Gis Work, Jobs in Manchester, Eng (with Salaries)

Senior Geospatial Information Specialist
Office for National Statistics —Manchester
- £43,644 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Master's degree
- Presentation skills
2d
Senior Consultant / Consultant - Geospatial and Data Analytics
Steer —Manchester
- £35,000 - £45,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- SQL
- Analysis skills
- Python
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
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1d
Principal Environmental Data Analyst
APEM —Manchester
- Remote
- Master's degree
- SQL
- Bachelor's degree
14d
Assistant Landscape Architect
Salford Council —Swinton
- £32,597 - £35,412 a year
- AutoCAD
- Master's degree
- Bachelor's degree
Lifecycle Delivery Analyst
KeolisAmey Metrolink —Manchester
- £40,887 a year
- Full-time
- Engineering
- SQL
- SharePoint
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
12d
Flood Modeller
AECOM —Manchester
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Analysis skills
Senior Geoenvironmental Consultant
Evan Craig —Manchester
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Senior Hydroecology Consultant
APEM —Stockport
- Remote
- Data analysis skills
- Master's degree
- Project management
7d
Senior Environmental Data Analyst
APEM —Stockport
- Remote
- Doctoral degree
- Master's degree
- Bachelor's degree
14d
Graduate Landscape and Estates Manager
THE ENVIRONMENT PARTNERSHIP (TEP) LIMITED —Warrington
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- Computer literacy
- Health & wellbeing programme
Quick apply
2d
Utility Surveyor
Tetra Tech —Manchester
- Hybrid work
- AutoCAD
Land Consultant
WSP —Manchester
- Microsoft Office
- Project management
- Travel
7d
Managing Consultant- EIA Flood Risk Specialist
ERM Group —Manchester
- Full-time
- Microsoft Office
- Project management
- SharePoint
Civil Engineer - Flood Risk
Tetra Tech —Manchester
- Hybrid work
- Project management
- Travel
- Communication skills
Senior Land Referencer
Dalcour Maclaren —Manchester
- Military
- Travel
- Organisational skills
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Quick apply
14d
Information Manager
AtkinsRéalis —Manchester
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Machine learning
- Agile
- Leadership
Civil Water Engineer
AtkinsRéalis —Manchester
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- AutoCAD
- Engineering
- Microsoft Office
Associate/Arboriculture Team Manager
Urban Green —Manchester
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- AutoCAD
- Management
- Business development
Quick apply
Transport Planner
GXO Logistics —Birchwood
- £28,000 - £32,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Customer service
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Ecologist
Strabag —Manchester
- Construction experience
- Communication skills

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Senior Geospatial Information Specialist

Office for National Statistics -
Manchester

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Job details

Permanent | Part-time | Full-time
£43,644 a year
2 days ago

Benefits

Company pension

Qualifications

ArcGIS
QGIS
Master's degree
Software quality assurance
Presentation skills

Full job description

Details

Reference number

473320

Salary

£43,644

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Geography

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

Location
About the job
Benefits
Things you need to know
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Location

The locations of this role are Newport, Darlington, Fareham, Manchester.

This role follows ONS hybrid working principles and contributes to the organisation's 40% office attendance requirement, subject to business and role needs.

Due to workforce controls you can only select Manchester if you are an existing ONS employee contracted to that location. If you are not contracted at one of these sites, these options are not available to you.

Only existing ONS contractual homeworkers can select Homeworking.

Applicants who select a location they are not eligible for will be removed from the recruitment process and will not be considered for alternative locations. Please refer to attachments for further terms and flexibilities.

About the job

Job summary

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the UKs 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.

We are transforming how we use data to better understand and measure the UKs economy and society, to drive better decision making, and to improve the lives of citizens. A core part of this work is the development of our geospatial capability, driving the effective use of geospatial methods across the organisation to add maximum value to ONS statistics.

The ONS Geography team provides geospatial expertise and guidance to ONS and across government. The team is dynamic and undertakes a mixture of work aimed at improving the use and integration of geospatial data with statistics.

We are seeking a highly skilled Geospatial Information Specialist to join our team. The successful candidate will champion geography products and engage with stakeholders, keeping them informed of product developments. They will identify opportunities for continuous improvement, including the automation of production processes.

Job description

As the successful candidate, you will work in a dynamic and rewarding role, supporting the production and delivery of geography products that underpin the Government Statistical Service (GSS), including Census outputs. You will play a key role in maintaining the regular production and publication of geographic data through the Open Geography Portal.

You will lead the development and implementation of robust quality assurance processes, ensuring geography products and outputs meet relevant standards and user needs.

Working closely with stakeholders across ONS, including analysts and technology specialists, you will help ensure geography products remain fit for purpose and continue to support data integration, analysis and the dissemination of official statistics.

You will lead a small team of Product Specialists responsible for supporting the day-to-day delivery of geospatial operational activities. You will provide guidance, coaching and development opportunities for team members, ensuring the effective delivery of services and products.

We believe in continuous development, and you will be encouraged to further enhance your skills by keeping abreast of emerging geospatial technologies and industry best practice.

