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About The Team

Dr.Erik Thomasson (Head Of Service)

As the Head Of Service, Erik manages the team overall as well as being direct line manager to a couple of the team members. Also, Erik takes every advantage to advertise our service.

The team consists of the following people.

Community Consultation and Research Team

Mike Barnett - Senior Policy Officer

Description of Role - Mainly responsible for the service's customer and community research activities, including:
• "Managing the "Speak Out!" panel, implementing surveys using it and carrying out subsequent analysis.
• "Implementing, analysing and reporting on customer satisfaction research
• "Consultation Strategy Implementation and training
• "Rationalising research and consultation activity by establishing and maintaining a Consultation Calendar for monitoring and reporting on consultation activity across the Council. Working closely with partner organisations to develop a joint approach to research and consultation.
• "Undertaking research and consultation to inform strategy development.
• "Carrying out, commissioning and assisting other Departments to carry out, customer and community research and consultation.
Tel(01274) 432221 Email - mike.barnett@bradford.gov.uk

Valerie Balding - Policy Officer/Job share (with Beenash Faris)

Description of Role - Provides policy advice on and helps to deliver community research and consultation activities. Coordinates the Domestic Abuse Monitoring Project and provides data for performance management database on domestic abuse and hate crime.
Tel(01274) 434688 Email - valerie.balding@bradford.gov.uk

Beenash Faris - Policy Officer/Job share (with Valerie Balding)

Description of Role - Provides policy advice on and helps to deliver community research and consultation activities. Coordinates the Domestic Abuse Monitoring Project and provides data for performance management database on domestic abuse and hate crime.
Tel(01274) 434688 Email - beenash.faris@bradford.gov.uk

Richard Smith - Policy Officer

Description of Role - Main area of work is the development and implementation of the Council's programme of customer research, particularly online surveys. Responsibilities include providing advice and assistance to managers and departments on matters relating to market research projects, including survey design, agency appointment, analysis, interpretation and presentation of results.
Tel(01274) 433839 Email - richard.smith@bradford.gov.uk

Beverley Nuttall - Assistant Policy Officer

Description of Role - Responsible for providing research assistant support to all parts of the Research and Consultation service and all stages of research and consultation projects. Includes maintenance, "cleaning" and analysis of data sets, dealing with requests for information, including extracting information from the Census using SASPAC software, assistance in implementing consultation programmes and events, assisting in the production of publications including the SpeakOut Questionnaire.
Tel(01274) 434793 Email - beverley.nuttall@bradford.gov.uk

Stephen Elves - Corporate GIS Manager

Description of Role - Mainly responsible for development of strategic information systems including corporate GIS and web-based systems. Current work areas include:
• "To lead GIS work within the council and the wider district both strategically through the Corporate GIS Project and operationally through managing the Corporate GIS team.
• "Ensure GIS supports and extends the wider information and knowledge management aspirations of the District.
• "Manage the design and implementation of the GIS Service
• "Develop the GIS Service to support evolving Council objectives and ways of working
• "To manage the existing GIS projects and integrate them into the new service
• "Represent the GIS Service on the GIS Board
• "Advising and assisting other Departments in the development of GIS applications and other information systems and responding to one-off requests (from Council Departments, other agencies and public) for GIS processing of data as appropriate.
Tel(01274) 432191 Email - stephen.elves@bradford.gov.uk

Yeron Meah - GIS Applications Manager

Description of Role - Working on the Corporate GIS Project. Yeron's main role is to co-ordinate application design. Other responsibilities include providing consulting services to staff and employees of appropriate partners and providing appropriate services and support and to manage GIS development contracts and contractors.
Tel(01274) 437261 Email - yeron.meah@bradford.gov.uk

John Roberts - GIS Applications Manager

Description of Role - Working on the Corporate GIS Project. John’s main role is to co-ordinate application design. Other responsibilities include providing consulting services to staff and employees of appropriate partners and providing appropriate services and support and to manage GIS development contracts and contractors.
Tel(01274) 437612 Email - john.Roberts@bradford.gov.uk

Policy Officers (On-line Community Statistics) - 4 Posts

Description of Role - The main role of the four Policy Officers is to develop a web-based information and intelligence portal for the District (‘Bradford Observatory’).

Main responsibilities are:
• To liaise with senior policy and technical officers and other agencies to gather data.
• To analyse a range of datasets, and to provide a range of quality data, information and analysis on the District
• To develop a comprehensive range of online tools to support both the Council and its Partners in service planning, delivery and monitoring
• To be the primary contact within the Council for technical enquiries relating to the website.

Each of the four Policy Officers has an additional area of responsibility listed under their names.

Christina Lee - Safer Communities, Education
Tel(01274) 437213 Email - christina.lee@bradford.gov.uk

Stephen Davis - Health, Accident and Collision data, NEETs
Tel(01274) 437258 Email - stephen.davis@bradford.gov.uk

Saffwaan Bham - Housing, Economy, Voting Rates
Tel(01274) 431859 Email - saffwaan.bham@bradford.gov.uk

Kristopher Braham - Student Placement
Tel(01274) 433835 Email - Kristopher.Bramham@bradford.gov.uk

Statistical Research and Monitoring Team

Catriona Colborn - Senior Policy Officer (job share)

Description of Role - Mainly responsible for collection, analysis and reporting on data for the Picture of the District and Bradford in Brief reports. Also handles one-off requests for information and data, and manages the Neighbourhood Renewal Data Analysis team and admin support.
Tel(01274) 434691 Email - catriona.colborn@bradford.gov.uk

Jill Hunter - Policy Officer, Safer and Stronger Communities

Description of Role - Specific responsibility for research and monitoring activities in area of crime and disorder, including statutory Crime and Disorder Audit and "mini-audits".
Tel(01274) 431326 Email - Jill.Hunter@bradford.gov.uk

Alan Yaqub - Research & Data Analyst (Neighbourhood Element)

Description of Role - Research, analysis and monitoring to provide accurate profiles, baseline data and monitoring of the effects of interventions on the quality of life and life opportunities of people living in Neighbourhood Element areas.
Tel(01274) 437209 Email - Alan.Yaqub@bradford.gov.uk

Nigget Rehman - Assistant Research & Data Analyst (Neighbourhood Element)

Description of Role - Research, analysis and monitoring to provide accurate profiles, baseline data and monitoring of the effects of interventions on the quality of life and life opportunities of people living in Neighbourhood Element areas.
Tel(01274) 434689 Email - Nigget.Rehman@bradford.gov.uk

Louisa Ellison - Assistant Policy Officer (job share)

Description of Role - Responsible for providing research assistant support to all parts of the Research and Consultation service and all stages of research and consultation projects. Includes maintenance, "cleaning" and analysis of data sets, dealing with requests for information, assistance in implementing consultation programmes and events, assisting in the production of publications.
Tel(01274) 433879 Email - louisa.jenner@bradford.gov.uk

Demographics Team
Karen Fuller - Policy Officer (Census Analysis)

Description of Role - The main role of this post is to ensure that Bradford Council makes the most of the information from the 2001 Census and subsequent releases of official population estimates through collation, analysis and interpretation provision of data and support.
Tel(01274) 433883 Email - karen.fuller@bradford.gov.uk