JOB SUMMARY

The UK wide Civil Service Digital Data and Technology (DDaT) profession consists of people who work in a digital, data or technology specialist role. They design, build, and run government digital services. They are responsible for the way we find, access and use data and for the technology infrastructure which support those services. There are currently about 25,000 people working in the Profession.
The DDaT profession in the Welsh Government supports a range of digital services across the whole organisation. As part of our DDaT profession, you will be a key part of the Application Support Team and will make a significant and direct contribution for the people of Wales.
Background:
The Welsh Government is the devolved government for Wales with an annual budget of around £15 billion. We are responsible for key aspects of public life in Wales including health, education, the economy, transport, agriculture, and the environment. Welsh Ministers are supported by a workforce of more than 5,000 people with offices in Wales, London and overseas.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The role:
This post aims to provide services to teams and individual colleagues providing a professional and effective Information Management service from Pobl, our HR Information System.
The team is tasked with ensuring that HR information achieves optimal standards of integrity and accuracy, and high-quality information services built from the application of reporting tools through Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power BI alongside any legacy and other related data sources.
Skills required for this role:
This role maps to Associate Data Analyst in the DDaT Capability Framework.
Please follow the link to see details of the skills expected of this DDaT role.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

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

• Data management – show an awareness of organisational data governance, and how it works in relation to other organisational governance structures - Tested at Stage 2 (Interview)
• Data quality assurance, validation and linkage - show that you know the right questions to ask, and apply a curious and analytical mindset when approaching a problem - Tested at Stage 2 (Interview via scenario)

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

Human Resources
Information Technology