Analyst - Risk Data and Reporting

Job summary

Working in a team with our Head – Enterprise Risk Policy and Frameworks the Analyst – Risk data and reporting will play a key role in supporting our 2nd Line Risk Team activities: You will work closely with colleagues and stakeholders across the agency to promote strong data management practices and provide high quality insights and reporting that enable informed, risk aware decision making.

You’ll be joining a small, experienced and enthusiastic team committed to strengthening and embedding effective risk management across the organisation. Our Head - Enterprise Risk Policy and Frameworks champions a collaborative working style and values diversity of experience and perspective as essential for good decision making and effective problem solving.

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of risk reporting in a fast-growing national organisation with a clear social purpose. Working with a professional risk team and senior stakeholders, you will collate, process and analyse risk data to produce clear, insightful and timely reporting that support strong governance utilising problem solving skills.

Job description

You'll be comfortable supporting the 2nd line risk team with complex data and reporting issues, aiming to ensure resilience of the reporting process by documenting processes as well as sharing and learning from the other members of the team.

You’ll have strong technical skills, with experience in processing and analysing data using Power BI. You will also bring curiosity, analytical thinking and a creative approach to problem solving.

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable engaging and influencing stakeholders. Your conversations will always be shaped by an understanding of the environment and operational context in which the Enterprise Risk team operates.

Above all, you’ll enjoy working in an innovative, engaging and supportive environment. As an experienced data analyst, you’ll be able to demonstrate that you collaborate effectively, work inclusively and contribute to a positive team culture.

Person specification

Essential:

1. Experience of producing reports based on risk data.
2. Experience of collating, processing, and analysing data using Power BI.
3. Experience of engaging in and communicating with users to understand their needs and explain how to use the reports produced in response.
4. An ability to problem-solve, learn from various content and collaboratively implement solutions. A willingness to upskill.
5. Strong written and verbal communication skills, including excellent literacy, numeracy and attention to accuracy, quality and timeliness of detail when using complex data sets of variable quality and availability. Clear and unambiguous reporting is therefore essential.
6. Ability to work independently in a professional environment, delivering time critical tasks with strong organisational and time management skills.
7. Awareness and basic understanding of core risk management principles.

Benefits

Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:

Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.

Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.

Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.

Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.

We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

How to apply?

To apply please follow the links to our careers page.

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Selection process details

For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.

Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.

Please note – Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.

Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. For further information please refer to our Privacy Notice which can be viewed here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter

Nationality requirements

Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Further information

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Name: Recruitment Team

Email: recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

Apply and further information

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
• Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk