Geospatial Analyst (C1585N)

Job summary

The role holder supports our central analytical and operational functions, which includes economists, researchers, market analysts and geospatial experts. They embed geospatial insights and outputs into the Agency's decision-making processes, enabling strategic interventions that drive more efficient outcomes.

Job description

You’ll leverages the latest technology and location-focused data to support impactful research and analysis, and the production of geospatial deliverables. You’ll also establish opportunities for collaboration with key contacts both internally and externally.

Key responsibilities

- Deliver high-quality Geospatial outputs that meet stakeholder requirements.

- Work with senior management to develop material and promote the department’s capabilities.

- Analyse, integrate, and evaluate multiple data sources for strategic insight to support decision making.

- Support research and analysis with geospatial input.

- Implement standards for information management and coding to ensure intelligence and data can be easily interpreted by others.

- Ensure value for money from procured data through strategic insight.

- Support the wider agency’s initiatives including using spatial and visualisation presentation to help drive marketing, consultation and general communications.

Person specification

You’ll be a self-starter having already begun your geospatial career and you’ll have a genuine interest in how spatial data is used in real‑world decision making.

You’ll have experience using GIS (ideally ArcGIS), know your way around geospatial concepts, continually building upon your technical expertise. You communicate clearly and concisely, can work with a variety of experts, raising questions and clarifying information as needed.

We are looking for someone who is willing to grow their skillset, work with supportive colleagues and strengthen how geospatial data is used across the organisation.

The qualifications, knowledge and experience we are looking for:

Essential:

- Degree level qualification and/or appropriate professional experience or qualifications.

- Ability to produce data visualisations (including cartographic products) to communicate intelligence and analysis.

- Experience with Esri products: ArcGIS Pro, ESRI Enterprise (including Portal for ArcGIS and Arc Server), ArcGIS Online and CityEngine.

- Awareness of working with Relational Database Management Systems such as PostgreSQL (with Post GIS), Data Manipulation Languages (DML) such as SQL.

- Familiarity with scripting languages to enhance geospatial workflows, such as Python, Arcade and/or R.

- Awareness of data licensing, data limitations, data standards, procurement processes.

- Awareness of the planning process, particularly the Government’s digital planning agenda.

- Troubleshoot and debug problems, with clear industry-standard documentation.

- Self-motivated with initiative and innovation, maintaining regular communication with the Geospatial team.

Desirable:

- An awareness or understanding of land transactions

- Some exposure or understanding of Land Law

- Exposure to land surveying techniques

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.

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 : Recruitment team
• Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk

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