Workstream Coordinator
Office for National Statistics
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ONS operates a flexible hybrid working model across the UK, with colleagues linked to one of our contractual locations in Newport, Titchfield (Fareham) or Darlington and working between office and remote throughout the week.
As part of the hybrid working arrangement there is a 40% minimum office attendance requirement. Attendance is typically at your contractual office, with occasional travel to alternative locations. Due to estates constraints, there are currently temporary exceptions to this for colleagues based at Darlington who are required to attend the office for a minimum of 20% of their work time.
This post is available for eligible colleagues with greater flexibility on attendance (which includes those on Homeworking contracts) to apply. Candidates will need to discuss their current greater flexibilities with the Hiring Manager to agree an arrangement that meets the needs of the individual circumstances and on-going needs of the business.About the job
Job summary
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the UK’s largest producer of official statistics, covering a range of key economic, social and demographic topics. These include measuring changes in the value of the UK economy, estimating the size, geographic distribution, and characteristics of the population, and providing indicators of price inflation, employment, earnings, crime, and migration.
The Workstream Co-ordinator roles will be responsible for co-ordinating major outputs. The role could be part of a multi-disciplinary team or part of a pure co-ordination team. The role will be critical to the more flexible ways of working. The role may also require co-ordination across other ONS directorates or with external stakeholders.
Job description
Are you seeking a new challenge?
We currently have two exciting opportunities for Workstream Coordinators. These roles come with a variety of responsibilities and require the ability to collaborate with others to ensure the successful delivery of multiple activities. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership skills and the ability to achieve results through teamwork.
While these roles are part of the Operational Delivery Profession, having knowledge or experience in Project and Programme Management would be a valuable asset.
The workstream co-ordinator role will be responsible for co-ordinating major outputs working within Economic Statistics. The role will be responsible for planning the delivery of a range of activities which could include co-ordinating data deliveries, production of key publications and implementation of change. For example, it could include managing the delivery of a compendium publication, external data deliveries to international organisations or managing our relationships with internal and external stakeholders including co-ordination of their activities. Typically, the role will not have responsibility for data analysis.
The Population Transformation Directorate is a key team within HPAM and ONS to lead the delivery, in collaboration with others, of a sustained transformed statistical system for population and migration. There are teams leading technical engagement, programme delivery, inclusion, coherence and harmonisation. Our ethos is focused on delivery in a kind and caring team, where we pride ourselves on having a space where everyone can be their best. The role sits in the Technical Engagement division who are responsible for the coordination of work across the ONS to deliver a recommendation to government on the future of population, migration, and social statistics. The division is also responsible for engaging with key external users and understanding user needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Responding to internal and external queries.
- Organising and facilitating meetings including weekly work meetings, project boards, stakeholder meetings, team meetings, celebration events etc
- Coordinating documentation for meetings, taking minutes and tracking actions.
- Attending and leading at daily team meetings.
- Responsibility for an external communication plan.
- Setting the time-frame for article authors, and involving external stakeholders in the quality process.
- Liaising with the publishing team to publish articles using defined publishing trackers.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
- Interpersonal and communication skills - excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a proven record of establishing, building, and maintaining strong, collaborative and productive relationships.
- Ability to focus on delivery of outcomes, be proactive, work under pressure and respond quickly and decisively to changing circumstances and to tight deadlines.
- Organising, time management and prioritising - ability to manage and organise a complex workload, to prioritise, and manage rapidly changing demands and priorities, whilst maintaining a high-quality service.
- Confident in the use of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), Outlook and SharePoint.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
Benefits
The Office for National Statistics is part of the Civil Service, and as such we share a number of key benefits with other departments, whilst also having our own unique offerings to support our 5400 valued colleagues across the business.
Whether you are hearing about us for the first time or already know a bit about our organisation, we hope that the benefits pack attached (bottom of page) will give you a great insight into the benefits and facilities available to our colleagues, and our fantastic working culture.
Inclusion & Accessibility
At ONS we are always looking to attract the very best people from the widest possible talent pool, and we are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunities employer. As a member of the Business Disability Forum and a Disability Confident Leader we’re committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
As part of our application process, you will be prompted to provide details of any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process that you need. If you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments before applying, please contact the recruitment team in the first instance.
If you would like an accessible version of any of the attachments or recruitment documents below or linked to in this advert, please contact the recruitment team who will be happy to assist.
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Selection process details
Security Clearance
The requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for 3 consecutive years immediately prior to applying.
A lack of UK residency in itself is not always a bar to security clearance but the Department will need to consider eligibility by exception on a case-by-case basis. You will be asked to provide information regarding your UK residency during your application, and failure to provide this will result in your application being rejected.
If you are unsure that you meet the eligibility above, please read the information available on Gov.uk on this link, or contact the recruitment email on the advert before applying to discuss, as failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected and any offer of employment being withdrawn.
At the point of SC application you will need to provide or give access to the following evidence:
- Departmental or company records (personnel files, staff reports, sick leave reports and security records)
- UK criminal records covering both spent and unspent criminal records
- Your credit and financial history with a credit reference agency
- Security Services records
Applicants may utilise AI resources in their submissions; ensuring all information provided is factually accurate, truthful, and original, avoiding any form of plagiarism to maintain the authenticity and credibility of the application process.
Please note that all campaigns may be subject to withdrawal at any stage if the internal resource position changes.
Sift
Assessment at application stage will be based on your work history, skill and experience and personal statement. Your application should be tailored to demonstrate any skills, knowledge and experience that are relevant to the content of the role.
Your personal statement should be no longer than 1250 words. You should use this space fully to provide evidence for each essential criterion within the person specification. As the criteria are scored, we would recommend that you give clear examples for each including the impact of your actions and set them out using the STAR acronym (Situation, Task, Action, Result). - Success Profiles Behaviour examples are not required at this stage.
Interview
Should you be invited to interview you will be assessed against all the behaviours (and technical skills if applicable) as outlined in the advert.
A reserve list may be held for a period up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made.
Sift will take place from 6th November
Interviews from 19th November
Dates may be subject to change.
For the full terms and conditions of the post, please see attachment below.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Recruitment Operations
- Email : Recruitmentoperations@ons.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : Recruitmentoperations@ons.gov.uk
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