Key Responsibilities

Manage day-to-day activities relating to the maintenance and delivery of ONS core geography products, hosted on the Open Geography Portal.
Develop and implement automated quality assessment processes to improve efficiency, consistency and product quality.
Engage with stakeholders, keeping them informed of product developments and changes, while gathering feedback to support continuous improvement.
Champion geography products by promoting their use and providing guidance and support to users.
Review and improve operational processes, identifying opportunities to increase efficiency, reduce risk and enhance service delivery.
Lead and support the implementation of operational improvements and process changes across the team.
Act as an escalation point for complex operational issues, investigating and resolving problems to minimise service disruption.
Promote and embed Agile ways of working throughout the product lifecycle to support effective and efficient delivery.
Plan and coordinate stakeholder engagement activities to ensure effective communication and collaboration.
Provide expert advice on geography products, geospatial projects and technology requirements.
Contribute to the development and application of standards, policies and procedures relating to geospatial data for statistical use, including GSS geography policies.
Contribute to activities that support and strengthen the geography community across ONS and wider government.

Person specification

Essential Skills & Experience

Skill level definition

Expert: Has knowledge and can demonstrate experience in the application of this skill. Is a recognised specialist and advisor in this skill including customer needs, generation of ideas, methods, tools and leading or guiding others in best practice use.
Practitioner: Shares knowledge and experience of the skill with others, including tools and techniques, defining those most appropriate for the environment.

Geospatial Software and Systems Expert: The use of desktop and online tools including QGIS, ArcGIS Pro, FME and ArcGIS Online for managing, analysing and displaying geospatial data, interactively or in workflows.
Operational Management Practitioner: The ability to understand the running of operational processes of a product [or service] and ensure the processes are effective and robust.
Geographic strategy Practitioner: The ability to understand the capability and the art of the possible relating to the application of geographic information, in the aim of developing strategies, plans and road maps for geographic policy, research or delivery of products.
Geospatial Data Management Practitioner: The ability to collate, manage and curate datasets within a workflow and architecture for geospatial data (e.g. ArcGIS Enterprise), for use within the organisation and beyond, taking into consideration data governance policies (including data versioning and licencing, as well as the need for authoritative data), procedures and methods that manage data access, sharing, dissemination and protection.
Geospatial Data Standards Practitioner: The ability to recognise, use and apply the agreed geospatial standards for sharing and accessing geographic information with a view to enable interoperability. This will include the use of appropriate data formats, schemas, metadata, and accessibility standards.
Quality Assurance and Control Practitioner: The ability to assess the quality of your own and others' work, ensuring the accuracy, integrity and reliability of datasets, methodologies and operational outputs.

Qualifications

At least either a masters degree, or equivalent, with relevance to the job description OR at least 2 years experience in a role/study relevant to the job description.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Communicating and Influencing
Developing Self and Others
Delivering at Pace
Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Geospatial Software and Systems
Quality Assurance and Control

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £43,644, Office for National Statistics contributes £12,643 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

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 valued colleagues across the organisation.

Whether you are hearing about us for the first time or already know a bit about our organisation, we hope that our careers site 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 Disability Confident Leader were 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.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Security Clearance

For ONS the requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for 3 consecutive years immediately prior to applying and the department will 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.

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

Visa Sponsorship

ONS is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Applicants must have a valid right to work in the UK when employment commences. If you are currently in the UK on a time-limited visa, it must have at least 18 months remaining at the point of application.

Right to Work and Nationality Requirements

To work at ONS, applicants must meet the Civil Service nationality requirements, satisfy UK right to work requirements and, where applicable, meet the relevant security clearance requirements.

If you are unsure whether you meet the appropriate right to work or security clearance eligibility criteria, please refer to the guidance on Gov.uk or contact the recruitment email provided in the advert before applying. Failure to meet these requirements will result in your application being rejected and employment offers being withdrawn.

Application Process

Number of Stages: 3 stage process

Stage 1: Eligibility pre-sift
Stage 1: Application
Stage 2: Interview

Stage 1

A pre-sift will be conducted on location and eligibility criteria set out in the advert. Ineligible candidates will be removed from the selection process and will not proceed to the application stage.

Stage 2 Application

The assessment process at the application stage will be based on your CV, and personal statement. It is important that your application is tailored to highlight the skills, knowledge, and experience relevant to the role.

A personal statement is required at application stage, the maximum wordcount allowed is 1250, which should not be exceeded. You should provide evidence for each essential skill criterion listed in the person specification. As these criteria are scored, it is advisable to give clear examples for each one, including the impact of your actions, ideally utilising the STAR technique (Situation, Task, Action, Result).

Please note that Success Profiles Behaviour examples are not required at this stage of the application process.

When a high volume of applications are received, the sift pass mark may be adjusted. Candidates will be invited to interview based on their merit order, with those achieving the highest scores being prioritised. Applicants who score below the adjusted pass mark but still pass will be placed on hold and may be invited to interview at a later date.

Stage 2 Interview

If invited to interview, you will be assessed using techniques aligned with the Civil Service Success Profiles framework, covering all behaviours listed in the job advert and any required technical skills.

Candidates will be expected to deliver a 5 minute presentation on the Technical Skills outlined in the advert. This information will be provided to the candidates in advance of the interview.

Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams.

Our main locations are Newport (South Wales), Titchfield & Darlington.

A reserve list may be held for a period up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made.

Important Dates:

The Sift will be conducted from 17th August
Interviews will be conducted from 1st September

Dates are subject to change.

For the full terms and conditions of the post, please see attachment.

Please note that all campaigns may be subject to withdrawal at any stage if the internal resource position changes.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Ralph Hughes
Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact [email protected]. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission

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