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- Hybrid work
- Data analysis skills
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Quality Specialist

Office for National Statistics -
Newport

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Job details

Permanent | Part-time | Full-time
£34,587 a year
7 days ago

Benefits

Company pension

Qualifications

Data analysis skills
Quality management
Presentation skills
Data management
Communication skills

Full job description

Details

Reference number

470769

Salary

£34,587

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

ONS - Statistical Methods and Research - Methodology

Type of role

Analytical
Social Research
Statistics

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 for this role are Newport, Titchfield (Fareham) & Darlington.

This role is aligned to ONS hybrid working principles, which are based on attending the office with purpose. The post holder will be expected to contribute to the organisations overall 40% office attendance, in line with business and role requirements.

The organisation will honour existing agreed attendance flexibilities for internal candidates (including homeworking contracts, workplace adjustments, and greater flexibilities), in line with ONS hybrid working principles and subject to role requirements and business need.

External candidates will be expected to contribute to the 40% office attendance as needed to perform their duties. Occasional travel to other ONS sites is also likely.

The induction process for the role will be conducted in person.

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 UK economy, estimating the size, geographic distribution, and characteristics of the population, and providing indicators of price inflation, employment, earnings, crime, and migration.

These posts sit in multi-disciplinary teams, or Hubs, working on the quality of the data we use, quality assurance of the work we do, and managing risks to quality within the ONS Quality Framework.

These teams are part of the Quality and Improvement Division in the Methodology and Quality Directorate. The Division strives towards data and analysis in the ONS being aligned with the vision of the UK Statistics Authority, and of the National Data Strategy. Also, we ensure that quality standards and frameworks, such as the Government Data Quality Framework and the Code of Practice for Statistics, are known and followed. We are responsible for managing the tools ONS uses to manage risks to statistical quality, and for reporting on those risks. We apply innovative approaches to promote and embed good practice in quality across the ONS, including a focus on communicating the quality of statistics, analysis and data. We provide a forward-looking, efficient, professional, and accessible service.

Job description

To develop, establish and maintain our approaches to the quality of data, statistics and analysis across ONS and wider, while ensuring that knowledge and expertise are shared effectively.

You will be delivering expertise in the quality of data, statistics and analysis as part of delivering the ONS mission, strategic outcomes and objectives, in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics and Data Quality Management Policy.

The postholder for this role will work collaboratively with others in the division and in ONS to ensure that ONS has the right tools, capabilities, and guidance so that quality is managed in line with the organisations mission, strategic outcomes and objectives.

The role provides scope for a variety of work, including data analysis throughout the data lifecycle, managing projects, influencing and collaborating with colleagues at all levels and gaining a big picture view of the work in ONS.

In this role you will have opportunities for a variety of work such as:

Collect, analyse and report on a variety of data to build a picture of ONS progress under our Quality Management Framework and risk exposure
Develop, deliver and promote new products and services, for example guidance, dashboards, wiki pages, to support quality improvement.
Build cross-ONS capability through the design, development and delivery of training and other information sharing mechanisms
Undertake analysis and support errors management and assurance reviews of statistical outputs to support compliance with relevant standards.
Contribute and support quality governance, including the ONS Design Authority, Quality Delivery Group and the Data Governance Committee
Manage and develop quality knowledge-sharing networks.
Provide organisational capability for monitoring and improving quality processes.
Collect and analyse information to support senior leaders on quality management in ONS.

Key Responsibilities of the role include;

Support setting direction in ONS on quality management of data, statistics and analysis, aligning to the strategic priorities of the UK Statistics Authority, the National Statistician, and the Quality Delivery Group.
Manage the monitoring and delivery of ONS Quality Management Tools and Policies, such as the Quality Improvement Plans or Data Quality Management Policy, leading on the relationship with output areas.
Engage with ONS collection and statistical output areas to ensure they receive the support they need and that best practice is consistently implemented.
Support the reporting, assessing and understanding of quality management across ONS, including collecting and analysing relevant indicators for Quality
Building quality capability and culture across ONS through the provision of products and services
Expected to lead on a project such as developing new guidance or collecting data on quality initiatives. Includes independently managing and reporting on all stages of the project, managing others input into the work and seeking advice as appropriate.
Independently representing your Hub on a cross-ONS project or piece of consultancy, referring back for advice, quality assurance and confirmation where a decision has wider potential consequences

Person specification

Essential

Strong experience in data management, data analysis, or data engineering that can be applied to assessing and improving data quality.
Strong communication and influencing skills. This includes the ability to present on technical subjects to a range of audiences, influence stakeholders, and clearly brief more senior management.
Experience of working with different stakeholders from different parts of the organisation and with different roles, building positive collaborative working relationships.
Actively seeks opportunities to improve services and ways of working, demonstrating innovation and adaptability, and delivering positive, measurable improvements to performance and outcomes.
Experience of working with government data, and/or with official statistics in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics.

Behaviours

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

Communicating and Influencing
Seeing the Big Picture
Working Together
Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

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

Experience of working with government data, and/or with official statistics in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics.
Understanding the importance of managing and reporting on the quality of data and analysis.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £34,587, Office for National Statistics contributes £10,019 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 are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Applicants are expected to hold a valid right to work in the UK when employment commences. If you are applying on a time-limited visa, this will need to be valid for at least 18 months at point of application.

Application Process

Number of Stages: 2 stage process

Stage 1: Application
Stage 2: Interview

Stage 1 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.

In instances where a high number of applications are received, the sift pass mark may be adjusted, and candidates will be invited to interview based on merit order, i.e., those with the highest scores.

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.

You will be required to provide a 5 minute minute presentation at interview. The presentation topic will be emailed to candidates who have passed the initial online application stage, 1 week prior to interview. This presentation will assess candidates against the Technical Skills outlined in the advert.

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 4th August
Interviews will be conducted from 17th August

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 : Laura Payne
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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