About the job

Summary

Please note: This is not a job vacancy.

This is an opportunity for existing staff to become a member of the Government Statistical Group (GSG), a part of the Government Statistician Service (GSS) at their substantive grade.

This advert enables individuals to take the online GSS test, a requirement for the badging assessment.

Job description

This exercise is only open to applicants who are a substantive EO - G6 within one of the government departments listed below.

All other applications will be rejected.

* Cabinet Office

* The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - BEIS (SEO Only)

* Department for Culture, Media and Sport - DCMS

* Department for Education - DfE

* Department Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - DEFRA (EO, HEO, SEO and G7 Only)

* Department for Health and Social Care - DHSC

* Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - DLUHC - (HEO and G7 only)

* Food Standards Agency - FSA (HEO only)

* Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - FSA

* Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs - HMRC

* Home Office - (EO, HEO, SEO and G7 only)

* Ministry of Defence - MoD

* Ministry of Justice - MoJ

* NHS BA - (G7 only)

* Office for National Statistics - ONS

* OFSTED - (HEO, SEO and G7 only)

* Welsh Government - WG

Please note that this is not a promotion. Successful candidates will be badged into the GSG and will remain in their existing post/department.

Please disregard the number of posts/ contract type/ salary indicated on the advert as the information is not applicable to this exercise.

Responsibilities

What to Expect:

You will join the Government Statistician Group (GSG) within the GSS. The GSG is the professional community for all civil servants working in the collection, production and communication of official statistics. The community is spread across most UK government departments and the devolved administrations in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

The benefits of being in the GSG include:

- Shaping the future of statisticians with a network of statistically minded individuals who are excited about contributing to analysis across Government. The network includes Methodologists, Data Scientists and Statisticians

- Bespoke training which introduces you to the GSG (Induction training) and covers the structure and governance of the GSS, the UK Code of Practice, the UK Statistics Authority Strategy and career management

- Attendance of a two day course which covers aspects of data collection, analysis and dissemination

- Opportunities to maintain your Continuous Professional Development (CPD) through a statistical learning and development programme

- The opportunity to work across a range of government departments, agencies and other public bodies playing a pivotal role in government decision making.

Qualifications

You should have one of the following:

• A first or second class honours degree (2:2 minimum for Statistical Officer) or equivalent in a subject containing formal statistical training (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Sciences, Business Studies, Psychology, Geography, Data Science or similar); or

• A higher degree, e.g. an MSc or PhD, in a subject containing formal statistical training (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Sciences, Business Studies, Data Science, Psychology, Geography or similar).

• Have worked in a statistical or data science field for a minimum of two years and are able to demonstrate Continuous Professional Development (via a logbook) in applying statistics or data science at the same level as a foundation degree or Higher National Diploma (level five), which demonstrates the expected skills as outlined in the GSG Competency framework.

• Have achieved a level 4 apprenticeship including at least 2 years in a statistical/data analysis field in government and are able to demonstrate continuous professional development in statistics/data analysis (via a CPD log book signed off by a manager or mentor who are members of the statistical profession).

Technical skills

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

• Disseminating and Presenting Data
• Acquiring Data / Understanding Customer Needs
• Data Analysis