Data Analytics Apprenticeship

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

- 336535**Salary**:

- £24,820- National min £24,820 / London min £27,820 Salary may vary depending upon department and location**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Fixed term
- Apprenticeship**Length of employment**:

- 24 months**Business area**:

- GSS - Statistical and Analytical**Type of role**:

- Analytical
- Digital
- Information Technology
- Statistics**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 5Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Birmingham, Bristol, Croydon, Darlington, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newport (Gwent), Nottingham, Sheffield, WolverhamptonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Are you interested in data analytics and the tools and skills that aid problem solving?

Do you use mathematics to solve problems?

Would you like the opportunity to 'earn whilst you learn’?

If you are looking for a career change with a pathway into the Civil Service, or a recent school leaver unsure whether to choose between continuing your studies or working, then this could be the role for you.

Our Data Analytics Apprenticeship enables you to 'earn as you learn' and gain a formal qualification whilst working at the heart of Data Science, with experienced teams of Data Scientists across government.

The use and management of data is becoming ever more important in a modern economy. Data science plays a key role in driving competitiveness and better public services, improving the lives of us as citizens. In order to realise the potential new data sources hold, we need to be alive to opportunities as they arise and ensure people have the right skills to unleash innovation through data science across the public sector.

As a Data Analytics Apprentice, you will have a passion for maths and data science and be enthusiastic about the real day to day challenges presented from a broad span of projects for Government.

**Job description**:
The Data Analytics Apprenticeship is an opportunity for individuals interested in maths and data, to work towards a formal qualification alongside full time employment in Government.

If you are unsure of the next step in your career, or if University is right for you, then this role may be exactly what you are looking for.

**Roles could include**:

- Conducting data analysis and visualization of key datasets used to produce the required statistics.
- Producing design documents and diagrams for data processing systems, considering the statistical or data processing methods that are needed for the task, as well as the design of the overall data model.
- Maintaining and reviewing documentation for statistical and data processing functions, as well as data processing pipelines

**What is included in the Apprenticeship?**

The programme will be 2 years and will be delivered in England by QA training and ALS in Wales.
- Education providers information is attached below.
- The outline will likely cover the below topics.
- **Indicative modules**:

- Introduction to Data
- Data Structure and Databases Using Python and SQL
- Data Analysis and Compliance
- Data Modelling and Database Design
- Data Architecture
- Requirements for Data Architectures and Analysis
- Integration and Data Analysis Tools 1
- Integration and Data Analysis Tools 2

For more information on the apprenticeship, please visit the Institute for Apprenticeships page on the GSS Website:
GSS apprenticeships - Government Analysis Function (civilservice.gov.uk)

**Person specification**:

- Complete both on the job and off the job training. You will be studying towards a Level 4 Data Analytics Apprenticeship
- Select and develop new techniques for solving complex related problems
- Develop new skills by using data science techniques

**What are we looking for?**
- Are you:
- Dynamic
- Adaptable
- Innovative in your approach and like to explore new ways of working
- Inquisitive
- Creative
- A team worker
- Good at IT and have an aptitude for maths
- An outstanding problem solver

**Standard eligibility criteria for apprenticeship funding**:
You are a UK citizen (or have the Right of Abode in the UK, or are a citizen of a country within the
- EU, European Economic Area or Switzerland and have been ordinarily resident in such country for at least the last 3 years; with (or eligible for) status under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS).A non-EEA citizen with permission from the UK government to live in the UK, (not for educational purposes) and have been ordinarily resident in the UK for at least the previous three years before the start of learning.

**Qualifications**:
- GCSEs (or Level 2) in Maths and English at Grade C/Grade 4 or above **AND EITHER**

OR;- Two A-Levels including Mathematics or ICT
- With regards to qualifications that fall outside of eligibility criteria we would advise any “Data Analysis” qualification achieved at a level 4 or higher will