Senior Data Analyst

at  Department for Business and Trade Digital Data and Technology

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

It is essential that you have:

• A good understanding, and experience, of data visualisation; you should understand how to tell compelling and actionable stories that are relevant to business goals. This will include experience with a dashboarding/BI tool (for example Tableau, Power BI, AWS QuickSight, Google Data Studio, or others) and use of a visualisation library (for example Shiny or Streamlit).
• Experience of leadership in a data role and good communication skills, to identify opportunities, manage relationships and communicate accurate information to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience using SQL as well as either Python or R to bring data together from different sources and get them ready for analysis using cleaning and preparation techniques.

It is desirable that you have:

• Knowledge of project management techniques and an understanding of how they can be applied in different environments.

How to apply
As part of the application process you will be asked to upload a two page CV and complete a personal statement (750 words) outlining how you meet the essential skills and experience listed above. You can use bullet points and subheadings if you prefer.
Sift will be from week commencing 03 June 2024
Interviews will be from week commencing 10 June 2024
Please note these dates are indicative and may be subject to change.
If there is a high volume of applications, we will sift looking at your CV only. You may then be progressed to full sift or straight to interview.
How we interview
At the interview stage for this role, you will be asked to demonstrate relevant Technical Skills and Behaviours from the Success Profiles framework. These are role specific and in line with the DDaT Capability Framework.

Technical Skills

• IT and mathematics
• Data visualisation
• Statistical methods and data analysis
• Project management
• Communication

Behaviours

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions

You will also be asked to undergo an assessment and will be informed on the topic before the interview.
How we offer
Offers may be made in merit order based on location preferences. If you pass the bar at interview but are not the highest scoring you will be held on a 12-month reserve list in case a role becomes available. If you are judged a near miss at interview, you may be offered a post at the grade below the one you applied for.
This role requires SC clearance. DBT’s requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer will be withdrawn.

Checks will also be made against:

• 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 record
• location details

Benefits

If you join us, you will get:

• learning and development tailored to your role
• a flexible, hybrid working environment with options like condensed hours
• a culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• a Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• annual leave starting at 25 days rising to 30 days with service
• three paid volunteering days a year
• an employee benefits programme including cycle to work

More about us
This role can only be worked from within the UK, not overseas. If you are based in London, you will receive London weighting. DBT employees work in a hybrid pattern, spending 2-3 days a week (pro rata) in the office on average. Travel to your primary office location will not be paid for by DBT, but costs for travel to an office which is not your main location will be covered.
You can find out more about our office locations, how we calculate salaries, our diversity statement and reasonable adjustments, the Recruitment Principles, the Civil Service code and our complaints procedure on our website.
Find out more about life at DBT, our benefits and meet the team by watching our video or reading our blog!

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join our Data Infrastructure team as a Senior Data Analyst and help us transform DBT into an insight-driven organisation that tells compelling stories with its data. You will be leading on work backed by our ground-breaking data and insight platform, Data Workspace. The service gives our staff access to a catalogue of key trade data and a suite of powerful tools with which to analyse and explore it.
As Senior Data Analyst you will use high quality datasets held inside and outside DBT including data and management information, commercial and business data. The department has a relationship with international datasets from Org. for Economic Cooperation and Development, World Bank and UN Comtrade, statistical microdata and large datasets from Office of National Statistics and His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. You will analyse and facilitate the analysis of these datasets, leading on projects to help DBT get insight from them.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

You will:

• Lead and deliver on data analysis projects. During projects, collaborate with colleagues across the business to understand the data insights that would add the most value in their area and work out the best way to meet those needs.
• Work independently to deliver projects and oversee the work of junior team members, including through line management.
• Apply tools and techniques for data analysis and data visualisation, working across a broad range of areas such as business intelligence, data assurance and quality.
• Produce compelling analysis and visualisation of data (e.g. dashboards) to provide actionable insights to technical, policy and operational colleagues.
• Develop a deep understanding of the systems we use to organise and store data, identifying and assessing new data sources, and investigating and resolving problems as they occur. Use these to manage and maintain data, ensuring it aligns to DBT’s data standards, is protected, and used in line with established governance.
• Have enthusiasm for helping colleagues to get the maximum value from data. To enable this, you will take a proactive approach to developing your skills and sharing them with others. As part of this you will design and facilitate training for other across the department in the usage of our data analysis tools.