Data Delivery Manager
Job summary
Are you interested in data and data processing? Do you want to work in an area which actively serves both the Government and wider public debate and decision-making process? If so, this might be the role for you!
The Life Events Data team within Population Statistics Directorate collects and processes civil registration data on births and deaths, and prepares it for analysis, often linked with other sources such as ONS Census data and health related administrative data. Analysts then produce national statistics and rapid response policy analysis using this data. The team also provide feeds of the civil registration data to the NHS and UK Heath Security Agency.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the UK’s largest producer of official statistics, covering a range of key economic, social and demographic topics. These include measuring changes in the value of the UK economy, estimating the size, geographic distribution, and characteristics of the population, and providing indicators of price inflation, employment, earnings, crime, and migration.
Job description
As a Data Delivery Manager, you will play a key role in the coordination, production and delivery of high-quality health data and statistics that help shape understanding of the nation’s health. Working collaboratively across the Population Statistics Directorate, you will oversee the provision of bespoke data extracts, tabulations and responses to customer enquiries on a range of health topics, ensuring all data is shared in line with relevant legislation, governance frameworks and data-sharing agreements.
Reporting to the Head of the Analytical Health Data team within the Data, Quality and Design Division, you will build and maintain strong relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, both nationally and internationally. You will coordinate the delivery of data and statistics that contribute to important national and international publications, indicators and evidence-based decision-making, acting as a key point of contact for data delivery activities.
The role also involves leading responses to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and official correspondence, ensuring enquiries are handled accurately, professionally and within legal timescales. You will take responsibility for drafting and coordinating legislative correspondence, providing expert advice and ensuring compliance with relevant policies and statutory requirements. This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the production of trusted statistics and insights that support better understanding of health outcomes across the UK and beyond.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain an excellent working knowledge of ONS life events data that support the production of bespoke extracts and tabulations, adhering to disclosure and accessibility controls.
- Develop and maintain knowledge of Data Access Agreements for our individual records outputs. Working with colleagues within the team to coordinate the production and delivery of these data.
- Develop and maintain knowledge to jointly lead the production of national and international data deliveries. Providing collation and quality assurance of the outputs as required.
- Regularly use packages such as R and SQL to perform basic coding.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
- Evidence of working with stakeholders to set priorities and objectives and successfully deliver high quality outcomes to meet customer needs.
- Proven ability to use initiative and work proactively, managing changing priorities and tight deadlines while delivering results at pace.
- An analytical approach to problem solving, with excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to work collaboratively in small teams across the directorate, to share knowledge, drive and improve delivery, and enable timely project completion.
- Ability to use SQL or R code to query datasets.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Delivering at Pace
- Managing a Quality Service
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £34,587, Office for National Statistics contributes £10,019 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).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 valued colleagues across the organisation.
Whether you are hearing about us for the first time or already know a bit about our organisation, we hope that our careers site will give you a great insight into the benefits and facilities available to our colleagues, and our fantastic working culture.
Inclusion & Accessibility
At ONS we are always looking to attract the very best people from the widest possible talent pool, and we are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunities employer. As a Disability Confident Leader we’re committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
As part of our application process, you will be prompted to provide details of any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process that you need. If you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments before applying, please contact the recruitment team in the first instance.
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
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
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.Visa Sponsorship:
ONS are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Applicants are expected to hold a valid right to work in the UK when employment commences. If you are applying on a time-limited visa, this will need to be valid for at least 18 months.
To work at the ONS, candidates must meet both UK right to work and security clearance requirements (where applicable).
Security Clearance:
For ONS the requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for 3 consecutive years immediately prior to applying and the department will consider eligibility by exception on a case-by-case basis. You will be asked to provide information regarding your UK residency during your application, and failure to provide this will result in your application being rejected.
If you are unsure that you meet the eligibility above, please read the information available on Gov.uk on this link or contact the recruitment email on the advert before applying to discuss, as failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected and any offer of employment being withdrawn.
At the point of SC application, you will need to provide or give access to the following evidence:
• Departmental or company records (personnel files, staff reports, sick leave reports and security records)
• UK criminal records covering both spent and unspent criminal records
• Your credit and financial history with a credit reference agency
• Security Services records
Application Process
Number of Stages: 3 stage process
Stage 1: Civil Service Judgement Test
Stage 2: Application
Stage 3: Interview
Stage 1 - Civil Service Judgement Test
Upon submission of Part 1 your application form you will be sent an invitation to complete Civil Service Judgement Test online test.
There will be full instructions on how to complete each test including an opportunity to practice before undertaking the actual test. These tests are not time limited.
If you pass the test for this vacancy, you will be invited to complete the final stage of your application, this is where you will provide information such as your work history, skills and experience and Personal Statement.
If you fail a test your application will not proceed to the next stage.
Please note the deadline for the test is the same as the application deadline: Wednesday 29th July at 23:55pm.
Stage 2 – Application
The assessment process at the application stage will be based on your work history, skills, experience, and personal statement. It is important that your application is tailored to highlight the skills, knowledge, and experience relevant to the role.
A personal statement is required at application stage, the maximum wordcount allowed is 1250, which should not be exceeded. You should provide evidence for each essential skill criterion listed in the person specification. As these criteria are scored, it is advisable to give clear examples for each one, including the impact of your actions, ideally utilising the STAR technique (Situation, Task, Action, Result).
Please note that Success Profiles Behaviour examples are not required at this stage of the application process.
When a high volume of applications are received, the sift pass mark may be adjusted. Candidates will be invited to interview based on their merit order, with those achieving the highest scores being prioritised. Applicants who score below the adjusted pass mark but still pass will be placed on hold and may be invited to interview at a later date.
Stage 3 – Interview
If invited to interview, you will be assessed using techniques aligned with the Civil Service Success Profiles framework, covering all behaviours listed in the job advert.
You will be required to provide a 5 minute presentation at interview. The presentation topic will be emailed to candidates who have passed the initial online application stage, 1 week prior to interview. This presentation will assess candidates against the Success Profiles Behaviour: Changing and Improving.
Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams.
Our main locations are Newport (South Wales) and Titchfield.
A reserve list may be held for a period up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made.
Important Dates:
The Sift will be conducted from Monday 3rd August
Interviews will be conducted from Wednesday 19th August
Dates are subject to change.
For the full terms and conditions of the post, please see attachment.
Please note that all campaigns may be subject to withdrawal at any stage if the internal resource position changes.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).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
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.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.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
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Job contact :
Recruitment team
- Email : RecruitmentOperations@ons.gov.uk
Further information
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact recruitment.complaints@ons.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service CommissionAttachments
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- £34,587 per year