Data Analyst

Job Summary

About the role

• The role collects, organises and studies data using tools and techniques for data analysis and data visualisation to provide actionable business insights
• The role identifies, collects and migrates data to and from a range of systems for business information purposes
• The role manages, cleans, abstracts and aggregates data in order to perform a range of analytical studies on that data, presenting data, insights and conclusions in the most appropriate format for users
• The role will support the delivery of value from data for the ICO and for its stakeholders such as individuals, businesses, public and third sector organisations
  
  
  

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Creating insights from ICO and third party data to drive business decision making, using a range of analysis and visualisation tools
• Ensuring that data is checked for sufficient quality on which to base business insights, feeding issues with data quality back to the appropriate teams
• Prototyping reports and developing productionised solutions
• Ensuring that data insights are following best practices for statistical accuracy, ethics and accessibility
• Ensuring that the appropriate Data Privacy Impact Assessments (DPIAs) are completed prior to the execution of new data analytics use cases
• Providing appropriate technical support for data analysis products and services for incident and problem resolution
  
  
  

Person specification

About You

• Experience relevant to the role requirements, as described in the role responsibilities and person specification, and accumulated through any combination of academic or vocational qualifications or experience
• Experience of creating data analytics reports, dashboards and visualisations in support of a wide range of contexts and use cases.
• Experience of using data analytics technologies both on-premise and cloud-based.
• Experience of applying data governance and data protection principles to analytics.
• Experience of the Microsoft stack for data warehousing and analytics including SQL Server, Power BI, SSRS and Azure; or equivalent technologies.
• Extensive knowledge of data and data analytics technologies on-premise and in the cloud, and ability to apply this to the role.
• Knowledge of statistical methodologies and data analysis techniques. Able to select the right approach to creating meaningful and actionable insights.
• Actively keeps informed of industry developments to make cost-effective use of new and emerging tools and technologies.
• Knowledge of the public sector and regulatory environment, or clear appreciation of specifics and complexities and how they would influence the role.
• Knowledge of the data protection and privacy landscape, regulations and obligations for data practitioners.
• Ability to deal with complexity and ambiguity, creative problem solving and developing innovative solutions.
• Understanding of wider DDaT profession and practices and their relationship with Data. Experience of delivering using adaptive methodologies such as Agile.
• Communicating effectively across organisational boundaries, understanding the context.
  
  
  

Alongside your salary of £40,565, Information Commissioner's Office contributes £10,952 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Please visit ico.jobs for full details, including salary and benefits.

Selection process details

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

The ICO is committed to promoting and enhancing equality, diversity, and inclusion. We are focused on developing a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve and together we are building an inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference. We are championing this through our Equality Diversity and Inclusion Board together with a number of staff networks. Read more about our commitment on our website.

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Closing Date

Please submit your CV by 23:59, Thursday 9th November

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before this date should we receive sufficient applications. Please apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Medical

Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.

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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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window) .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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Contact point for applicants

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Recruitment team

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