Data Analyst

Job summary

About Us

We help the UK move forward, faster.

For nearly 150 years, we've protected the UK economy with deep expertise and rigour, building the confidence that helps businesses access lending, investment and opportunity.

We help people deal with personal insolvency. We make statutory redundancy payments when insolvent employers can't. We investigate director conduct and take action where it's needed.

And right now, we're changing how we do all of this, becoming faster, more digitally driven, and more focused on stopping problems before they escalate.

More than 2,000 of us work in offices across England, Scotland and Wales. It might be time for you to join us.

The Role

We're looking for a Data Analyst who excels at bringing data to life. In this role, you'll turn complex data into clear, actionable insight that helps senior leaders make evidence-based decisions, supporting our work to create a modern, sustainable Insolvency Service by building the agency's data literacy and maturity.

This is a role for someone who wants to think bigger, challenge the way things have always been done, and take ownership of the outcomes that matter.

We offer full-time, part-time, job share, and flexible working. We invest in your development and give our people the space to grow, take ownership and make decisions.

Job description

As a Data Analyst, you will collect, organise and analyse data to provide business insight, helping senior leaders across the agency to make evidence-based decisions on operational delivery and policy. This supports creating a modern, sustainable Insolvency Service by building the agency's data literacy and maturity, and by maximising the value we get from our data.

Reporting to the Deputy Head of Statistics, you'll be part of the Analysis and Performance team, which supports the Insolvency Service with data, statistics and analysis to inform operational delivery, policy development and performance improvement. You'll work with colleagues across Analysis and Performance, and with stakeholders across the agency and the wider Civil Service, to turn complex data into clear, actionable insight for both specialist and non-specialist audiences. You'll take responsibility for producing accurate, high-quality analysis and for helping the team automate data flows and build capability in data visualisation.

The team is on a journey to automate data flows and products, and build capability in analysis and data visualisation. You will play a key role in this and will have the opportunity to learn and apply skills in Power Bl, R and Azure Data Platform.

What you'll do (Responsibilities)

As a Data Analyst, you'll use your expertise and judgement to:

• produce the agency's regular official statistics, ensuring compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics, to create outputs in a variety of formats for different audiences
• produce regular performance reports and dashboards, analysing data to create compelling, evidence-based data stories that help stakeholders make decisions
• use a range of analytical techniques, such as exploratory data analysis, descriptive statistics, time series analysis and correlation analysis, to identify and predict trends in data
• work with a variety of qualitative and quantitative data, ensuring analysis is of high quality and accuracy
• provide challenge and collaborate with other digital and analytical professionals to deliver collective insights
• continuously improve processes and systems, referring to the Analysis Function Standards, for example the Aqua Book

In their own words

"I’m proud that I provided and published analysis on business insolvency demographics, which colleagues used to help inform the development of new company insolvency policies and legislation. This supports our agency objective of Empower by giving people the information they need to act." [Edward Tuersley, Data Analyst]

Person specification

You are a skilled analyst who can deliver and assure analysis to support strategic decision-making, applying the analysis cycle in a proportionate way. You build strong relationships with stakeholders to ensure decision-making is based on trustworthy data and sound analysis. You are committed to developing yourself and your team to build analysis capacity and capability.

You will have experience of:

• analysis - analysing a range of qualitative and quantitative information, and identifying and applying the most appropriate analytical techniques to inform decisions
• data visualisation - interpreting requirements and presenting data in a clear and compelling way, using graphical representations and data visualisations
• communicating insight - clearly to stakeholders, with strong verbal and written communication skills
• quality assurance - conducting quality assurance and validation of data and analysis
• software programming tools and techniques - using coding, programming skills, tools and techniques for data analysis

Further information

Candidates are not required to be badged into the Government Statistical Service, Government Economic Service, Government Operational Research Service or Government Social Research Service.

Please see the following link for further information on the Digital, Data and Technology framework: Data analyst - Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework

Behaviours

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

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

• Applying statistical and analytical tools and techniques (from the DDAT capability framework).
• Data visualisation (from the DDAT capability framework) through a presentation.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,645, Insolvency Service contributes £10,326 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

We want you to have a good work-life balance and want to support you in all that you do, so we offer a great benefits package including:

• flexible working arrangements and flexi-time
• full time new entrants to the Civil Service and those Civil Servants on modernised terms and conditions will be entitled to 25 days leave increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years’ service
• in addition to this you are entitled to 8 public/bank holidays plus an additional day of privilege leave
• competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave
• 5 days paid leave for learning and development
• 5 days paid for volunteering
• a Cycle to work scheme
• staff have access to an employ