HEO - Data Analyst, Infrastructure and Projects Authority

at  Cabinet Office

JOB SUMMARY

The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) is the government’s centre of expertise for infrastructure and major projects. We sit at the heart of government, reporting to the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury. Our core teams include experts in infrastructure, project delivery and project finance who work with government departments and industry. We support the successful delivery of all types of infrastructure and major projects; ranging from railways, schools, hospitals and housing, to defence, IT and major transformation programmes. We lead the project delivery and project finance professions across government.
Our purpose is to continuously improve the way infrastructure and major projects are delivered, in order to support government priorities and improve people’s lives. We aspire to create the best performing project system of any country in the world.
The IPA works with government and industry to ensure projects are delivered efficiently and effectively, and to improve performance over time. We work on the overall project delivery system, which includes the projects, people and processes that together create the right environment for successful delivery. We measure how well the system is performing, so we can learn important lessons and continuously improve project performance over time.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Performance analyst role is critical for the IPA with access to data from the biggest and most complex programmes and portfolios across government, you will have a key role in creating project, programme and system level insight to support better delivery across government. You will need to work closely with colleagues in No10, Treasury, Cabinet Office and wider government. You will be in pole position to drive coordinated improvements in Project Delivery performance reporting, analysis and use of data across the public sector.

Role responsibilities:

• GRIP/GMPP transition support – You will help support the transition of GMPP from OSCAR to GRIP; shape the new GMPP templates; and continue to improve GMPP reporting and its integration in the wider project delivery ecosystem.
• GMPP – You will look after the GMPP programs that are owned by DLUHC, DCMS, and DEFRA and act as a point of contact between the IPA and these departments, as well as between the IPA project delivery experts and the analysis team.
• Maintain Onboarding/Offboarding/Re-tiering spreadsheet ecosystem – You will ensure that the ecosystem of google sheets that process GMPP onboarding/offboarding/re-tiering decisions remain fit for purpose and up-to-date.
• Ensure consistency of EAS and other data ecosystems – You will ensure that the information imputed in the Engagement and Assurance System (EAS) remain aligned with other IPA source of information using best suited solutions
• Advanced Analytics – you will help support the Analysis and Insight Unit advanced analytics research branch by conducting analyses that aim to uncover insight in major project developments using programming and machine learning.

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) (opens in a new window)
• 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

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TYPE OF ROLE

Analytical
Architecture and Data
Digital
Project Delivery

Role responsibilities:

• GRIP/GMPP transition support – You will help support the transition of GMPP from OSCAR to GRIP; shape the new GMPP templates; and continue to improve GMPP reporting and its integration in the wider project delivery ecosystem.
• GMPP – You will look after the GMPP programs that are owned by DLUHC, DCMS, and DEFRA and act as a point of contact between the IPA and these departments, as well as between the IPA project delivery experts and the analysis team.
• Maintain Onboarding/Offboarding/Re-tiering spreadsheet ecosystem – You will ensure that the ecosystem of google sheets that process GMPP onboarding/offboarding/re-tiering decisions remain fit for purpose and up-to-date.
• Ensure consistency of EAS and other data ecosystems – You will ensure that the information imputed in the Engagement and Assurance System (EAS) remain aligned with other IPA source of information using best suited solutions
• Advanced Analytics – you will help support the Analysis and Insight Unit advanced analytics research branch by conducting analyses that aim to uncover insight in major project developments using programming and machine learning