We are currently recruiting for an 2x Assistant Statistician based in Belfast. The successful candidates will be required to start once the vetting paperwork, ANI clearance has been completed.
Start date:ASAP
Duration:6 months
Rate of pay:£18.48
Hours of work: Monday to Friday, 9-5 (37 hours)
Key Responsibilities:
Aims -To produce official statistics in line with the Code of Practice to monitor the performance of the NI economy and labour market;To provide an effective statistical and research service to assist NISRA in achieving its business objectives.
ELMS’s vision is to provide “trusted economic statistics for a better society” and its mission is to measure the performance of the NI Economy. The branch’s primary activities are: data collection from businesses; the production of official statistics reports; and the provision of value added analysis and commentary. This covers the following areas:
statistics – short term indicators of growth in the output of the services/ production/ construction industries in Northern Ireland.
• Key activities involve:
– Data cleaning and validation;
– Data processing / statistical procedures (e.g. imputation, grossing, outlier methods) to produce preliminary estimates;
– Produce draft publication and release documentation for clearance by G7 Statistician, including draft lines and infographics for social media;
– Respond to a variety of adhoc statistical queries;
– Professional development through training and seminars.
• Provide advice and information to customers on an ad hoc basis; including answers to AQs, press queries, briefing for policy colleagues and to act as a data service for internal and external customers.
• Liaise with ONS to ensure that the methods used in Northern Ireland are consistent with those used in the ONS and in line with best practice.
• Continue to develop and improve statistical outputs and processes to meet user needs, including undertaking user engagement exercises, and improving statistical methods in line with the ELMS Modernisation project.
• Participate in internal branch working groups and external user groups, as well as representing ELMS at wider cross branch NISRA working groups relevant to Economic Output as required.
Essential Criteria applicants must have:
Experience with MS Excel required. Experience in using R and SQL would be beneficial.
The post involves statistical analysis and production of Official Statistics to the standards required by the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
• Excellent communications skill – oral and written
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with key stakeholders
• Strong organisational skills. The post holder will be required to work effectively within the team whilst also managing their own workload.
• Good statistical skills, including experience of managing and analysing large datasets, quality assuring outputs. Previous experience of sampling, grossing and estimation, outliering and imputation methodologies would be beneficial.
• Good IT skills within Microsoft Office packages, particularly Excel. Previous experience with SAS and R would be beneficial.
• Good knowledge of the Data Protection Act, Official Statistics Code of Practice
Proof of 5 GCSEs including English and Maths grade C or above or the equivalent to this.
Excellent IT skills, including use of Microsoft Word and Excel.
Excellent communication skills.
Proven ability to use own initiative.
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