Senior Statistical Officer: Trade Production Statistics

4 weeks ago


Salford, Salford, United Kingdom Department for Business and Trade Full time

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Trade Statistics Expert to join our team at the Department for Business and Trade. As a key member of our Analysis Group, you will play a crucial role in producing high-quality, trusted Official Statistics and briefing on trade and investment.

The successful candidate will lead on the production of outputs, quality assurance, and publication of our Official Statistics, including the Trade and Investment Factsheets, UK trade in numbers, and the Trade and Investment Core Statistics book. You will also be responsible for maintaining and developing the high-quality and rigour of our Official Statistics, implementing improvements to R scripts and reproducible analytical pipelines.

Additionally, you will provide regular statistics briefings for Ministers and senior officials across the department, summarising key messages and telling the story from the latest trade and investment statistics. You will also respond to ad-hoc queries related to the Official Statistics, including summarising and presenting trade data for colleagues and ensuring analysis is put into context with all necessary caveats.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead on the production of outputs, quality assurance, and publication of our Official Statistics.
  • Maintain and develop the high-quality and rigour of our Official Statistics.
  • Provide regular statistics briefings for Ministers and senior officials across the department.
  • Respond to ad-hoc queries related to the Official Statistics.

Requirements

  • Strong analytical experience, with the ability to analyse large and multiple data sets.
  • The skills to explain complex statistics in an easy-to-understand manner, and a good eye for detail and accuracy.
  • The ability to independently lead analytical projects in a complex environment.
  • The ability to use forward planning and good judgement to identify risks and issues and where to make trade-offs to address them.
  • Experience of programming with R (or a similar programming language) or being prepared to pick up the basics quickly.

Desirable Criteria

  • Experience and knowledge of the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
  • Knowledge of macroeconomic trends/ understanding of macroeconomic data.
  • Experience with Rmarkdown and Shiny.

Benefits

  • Salary of £39,384.
  • Contributions towards the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
  • Learning and development tailored to your role.
  • An environment with flexible working options.
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.


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