Open Source Senior Data Analyst and Team Lead

at  HM Revenue and Customs

JOB SUMMARY

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The Open Source Data Analysis Team (OSDA) are recruiting for experienced Senior Data Analysts to lead a team of specialist analysts to deliver quality Open Source data analysis at pace.
The team sits within Risk Insight & Analytics (RIA) which plays an important role in HMRC’s Risk and Intelligence Service (RIS).
RIS provides insight into compliance risks and threats to inform HMRC’s compliance priorities, planning, and decision making at all levels. We design and innovate risk and intelligence models, tools, and services to drive more efficient ways of working and deliver better compliance outcomes.

The OSDA team you’d be joining has three core functions:

• Horizon Scanning - identification of broad trends in web technologies, e-commerce and digital developments that impact on HMRC’s strategic objectives.
• Data insight - complex data collection, interpretation, and analysis of compliance populations and/or specific elements of serious non-compliant behaviour to inform tactical and operational decision making.
• Social media analysis - analysis of social media platforms, their use and growth, the sentiment and language used across them, and the compliance behaviour in reaction to changes to HMRC’s approach to compliance and/or legislative changes.

We use a bespoke cloud-based private network and a variety of tools that enable us to access and analyse all areas of the web to deliver actionable analysis and insight to help tackle risks.

JOB DESCRIPTION

You will have direct line management of 4-6 team members, undertaking all duties in line with HMRC policies.
Your role will also be to provide deeper insight on known compliance risks and provide expert advice in the gathering of open source data and its analysis.
Working with the wider management team you’ll use project management principles & tools to manage conflicting demands including and exciting the forward work programme.
You will lead multiple projects and be responsible for the quality of insight and analysis that is delivered, ensuring it meets the expected standard.
You will develop shared team objectives and engage & motivate your team to implement an action-based delivery plan, ensuring quality and timely outputs.
You will build and maintain strong, collaborative working relationships with team, peers, customers, stakeholders, and subject matter experts across HMRC and wider government.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

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

• A Technical presentation to evaluate the candidates experience in the application of complex data analysis techniques lasting between 5-7 minutes

Benefits
Alongside your salary of £44,110, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £12,778 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.

We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.

• Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues’ Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
• Family friendly policies.
• Personal support.
• Coaching and development.

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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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