Our Secretary of State has made ‘place’ one of her top priorities, with clear ambitions for improving
growth and opportunity across every region and community. Data and analysis is at the forefront of how
we do that, providing more granular insight into the issues that local areas face and the potential impact
of DCMS interventions.
This role will sit in our newly established Place Analysis team, and will support the department’s
ambitions to improve spatial capability across our data, tooling and methodologies. For example, by:
* Supporting our Strategy and Policy Units in making policy more sensitive to place, undertaking analysis to embed our new ‘place principles’ across the department eg. improved data sharing with Public Bodies and Local Authorities, and a more robust and consistent approach to place-based funding and interventions
* Utilising technical analysis to gather insights from our flagship ‘Place Analysis Tool’, which aims to collate the department’s data on spend and outcomes. This could include regression analysis and modelling to understand the factors that drive local differences in participation and outcomes.
* Collaborating with other analysts across the department to offer expertise on place-based analysis, and using the team’s work to influence other projects.
This is a highly visible HEO role with opportunity to influence analysis and policy across the department.
It would particularly suit an ambitious and experienced analyst with a keen interest in improving the use
of data and evidence to better understand geographic variation in outcomes, and the effectiveness of
targeting local interventions.
The ideal candidate would have the following key skills and experience:
Essential requirements:
* Strong technical analytical skills, with the ability to apply these to a range of different projects.
* Experience using analysis to inform and influence policy decisions.
* An ability to work across multiple teams to develop own analysis.
* An ability to understand how own team’s work supports stakeholder needs, and experience articulating the messages of technical analysis to non-analyst audiences with clarity and purpose.
* Hold or be eligible for membership of one of the
following government analytical professions:
* Government Statistical Service
* Government Economics Service
* Government Operational Research Service
Or candidates should have an undergraduate degree at minimum 2:1 or equivalent in data science, geography, geospatial mapping & sciences, geospatial analysis or similar (eg. candidates with the required skills but applying from a DDaT rather than a badged analytical
background).
If you are unsure about your eligibility, please contact the vacancy holder to discuss.
We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role. This will be hosted by Thomas Warren and will take place on: 14:00 on Tuesday 27th May
The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.
Please register your interest by filling out Registration form included in Candidate Information Pack link by 13:00 on Tuesday 27th May and you will be sent an invitation.
Please note that the session will not be recorded and will not focus on the DCMS recruitment process - please direct any queries that you have on this topic (timelines, reasonable adjustments, onboarding etc) to
recruitment.team@dcms.gov.uk
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