Senior Analytics Engineer (3 roles available), Data Directorate, Ministry of Justice (Ref:90165)

This job is with HM Land Registry, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly. Job summary This position is National Job description Senior Analytics Engineer (SEO), Data Directorate, Ministry of Justice Hello Welcome to the Data & Analysis directorate at the Ministry of Justice and thank you for taking an interest in this role. Were looking for 3 Senior Analytics Engineers to join our growing team. The successful candidates will join the Data Modelling and Engineering Team (DMET), although we also work closely with the Data Platform team. A summary of the type of work the teams are involved in can be found in our handbook. We're also hosting a webinar on Monday 2nd September 2024 from 18:00 to 19:00 for anyone interested in learning more about the team and the roles were currently recruiting. You can sign up via this link. This is a great opportunity to work with leading cloud technology and help change the way data is used in the public sector. Analytics engineers at MoJ play a critical role in our mission to put data at the heart of decision-making. We're looking for people with the drive to develop a deep understanding of data needs and data availability across specific areas of the Ministry of Justice. You will work in a team of Analytics Engineers, alongside Data Engineers, to bridge the gap between data producers and data users, developing analytical pipelines and self-service tools to acquire and transform data, making it available on our Analytical Platform. As a Senior Analytics Engineer, your work might involve: gathering requirements and translating these into clear deliverables working with data engineers and members of our data platform teams to prioritise, plan and deliver work turning needs and opportunities into flexible, quality-assured, dimensional models for use by analysts and data scientists and ensuring dimensions are conformed wherever possible ensuring content is complete and accurate, and producing summary outputs to demonstrate this completeness and accuracy providing tools to collect, store and present metadata and documentation that enable people to use data intelligently drawing attention to data quality / data governance issues acting as a key point of contact for our analytical user community, helping data users to automate their work, supporting them with tools like dbt and Airflow About you We welcome applications from anyone with the skills we consider to make a good analytics engineer. You may not currently be in an analytics engineering role and that's ok. Many of our team have a background in analysis, data science, software engineering, and much more. Below, we list a number of skills we are looking for in candidates. If you don't have experience with all of these then that's all right, we get it, it's a long list We encourage you to still apply and give us the chance to consider your application. A key attribute we're interested in is the willingness and ability to learn; learning and development is something we value and prioritise within our community. There are some tips toward the end of this advert about how to apply - we strongly recommend you read these, especially if you're new to applying for roles in the Civil Service. We are looking for people with experience in the following: SQL working with large relational databases testing and quality assuring data supporting others to learn and implement new tools and technologies It's a bonus if you also have experience of: Python, R or any other programming languages building data and analytical pipelines dimensional modelling including designing and populating star schemas working with business intelligence tools working to improve data quality working with document-oriented data storage formats such as JSON, XML mapping processes to support data and service improvement developing content to support data science / machine learning pipelines working with data and analytics services in the cloud workflow orchestration tools, such as Airflow big data tools, such as Spark and Presto version control tools, such as git building automated testing and deployment workflows working in an agile environment We make our workplace as inclusive as we can. Find out more about how we support equality and diversity. Salary and benefits London: £45,824 - £50,039. National: £39,868 - £43,535. You'll also get: a generous defined benefit pension, with employer contributions from 26% to 30% flexible working options, including part-year working, term-time working, reduced hours, compressed hours and job sharing 26 days leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 31 days after 5 years compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave training and development opportunities, including access to Pluralsight, DataCamp and Civil Service Learning 5 days paid volunteering leave a cycle to work scheme season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eyecare vouchers a quarterly reward and recognition scheme exclusive deals on travel, food, and entertainment secure bike parking and subsidised onsite gyms (subject to location) Location We welcome applications from candidates based across the UK. Candidates will have the option of being based in the Leeds or London HQ offices (with flexible working arrangements available) or your nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office: see this map for more details. Recruitment process You'll need to apply online by submitting: an anonymised CV, including career history, responsibilities, and achievements a statement of suitability, explaining why you're the right person for the job and how you meet the criteria above this should be no longer than 750 words There will be an initial sift of applicants, comparing submitted evidence against the About you criteria. Well assess your application and get back to you in around two weeks to let you know if wed like to invite you to an interview. The interview There will be one interview, covered in two sections, which will include a technical exercise and assessment of civil service behaviours. The interview will take place via Microsoft Teams. The purpose of the technical exercise is to test your technical skills. The exercise will last one hour and will involve completing some SQL code, and stating how you would design a data pipeline to solve a specific, given user need. More information on the exercise will be provided to candidates invited to interview. In the second section of the interview, candidates will be assessed against the following civil service behaviours: Working Together Changing and Improving You can find out more about behaviours via the Civil Service Success Profiles. We recommend that you use the STAR approach situation, task, action, and result when structuring your answers. Further information can be found on the National Careers Service website. Interviews are likely to take place in October 2024. The highest scoring candidates who pass the interview will be offered a role. If you do well at the interview but we don't offer you a role right now, we'll keep your details for a year and let you know if other opportunities come up. The whole process can take up to a month. Further Information If you require any additional information about the role, please contact: dmet-dataplatform-recruitmentdigital.justice.gov.uk. You can also ask questions at the webinar on Monday 2nd September - sign up link here. Person specification Please refer to Job Description Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Working Together Changing and Improving BenefitsAlongside your salary of £39,868, Ministry of Justice contributes £11,549 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Access to learning and development A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27% Annual Leave Public Holidays Season Ticket Advance For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page. Link:https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJThings you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ 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 The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).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 the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).Apply and further informationThis vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.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 : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team Email : Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiriesgov.sscl.com Telephone : Recruitment team Email : Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiriesgov.sscl.com Further information Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commissions Recruitment Principles. I you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiriesgov.sscl.com) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. 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