People and Capability Data Analyst

About HM Treasury

If you’re interested in making a difference to people’s lives, the Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK. Working at the heart of government, we collaborate across government to promote responsible public spending and drive strong and sustainable economic growth.  

Our work ranges from protecting customers through the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, to promoting British trade around the world and supporting people across the country on jobs, growth and more.  

HM Treasury is proud of a diverse and inclusive work environment, committed to fairness and the promotion of equality of opportunity for all. We know that having a range of experiences, ways of working and thinking makes us stronger and better at developing policy that reflects the needs of every community. We embrace different views and experiences and value the new perspective that people from a variety of circumstances bring to the work we do. We welcome applications from candidates who have not previously worked for the Civil Service, mid- and late-career changers with transferrable skills, people from all backgrounds and circumstances regardless of disability, gender, age ethnicity, LGBT+ identity and socio-economic status.  

We are part of the Darlington Economic Campus, a pioneering new cross-government hub which brings people together to play an active role in the most important issues of the day whilst working closer to the communities we serve. The campus provides the opportunity for people from all over the UK to help shape the future of the country, and our flexible working practices ensure you can collaborate effectively with our partners. It’s central government, made more accessible to you! 

About the Group 

The Corporate Centre Group delivers a wide range of corporate services to enable people at HM Treasury and many of the other organisations who form part of the Treasury Group (including the Government Internal Audit Agency and the Debt Management Office) to operate effectively and efficiently. We are a diverse group, both in terms of our professions and in our ways of working. Our colleagues are based across 3 sites in London, Darlington and Norwich. 

The Corporate Centre Group consists of a range of teams and is led by two directors (one of Finance and one of Operations);  

• Correspondence and Information Rights 
• Finance & Commercial 
• People & Capability 
• Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging 
• Treasury Business Solutions 
• Multisite Darlington Economic Campus team 
• Exchequer Funds & Accounts team 

About the Team 

The HM Treasury People and Capability team delivers a wide range of services and people solutions for the department. The team has HR and diversity and inclusion professionals and also colleagues with a background in Treasury policy work to provide a diverse skills mix. We work closely with senior stakeholders to make sure that our work supports and adds value, and the department has a genuinely collaborative culture. 

We are a friendly, multi-skilled and diverse team. This is a high priority, exciting and fast paced area of work, with ample opportunity to develop a wide range of skills, help embed cultural change in the department, and work closely with a range of stakeholders, including senior leaders, across the department.

About the Job

The People and Capability Data Analyst is a new role reporting into the Head of Data Analysis in the People and Capability (P&C) function. You will be a key part in the success of our People Strategy and implementing our People Analytics Workplan by helping to create an end-to-end understanding of the employee lifecycle through data analysis and visualisation products, improving our data access and and capability as a group through innovative data solutions, and communicating insights to our Permanent Secretaries and other government departments.

You will have the opportunity to own and design dataflows, provide analysis and communicate insights to a wide range of stakeholders with varying understanding of data and levels of seniority. You will be passionate about data, and keen to improve not just your own strong data analysis and visualisation skills but to encourage and nurture other colleagues’ interest in data.  You should be comfortable managing key stakeholder relationships, particular with other key data teams within Corporate Centre and HM Treasury. You will work with colleagues across People and Capability, the wider department – including collaboration with HM Treasury’s data science team – and with professional networks across the Civil Service such as the People Analytics Exchange Group. With many projects in flight, both business critical and BAU, you will need good project management skills and show good organisational skills.

In addition to many in-job opportunities to develop your data communication, data analysis and data science skills, we are committed to learning and development and would provide training and mentorship opportunities for the right candidate. The ideal candidate would also be passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging, with a good understanding of how to treat sensitive data and presenting information about protected characteristics. You will also be a part of the analyst and coding community in HM Treasury.

Key Accountabilities include:

• Develop new and continue developing engaging data products that brings together people data in clear visualisations designed in Power BI.
• Establish and maintain dataflows from a range of data systems and via the Management Information Unit (MIU) through Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft Power tools, particularly Power Query.
• Analyse data, identify options and be prepared to present and communicate the insights developed through analysis to Senior Civil Servants and senior colleagues.
• Support and improve data availability through improved data access and self-service opportunities for P&C colleagues, including helping to improve the data capability of colleagues.
• Assist in the planning, monitoring, and delivery of projects through project management and communication skills, demonstrating the ability to be organised and flexible.
• A keen interest in developing your own professional and data capabilities

Desirable Criteria: 

• Experience of working with or in HR to provide and/or improve the collection, analysis and visualisation of people and workforce data.
• Experience of using (or the desire to learn) data science techniques, for example Python or R. 

If you would like to speak to the hiring manager informally prior to the closing date for applications to find out more about the job, please contact Marcus Wan (Marcus.Wan@hmtreasury.gov.uk)

We are looking for the below skills, experience and behaviours and we will ask you to demonstrate these in your application form. Please review the Candidate FAQ document that is attached to the advert for guidance on how to complete your application form.   

1. Technical Skill – Data analysis, visualisation and presentation – using analytical skills to process complex and unstructured data, create clear and informative visualisations to a wide range of stakeholders, including those with a non-technical background
2. Delivering at Pace – Take responsibility for delivering timely and quality results with focus and drive across a range of competing priorities, under pressure and balancing short-term and long-term goals.
3. Working Together – Form effective partnerships and relationships with people both internally and externally, from a range of diverse backgrounds, sharing information, resources and support.
4. Changing and Improving – Seek out opportunities to create effective change and suggest innovative ideas for improvement. Review ways of working, including seeking and providing feedback. 

The lead criterion is: Technical Skill – Data analysis, visualisation and presentation – using analytical skills to process complex and unstructured data, create clear and informative visualisations to a wide range of stakeholders, including those with a non-technical background 

If we receive large volumes of applications, we will conduct an initial sift on the lead criterion only. 

Candidate Guidance Support Session 
 
We will be running an overview of Success Profiles and the STAR approach; top tips for the application and interview process and an opportunity to ask general questions around our recruitment practices. If you would like to join us, then use the appropriate link below to join the call at the right time.  

Tuesday 26th September at 17:30: Click here to join the meetin 

Friday 13th October at 12:30: Click here to join the meeting

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together
• Changing and Improving

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Data analysis, visualisation and presentation

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 days after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King’s birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing you to take up to an additional 2 days off each month.
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, compressed hours).
• Generous parental leave and adoption leave packages.
• A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 27%
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances.
• A Rental Deposit Advance Scheme to help meet the total costs of deposits for privately rented homes.
• Access to HM Treasury’s benefits portal allowing you access to a range of discount codes for online shopping.
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity (e.g. women in the Treasury, ethnic minority network, LGBT* network, faith and belief network).
• Access to a range of allowances if eligibility applies. These include profession related allowances.

Flexible Working Arrangements

HM Treasury views flexible working as essential in enabling us to recruit and retain talented people, ensuring that they are able to enjoy a long-lasting career with us. All employees have the right to apply for flexible working and there are a range of options available including; working from home, compressed hours and job sharing.

HM Treasury operates an office based working approach across all Treasury sites – Darlington, London, and Norwich, with the expectation of achieving 50% attendance in the office as a minimum requirement, along with the flexibility of working remotely. This blended working approach allows you to work collaboratively, meet stakeholders face to face, support others and promotes a healthy work life balance (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone’s circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review. All our offices have been recently modernised and designed to collaborate and connect with colleagues as well as desk and quiet space to allow a range of ways to work.

Job contact :

• Name : Marcus Wan
• Email : marcus.wan@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk