Details Reference number 350736 Salary £53,661 - £62,572 A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27% GBP Job grade Grade 7 Contract type Permanent Business area GIAA: OD1 DDI - DDaT Specialist Type of role Architecture and Data Working pattern Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time Number of jobs available 3 Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location We will consider applications from people able to access the following offices: Birmingham, Blackpool, Bootle, Bristol, Coventry, Darlington, Glasgow, Norwich, Newcastle & Swansea. GIAA has an expectation for all colleagues to attend their local workplace for a minimum of 60% of their working week. This enables all our people to benefit from the positivity and enhanced wellbeing of spending time with colleagues and teammates and to combine this with individual working when this is most beneficial for specific activities. Workplace attendance is usually your local GIAA office location and can also include time spent attending our customers' sites. For people with a part-time or compressed hours working pattern our expectation for 60% workplace attendance would be applied on a pro-rata basis. Please note, relocation costs will not be reimbursed with this appointment. Existing GIAA employees appointed into this new role will be allowed to remain at their current workplace location. About the job Job summary About Government Internal Audit Agency We are an executive agency of His Majestys Treasury (HM Treasury), established in April 2015 to improve the quality of internal audit provided to central government. Most of the Agencys people are professionally qualified internal auditors, accountants or investigators. Many are also specialists in areas including counter fraud, project management, digital and commercial audit. We lead both the Government Internal Audit Profession and the Government Internal Audit Function. Our workforce brings with it a unique depth of experience gained in a wide range of government departments, related bodies and other sectors. This enables us to offer a high-quality service based on cross-government insight and a strong understanding of our customers business. In GIAA, we aim to be a great place to work and to ensure that we have the capability and capacity to make even more of a significant contribution to achieving A Brilliant Civil Service over the coming years. Our initial focus was on becoming a single audit practice. We are now focused on taking GIAA to the next level so we can provide better insights and better outcomes for government. GIAA is a leader in the use of data analytics in internal audit and counter fraud and investigation. We have built award-winning tools that are used both within the agency and more widely across government (see GIAA blogs on GOV.UK for more information). These tools use generative Artificial Intelligence and other advanced analytical methods. This role is to be a specialist in the application of data analytics in our Data Analytics team. You will develop scripts and applications using R and Python to prepare data, run advanced data analytics and report findings to auditors and investigators using impactful visualisations. You will provide training and support to increase data analytics capabilities across the organisation. You will also engage with data teams across government and in the private sector, and support research and development activities to learn the latest innovative techniques in data analytics. As you apply these to GIAA activities, you will improve the efficiency of our organisation. Data Analytics Specialist responsibilities: Develop scripts and applications using R and Python to carry out advanced data analytics to support internal audit and counter fraud and investigation (CF&I) activities. Produce and present reports detailing analysis outputs and visualisations for GIAA colleagues and customers. Document, maintain and collaborate on code using tools such as DevOps and git. Suggest and implement improvements to our current scripts, packages, data pipelines, applications and quality assurance processes, to incorporate coding best practices and quality standards. Lead activities to upskill members of the GIAA data analytics network, and promote the benefits and use of data analytics across the agency. Engage with data teams across government and the private sector to investigate new data analytics approaches suitable for internal audit and CF&I activities. Person specification You will be required to write a statement of suitability of up to 750 words setting out how your skills and experience meet the following criteria: Essential: Experience in conducting advanced data analytics using R or Python to deliver services to customers expectations Communicate clearly and effectively the results of complex analysis to colleagues and customers who are not experts in data analytics Demonstrate an aptitude for spotting opportunities to connect business problems to analytical solutions, and interpret customer needs Experience managing stakeholders and customers and building strong relationships Desirable: Experience of one or more of the following areas: software development; maintaining Shiny or Django apps; natural language processing; data management; data visualisation; model review; prompt engineering for Artificial Intelligence Strong organisational skills and experience managing multiple ongoing projects at pace Have an innovative mindset and enjoy researching and horizon scanning to identify new methods and opportunities, and proactively working with others to implement them Qualifications A degree in a discipline that has an analytical or statistical element with demonstrated experience in the use of data analytics, or equivalent work experience (usually a minimum of three years) evidencing use of data and analytical skills. Alternatively, a professional qualification to chartered or equivalent in internal audit or accountancy (IIA/CCAB or equivalent) with demonstrated experience in the use of data analytics. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Communicating and Influencing Making Effective Decisions Changing and Improving Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: Delivering advanced analytics Benefits Alongside your salary of £53,661, Government Internal Audit Agency contributes £14,488 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Competitive salaries and in-year rewards Flexible working A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27% Discount on big brands Volunteering days Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Schemes Free eyesight tests Family-friendly HR policies 25 days annual leave increasing by one day per year of service to 30 days after 5 years service Geographically based Agency Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills. As part of our pre-employment security checks, if you are invited to interview and are not a current GIAA member of staff, you will need to bring: Proof of identity, e.g. your passport or drivers licence. Documents must be in date and valid. Proof of address, e.g. a utility bill or bank statement issued within the past 3 months Proof of your National Insurance (NI) number, e.g. letter from DWP confirming your NI number, or P60 If you do not bring a UK or EU passport, you will need to bring other documentation of your right to work in the UK, e.g. your visa, biometric residence permit or birth certificate. Further details regarding acceptable documents will be provided in the invitation to interview. Please let us know if your contact details change at any time during the selection process. Eligibility Statement Individuals appointed to the Treasury Group will be subject to National Security Vetting. To allow for meaningful checks to be carried out applicants will normally need to have lived in the UK for at least 3 out of the past 5 years. A lack of UK residency in itself is not always a bar to security clearance but the Department will need to consider eligibility on a case by case basis using all information that can be obtained following a successful application. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. 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