Performance and Assurance Analyst

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Do you have experience in quality assuring data, ensuring the integrity and reliability of that data so that a variety of stakeholders can make informed decisions?

Are you someone who can identify and resolve data reconciliation issues effectively?

Can you collaborate well with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Please note: This is a part-time position, if successful you will be required to work 18.5 hours per week covering a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. This salary is pro-rata so is exactly 50% of the full time salary.

The Transport Security Directorate (TSD), works across the Department for Transport (DfT), His Majesty’s Government (HMG) and with partners to mitigate the threats the transport sector faces domestically and internationally.

We are looking for a part-time Performance and Assurance Analyst to join the Aviation Security International Operations (ASIO) division, which sits within TSD. ASIO leads on high profile work to implement and improve the transport sector’s aviation security regimes, as well as working with international partners to raise global standards and build capability in priority countries. As the national security threats to aviation evolve, we are working across DfT to ensure that these issues are reflected in the Department’s work to ensure that we balance UK prosperity with security objectives.

The successful candidate will quality assure the assessments of security capabilities in our priority countries, strictly aligning with guidance established from international regulations to guarantee accuracy. Your role will see you regularly collaborate with other teams to ensure the assessment data collected is of the highest quality. You will work on continuously improving the established guidance. You will think innovatively and be confident to communicate any issues and solutions with teams across the division to enhance overall efficiency and effectiveness in our delivery processes.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to

• Gather, validate, and analyse performance information relating to ASIO business performance both internally and externally.
• Identify and address data reconciliation issues by collaborating with relevant teams and individuals, striving for effective solutions.
• Report on performance metrics, ensuring ASIO leadership team are sighted on areas of sub-optimal outcomes.
• Conduct data assurance across ASIO operations, ensuring compliance with agreed data collation standards. Perform quality assurance on all airport assessments and additional measures activities data, maintaining consistency between scores, narratives, and codified answers.
• Collaborate with the Insight and Product teams within the same value stream to share information and data, facilitating analysis, product development, and thematic activities.
• Actively contribute insights to enhance the overall quality of assessment data and the established guidance that underpins the assessment programme.

For further information, please see the attached Role Profile.

About you

We are looking for someone who has exceptional communication skills and can express themselves in a confident and concise manner with colleagues at all levels. You will represent the department both professionally and clearly, ensuring key messages are delivered to both internal and external stakeholders in a timely fashion. You can build rapport quickly with both internal and external stakeholders which enables you to build solid working relationships.

Excellent organisational skills are required and you will be able to manage and filter workflow, as well as organise and prioritise your work to maximise productivity and achieve all deadlines. You will be highly adaptable and flexible, adjusting to the requirements of the role.

Additional Information

A minimum of 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance. 

As a division that works on threat-related issues, we expect our staff to work flexibly and adapt to rapidly changing requirements and priorities across the teams. The nature of the work means that the role may require out of hours working to respond to incidents.

Due to business needs, you may be required to work flexibly to meet demands of the role. This may mean working outside of core business hours. If this is the case, you will, under departmental policies, be able to claim time back for any additional hours worked.

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

• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together
• Changing and Improving

Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.

Find out more about what it’s like working at the Department for Transport . 

Job contact :

• Name : Adam Clarkson
• Email : adam.clarkson@dft.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : dftrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk