Senior Data Analyst
Cabinet Office
Apply before 11:55 pm on Saturday 16th November 2024
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Job summary
The Cabinet Office and HM Treasury operate at the heart of the UK government. These iconic departments are responsible for ensuring the effective running of government, maintaining control over public spending and working to achieve strong and sustainable growth for the UK. The Cabinet Office & HM Treasury (COHMT) Commercial team has the vision to be a top-performing commercial function in government, setting best practices for others to follow. It offers a unique challenge to commercial professionals who want to work on some of the UK’s most important policy issues. The team partners with all business areas, providing a commercial service that covers planning, commercial strategy, sourcing and contract management on circa £1bn of third-party spend. The COHMT Commercial team operates with our core values in mind, which are: We are Curious, Collaborative and Kind; we act with Integrity and are Focused on value for money. We are looking for a Senior Data Analyst to join our team, who will be responsible for developing in Excel and/or a programming language a wide range of data products to be used across the directorate and wider departments to support the delivery and transform the commercial service to the departments. |
Role Overview |
The Cabinet Office HM Treasury Commercial team has recently changed its operating model. It is now organised into spend category teams, supplemented by business partners and embedded commercial teams in specialist areas and programmes. The Directorate is supported by a central team, Commercial Strategy & Performance, responsible for the overall strategy and enabling functions. You will be part of the Commercial Strategy & Performance team, enabling continuous improvement in commercial practices and adherence to Government Commercial Standards. This is an excellent opportunity for a passionate and experienced Data Analyst to join a supportive and committed team and provide Management Information to help the directorate realise its vision of being a top-performing commercial function in government. We are looking for someone ambitious, driven and curious about trends who knows how to collect and leverage data and will inspire others to use data to drive improvements. |
Job description
- This role requires an experienced professional with a solid analytical background who is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
- To create optimised data collection and analysis systems to drive visibility, efficiency and data led decision making.
- Identifying opportunities for innovation in what and how data is used in the Directorate and leading on implementation and adoption.
- Applying data analysis tools, techniques and visualisation to develop and design reports to meet business needs and allow data-led decision-making.
- Extracting, cleaning, aggregating and manipulating data from various systems and sources to provide insightful and actionable reports to the CO HMT Commercial team.
- Leading the delivery of collecting data from various sources and systems, quality assurance to produce monthly reports to senior officials and CO HMT Commercial Boards.
- Working with various stakeholders to scope requirements for new management information products and drive continuous improvement.
- Leading data and analytical projects to support strategic priorities from requirement gathering to testing and implementation.
- Automating data management activities where possible.
- Contributing data and insights to papers and reports, including suggesting where data and data systems can drive more efficient data led decision making.
- Ensuring that the analysis is robust and communicated effectively.
- Choosing and employing appropriate statistical techniques and visualisation tools to deliver impactful analysis and engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Supporting the development of the CO HMT Commercial Contract database, ATAMIS, focusing on driving and improving management information.
- Leading initiatives to improve the data quality in the CO HMT Commercial Contract database, ATAMIS and other data sources.
- Champion and lead data innovation, using tools and techniques available to you (such as Atamis, PowerBi, etc) to contribute to a suite of analytics solutions that will increase the usage of data and draw out meaningful insight.
- Creating, developing and improving dashboards to transform data into valuable insight for Commercial.
- Supporting senior colleagues in raising awareness and understanding of commercial transformation in a broader departmental and functional context.
Person specification
Essential Criteria:
- A genuine passion for data and analytics, with the curiosity to investigate, understand and explain patterns and trends;
- Demonstrable experience in data analysis and experience delivering within large-scale transformation programmes;
- Demonstrable experience translating business issues into data problems for resolution;
- Significant experience working with qualitative and quantitative datasets;
- Experience in selecting the appropriate medium to visualise data to tell compelling and actionable stories relevant to business goals;
- Ability to present, communicate and disseminate data appropriately and with high impact;
- Strong analytical skills, including experience employing a range of techniques, including basic statistical methods;
- Advanced MS Excel;
- Extensive experience in developing a range of clear and engaging products using data visualisation software such as Tableau and/or Power BI;
- Excellent accuracy and attention to detail;
- Experience balancing competing priorities/demands and working to tight deadlines;
- Strong verbal communication skills with the ability to challenge assumptions and explain technical issues to stakeholders without the use of jargon;
- Good mathematics and IT skills gained through qualification and/or experience.
Desirable
- A good working knowledge of a data programming language such as Python and/or R.
Additional information:
A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. Although requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Changing and Improving
- Delivering at Pace
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Managing a Quality Service
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role.
- An environment with flexible working options.
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
- A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and employer contributions of 28.97%.
- A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.
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Application process
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Please provide a personal statement of no more than 500 words. It should explain how your knowledge, skills and experience (using examples) meet the requirements for this role in line with the Success Profile element(s) being assessed (e.g. Behaviours, Experience etc). Using the job advert information, particularly the job description and person specification. Information is available on the application process (including what Civil Service Success Profiles is) and how to write your personal statement.
Selection process
We will assess your CV and Personal statement, and the interview will be behaviour based.
Expected timeline (subject to change)
Expected sift date – [w/c 18th Nov]
Expected interview date/s – [w/c 25th Nov]
Interview location - Your interview will either be conducted face to face or by video. You will be notified of the location if you are selected for interview.
Reasonable Adjustment
If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
Contact Government Recruitment Service via cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the ‘Assistance required’ section in the ‘Additional requirements’ page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
Further information
A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.
Any move to Cabinet Office from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service/Disclosure Scotland on your behalf.
However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
This role is full time only. Applicants who wish to work an alternative pattern are welcome to apply however your preferred working pattern may not be available and you should discuss this with the vacancy holder before applying.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'contact point for applicants' section.
Please note that this role requires BPSS checks.,
Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Scott Stanley
- Email : scott.stanley1@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at info@csc.gov.uk. For further information on the Recruitment Principles. and bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission, please visit their website at: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk.
