SEO Specialist
Summary Information for vacancy - reference SEOMAY09
Department
Office for National Statistics
Salary
£32112 - £38668 Per Annum
Location
Newport, Wales
Closing Date
16 April 2010
Interviews start
10 May 2010
Grade
SEO
Seniority
Middle management
Pay frequency
Monthly
Appointment Terms
Permanent
Working Arrangement
Full time,Part time
Travel required
Sometimes
No of vacancies
10 or more
Field of work
Economics, Social Research/Market Research, Statistics
Brief Description
• Manage the development, validation, quality assurance and dissemination of outputs
• Support the strategic development of improvements to the processing of outputs
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders providing support and advice and involving them with planning and strategic issues
• Ensure findings are appropriately communicated (for examplereports, presentations, project board and technical group papers) to stakeholders
• Manage and monitor publication timetables, write supporting text and quality assure analytical outputs and assist the Grade 7 to prepare for, and attend, press briefings
• Direct line management of research officers and/or administrative members of the team
• Manage the development, production and release of longitudinal datasets for analysis
• Ensure appropriate statistical methods and techniques are used and analysis and investigations are conducted as appropriate when problems arise
• Plan and manage the agreed work programme in line with branch plans and priorities
Vacancy description
- Manipulation of large datasets prior to statistical analysis.
- Computing/programming, especially related to statistical analysis software such as SAS.
- Statistical/analytical problem solving.
- Communication and presentation of results.
- Leading, working in a team and on own initiative.
- Implementing and advising on PE&I methodology for ONS business surveys.
- Keeping up to date with divisional and wider ONS working practices and developments.
- Keeping up to date with developments in the field of PE&I, through relevant training where appropriate.
- Managing major PE&I projects and C1/C2 staff in branch.
- Supporting D2 in branch administration/reporting.
Skills
- Statistical/analytical problem solving experience
- Computing/programming experience, especially related to statistical analysis software such as SAS
- Experience in leading projects
- Experience in communicating and presentating results
- Experience of working in a team and on own initiative
- Experience as an advisor/consultant in statistics
- Experience in managing staff
Qualifications
- At least a 2:2 degree in Statistics, Maths with Statistics, or another numerate degree discipline, for example Geography, with a substantial statistical content (approximately 25 per cent); or a social science degree, usually with a significant research methods, social policy or statistics component. A postgraduate qualification in a relevant subject area or in research methods would be an advantage.
- Specialist competencies
• Can specify complex validation routines
• Can carry out complex data manipulation
• Uses data linking techniques to build new datasets for analytical purposes
• Establishes detailed information/analytical requirements
• Addresses discrepancies in data
• Assures quality of outputs
• Judges appropriate form of presentation for different types of statistical and economic analysis
• Has a working knowledge of the measures that can be taken to maintain/improve/correct quality of data and output
• Is able to assess and report on the quality of outputs using agreed quality dimensions
• Determines the appropriate work packages and key activities (for example risk and issue identification, milestones, interdependencies, resource estimates, etc) and formulates plans to ensure effective reporting arrangements are included in the overall management of the project.
Experience
• Can specify complex validation routines
• Can carry out complex data manipulation
• Uses data linking techniques to build new datasets for analytical purposes
• Establishes detailed information/analytical requirements
• Addresses discrepancies in data
• Assures quality of outputs
• Judges appropriate form of presentation for different types of statistical and economic analysis
• Has a working knowledge of the measures that can be taken to maintain/improve/correct quality of data and output
• Is able to assess and report on the quality of outputs using agreed quality dimensions
• Determines the appropriate work packages and key activities (for example risk and issue identification, milestones, interdependencies, resource estimates, etc) and formulates plans to ensure effective reporting arrangements are included in the overall management of the project.
Further information
CRB check required - Yes
Regulated by OCSC - Yes
Reserved for existing civil servants - No
Reserved for UK nationals - No
How to apply
Please fill in the online application form at onsjobs.co.uk
