Field Interviewer

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 239133**Salary**:

- £11,810 - £16,105- FTE £19,863 Actual salary £11,810 (1144 annual hrs) or £16,105 (1560 annual hrs) paid pro rata, This is broadly equivalent 22 or 30 hours work per week and varies dependent on business requirements. Plus mileage of up to 45 pence per mile**Grade**:

- Other- Field Interviewer**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- 12 months**Business area**:

- ONS - Surveys and Data Collection**Type of role**:

- Social Survey Interviewer**Working pattern**:

- Part-time**Number of posts**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- WalsallAbout the job

**Summary**:

- Are you interested in a role where you have flexibility in your working hours, you get to meet new people from diverse communities and have a positive impact on your local community?**Job description**:

- This is a great opportunity to join our team as a Field Interviewer working for the Office for National Statistics. As a Field Interviewer carrying out official surveys you will be helping to inform Government about the state of the nation.
- Your role will be a combination of field visits to addresses to encourage households to complete our surveys, carrying out surveys in their homes and completing phone interviews.- What we are we looking for?
- We are looking for individuals who have a friendly, outgoing personality and the confidence to approach and converse with a wide selection of people either via phone or face to face. You will need to have excellent communication skills to be the face of ONS and, where needed, to persuade any reluctant member of the public to take part in our surveys and to be interviewed.
- You will also be responsible for planning, organizing and managing your own work loads, we will provide full training and support to help you with this.**Responsibilities**:

- Person Specification and requirements of the role- Be able to transport and carry equipment such a laptop and survey materials with you, on occasion walk between addresses and navigate stairs when out in the field.
- Work approximately within 40 miles from the advertised position.
- Be proficient in the use of a laptop and a smartphone
- To be self-disciplined, self-motivated and happy to work without supervision.
- Have excellent verbal communication skills and enjoy meeting and talking to people.

**Licences**:

- A Full valid UK Driving License (inclusive of the rights of EU Nationals) is required for this post.**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service

**Benefits**:
The Office for National Statistics is part of the Civil Service, and as such we share a number of key benefits with other departments, whilst also having our own unique offerings to support our 5000+ valued colleagues across the business.

Whether you are hearing about us for the first time or already know a bit about our organisation, we hope that the benefits pack attached **(bottom of page)** will give you a great insight into the benefits and facilities available to our colleagues, and our fantastic working culture.

We are an organisation that takes well-being seriously and lives and breathes the desire to modernise the workplace of the future. Everyone, from our office-based colleagues across our office sites, to our field interviewers and airports and ports passenger survey teams, are part of a diverse and inclusive family.

**Inclusion & Accessibility**

If you would like an accessible version of any of the attachments or recruitment documents below or linked to in this advert, please contact the recruitment team who will be happy to assist.

Things you need to know

**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.In your personal statement you are required to answer the question below using up to 250 words.
- Describe an achievement you are proud of and your steps to success?
- Success Profiles Behaviour examples are not required at this stage.
- Should you be invited to interview, you will be assessed using various assessment techniques aligned to the Civil Service Success Profiles, where you'll be assessed against all the behaviours outlined in the advert as well as against the technical areas listed in the advert.
- We will assess you against the following behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service

There will also be a technical question on your ability to use technology.
- More information on this behaviour and the Civil Service Success Profiles can be found here:
- You should make time to familiarise yourself with the required behaviours before interview and have any questions that you may wish to