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Data Engineer
- Public sector
- 15/07/2024
- £32452.00 /yearly
- Full Time & Permanent
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Salary
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As part of the hybrid working arrangement there is 40% a minimum office attendance requirement. Attendance is typically at your contractual office, with occasional travel to alternative locations. Due to estates constraints, there are currently temporary exceptions to this for colleagues based at Manchester who are required to attend the office for a minimum of 20% of their work time.
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 value of the UK economy, estimating the size, geographic distribution, and characteristics of the population, and providing indicators of price inflation, employment, earnings, crime, and migration.
Social Survey Transformation (SST) division is responsible for delivering the transformation of our social surveys as part of the wider transformation of the statistical system. Administrative data will be a key source of data for social statistics in the future; however, there will be a requirement for collection of supporting information and attitudinal data through surveys and SST is leading the transformation and delivery of these surveys. We are a team of over 80 people working across four Grade 6 areas. The division, working with our project management colleagues and teams across many directorates, are; developing a transformed version of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) using an online-first multi-mode collection approach; identifying and leading on all activities to help successfully decommission the LFS; providing survey expertise into the Future Population and Migration Statistics work.
Within SST the processing branch focusses on design, construction and use of processing systems to enable the creation of Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAPs) that enable the fast and effective provision of processed survey data to end users. This is all the way from raw survey returns to quality assured micro datasets for analytical use.
Within the branch the Technical team, which this role sits within, is responsible for the continued development of the Configurable Integrated Processing & Assurance System (CIPAS) for transformed social surveys. This will involve the use of modern open-source tools, such as Python, Pyspark, and potentially R using ONS strategic systems and potentially R, Flask, CSS, Javascript using ONS strategic systems.
Working collaboratively with other business areas both within the Surveys Directorate and elsewhere in ONS, all roles are aligned to the objective of producing high quality, social survey outputs that meet user needs, whilst remaining aligned with corporate priorities that include the recently established Surveys Strategy.
The Role:
Responsibilities
Essential Skills Criteria:
Technical Skills:
Please refer to the Government Digital and Data capability framework for more details on each criteria.
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
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 5400 valued colleagues across the business.
Whether you are hearing about us for the first time or already know a bit about our organisation, we hope that the benefits pack attached (bottom of page) will give you a great insight into the benefits and facilities available to our colleagues, and our fantastic working culture.
This role is part of the cross-government Government Digital and Data (formerly DDaT) profession framework. As a role within Government Digital and Data (formerly DDaT) at the ONS, we also offer benefits such as:
Protected Learning Time to spend on your personal development and side-projects.
A supportive and active Community of Practice which you will be expected to contribute to, helping ensure you and your colleagues get the training, development and opportunities you need to progress your careers.
We are committed to supporting our peoples wellbeing by offering flexible ways of working that support a healthy work life balance. We are happy to explore opportunities with you about working flexibly in line with our hybrid working policies.
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 member of the Business Disability Forum and 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.
Security Clearance
The requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for 3 consecutive years immediately prior to applying.
A lack of UK residency in itself is not always a bar to security clearance but the Department will need to 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.
If you are unsure that you meet the eligibility above, please read the information available on Gov.uk on this link, or contact the recruitment email on the advert before applying to discuss, as failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected and any offer of employment being withdrawn.
At the point of SC application you will need to provide or give access to the following evidence:
Applicant support
Applicants may utilise AI resources in their submissions; ensuring all information provided is factually accurate, truthful, and original, avoiding any form of plagiarism to maintain the authenticity and credibility of the application process.
Stage 1 Application & Sift
Assessment at application stage will be based on your CV, work history, skills, experience and personal statement. Your application should be tailored to demonstrate any skills, knowledge and experience that are relevant to the content of the role.
Your personal statement should be no longer than 1250 words. You should use this space to provide evidence for each essential and technical criteria within the person specification. As the criteria are scored, we would recommend that you give clear examples for each including the impact of your actions and set them out using the STAR acronym (Situation, Task, Action, Result).
Success Profiles Behaviour examples are not required at this stage.
In cases where there is a high number of applications the sift pass mark may be adjusted and candidates will be invited to interview in merit order, i.e. those scoring the highest.
Stage 2 Interview
Should you be invited to interview, you will be assessed using various assessment techniques aligned to the Civil Service Success Profiles, where you'll be assessed against all the behaviours and technical skills outlined in the advert. Further details will be shared with you should you be invited to interview.
Interviews will be conducted by Video.
A reserve list may be held for a period up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made.
Important Dates:
Sift date: from 31/7/2024
Interview dates from: w/c 12/8/2024
Dates are subject to change
For the full terms and conditions of the post, please see attachment below.
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
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