Army - Data Analyst
Ministry of Defence
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Have you considered a career in Data Analytics?
Would you like to join the Civil Service with the unparalleled opportunities it has to offer in a variety of significant roles, with the potential to change the nation and people’s lives for the better?
We are seeking an innovative and highly motivated Data Analyst to join the Army’s Service Management Information Cell (Army SMIC), a small team of report developers who provide a Management Information (MI) service for Military Personnel data to the Army.
The Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants. Within that, the Army Top Level Budget (TLB) employs around 7,000 MOD Civil Servants located at over 300 locations. Ours is a diverse workforce, with roles ranging from trainers, human resources, teachers, and psychologists to storekeepers, financiers, project and programme managers, and policy secretariat staff. There are many different functions and professions delivering key outputs for the Army.
This is a great opportunity to begin a career in the Civil Service and, with training, develop new and existing skills to become a confident and capable Data Analyst.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job description
The Army Service Management Information Cell (Army SMIC) sits within the Army’s Arms and Services, Personnel Administration Branch.
The team’s main role is to interrogate Personnel data from the Military Reporting systems to develop MI Reports and Dashboards that inform decision making and support the Army to deliver its outputs.
A data analyst in the Army SMIC will work with a wide range of Army customers to understand their requirements and using Oracle Analytics Server (OAS) tooling and knowledge of the relevant business processes analyse data sets to create and display results in a format that is easy to interpret and understand.
This is an exciting time for the team in terms of data analytics as platform changes will bring about access to additional functionality not previously explored. This will open up new opportunities to exploit data and deliver more sophisticated reporting capabilities for the Army.
A Data Analyst in the Army SMIC will:
- Work with Army customers to understand requirements and identify solutions ensuring outputs are delivered by the most effective means.
- Ensure the quality of all outputs making sure they are accurate and align with legal and organisational requirements.
- Deliver a range of routine, ad hoc and dashboard style reports on time and, on occasions, within tight timescales.
- Interrogate and manipulate complex data sets making use of a variety of presentational formats such as Pivot Tables, Graphs, Bar Charts, etc to best display the extracted data in a format that is easy to interpret and understand.
- Provide advice and guidance to customers.
- Support the transformation of reporting services, working alongside delivery partners and colleagues to adopt new ways of working and new technology.
Person specification
We are looking for someone with the following skills:
Essential:
- An analytical and detailed approach to complex challenges.
- The ability to generate new and original ideas.
- The ability to work with data to identify patterns and trends and draw meaningful conclusions.
- Competent with Office 365.
- At least an intermediate knowledge of MS Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP etc).
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex or technical information in a manner that is easy to understand.
- Highly motivated with a proactive approach towards the development of their own data analytical skills.
Desirable:
- Experience of Oracle Analytics Server (OAS) or SQL.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Changing and Improving
- Managing a Quality Service
Benefits
As a civil servant working alongside the Army, you will be part of a forward-looking organisation with inclusive workplace policies, excellent career prospects and a job that makes a difference.
The Army prides itself on being a supportive employer and where possible encourages flexible working, helping you to maintain a great work/life balance.
Other benefits for Army civil servants include:
- 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
- Highly competitive pension scheme
- Personal and professional development of skills
- Alternative working patterns for many roles
- Access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), a free service that assists you with achieving a productive, healthy environment that is conducive to a healthy lifestyle.
- Enhanced parental and adoption leave
- 6 days special leave per year which can be used for volunteering activities
- Learning and Development
We believe that everyone has the potential to make a difference and you will be supported to help you learn and advance in your career. This includes working towards membership of a professional body and/or undertaking a modern apprenticeship as part of your role.
A modern apprenticeship is a combined package of work and training. Through the schemes available you will gain a professional qualification, practical experience, and the broader skills required to develop in your current role and pave the way for your future career.
Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
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Selection process details
At application you will be asked to complete a verbal and numerical reasoning test. You will also need to provide a CV detailing your job history and previous skills and experience, and a personal statement of no more than 250 words setting out your suitability for the role. You will also be assessed against the following behaviours -
- Changing and Improving
- Managing a Quality Service
When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.
Applications will be sifted on the above stated criteria. But, in the event of a significant number of applications, this will be sifted on the CV, personal statement and a lead behaviour - changing and improving.
At interview you will be assessed against the following behaviours -
- Changing and Improving
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service
Application sifting will be scheduled to take place within 7 days of the application closing date. Interview dates are to be confirmed. These are likely to be held in person at Army HQ Andover. We endeavour to stick to these time frames, but these are subject to change around business needs.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.
Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Dawn Fish
- Email : Dawn.Fish103@mod.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk
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