Principal Development Officer
4 weeks ago
About the team
The Skills & Employment unit is responsible for overseeing adult skills delivery in London following delegation of the Adult Skills Fund from the DfE to the Greater London Authority in 2019 and the introduction of Skills Bootcamps in 2022.
About the role
Sitting in the wider Funding Policy and Systems Team, the role will lead and support a small team of data analysts to deliver software and data systems to manage our adult skills programmes.
This role is based at London Fire Brigade’s Head Office (Union Street SE1 0LL)
Note : Internal GLA job title for this role is (Principal Policy Officer)
What your day will look like
* Lead and support the team to deliver software and data systems to collect, store and process programme data and to deliver services and data products required to manage skills programmes and pay providers
* Design new and adapt existing data solutions to meet programme needs
* Embed a robust approach to testing and quality assurance for all software changes prior to release
* Advise on a data product and systems roadmap, including time estimates for work; deliver work as prioritised in the roadmap
* Work collaboratively with the Education Skills Funding Agency’s technical teams and other Devolved Authority technical leads to develop mutually beneficial adaptations to the national data collection systems to support GLA objectives
* Work collaboratively with internal GLA technical teams to ensure ongoing access to and development of appropriate technical architecture and software to enable robust and secure data collection and processing
* Apply an emotionally intelligent and inclusive approach to stakeholder and line management
Skills, knowledge and experience
To be considered for the role you must meet the following essential criteria:
* Experience of using agile project management principles to plan and deliver technical projects and solutions
* Knowledge of IT hardware and coding environment requirements to ensure ongoing access to appropriate technical architecture and software
* Ability to read and understand python and SQL code (or similar languages with demonstrated ability to learn new programming languages), and set up and support others to use the appropriate environments and tools
* A knowledge of adult skills programmes and the national data collection system and key dataset, the Individualised Learner Record, or demonstrated ability to learn new programmes and datasets quickly
* Ability to apply an emotionally intelligent and inclusive approach to stakeholder and line management
How to apply
If you would like to apply for the role you will need to submit the following:
* Up to date CV
* Personal statement with a maximum of 1500 words. Please ensure you address how you demonstrate the essential criteria and competencies outlined in the advert
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