interview, and a final in-person interview.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early in response to an overwhelming number of applications or a change in business priorities.

Do you have any questions? Contact the Amplius Recruitment Team and we’ll be in touch to support you.

The Company

Amplius is one of the largest housing providers across the Midlands, East and Southeast of England. We own and manage more than 37,000 homes and deliver a range of quality services, including care and support, specialist housing and home ownership options. We’re a team of over 1,300 colleagues driven to have a positive impact on people’s lives and provide affordable homes that make a difference.