Job responsibilities
Aspart of the All Hazards Intelligence Directorateyou will be right at the heart of the UKHSAs ambitious agenda to provide health security for the nation and protect us from known and as-yet-unknown threats. Your key responsibilities will include:
Production of the All Hazards situational awareness reports to UKHSA and Other Government Departments.
- Ensure the daily and weekly production of the reports are delivered on time. Daily product is delivered through a PowerBI Dashboard and the weekly products, to Ministers and the UKHSA Executive Committee are hard copy reports.
- Provide analytical assessment through quantitative analysis, manipulation of information and current understanding of the environment to draw sound conclusions.
- Quality assure the reports to ensure content is accurate and is written in clear understandable language.
- Successfully manage your time to work at pace with multiple ongoing tasks to deliver high quality analysis and insights.
- Actively seek out and build strong relationships, with/for team, with key stakeholders across the situational awareness landscape within UKHSA.
- Identify opportunities to improve the product contents and gain feedback from stakeholders for continual improvement
Deliver the All Hazards situational awarenessreporting via PowerBI dashboard
- To work with others to maintain the smooth daily running of the Portal, checking datasets have updated, troubleshooting issues, working with others across teams to resolve problems, communicating well with both data providers and stakeholders
- To support ongoing development of the PowerBI dashboard and apps for the Portal
- To undertake tasks associated with implementing changes to the Portal, such as improvements to functionality
- Look to continuously improve the dashboard
- To work closely with other members of the team to help upskill others in PowerBI
Essential skills:
- Experience in an analytical assessment role that demonstrates that you can find, analyse and manipulate information to draw sound conclusions.
- Hold a PowerBI, PL 300 qualification
- Skills/Experience in Power BI & Power Bi Service
- SQL and database skills
- Evidence of being flexible and adaptable to change
Highly desirable criteria
- Evidence of working effectively with cross divisional teams (collaboration)
- Evidence of effective verbal and written communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience tailoring analytical work to meet policy requirements
- Experience in working with health-related data
- Knowledge or experience in data science
- Knowledge of software skills in spreadsheets and databases
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
Selection Process
You will be required to complete an application form. This will be assessed and sifted in line with the essential criteria.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours
Stage 1: Application & SiftAs part of the application process, you will be asked to provide a Statement of Suitability in no more than 1000 words providing examples of how you meet the essential criteria and how you meet the following civil service behaviours:
- Managing a quality of service
- Communicating and influencing
- Working together
- Delivering at Pace
For more information on civil service behaviours please visit Behaviours | Civil Service Careers (civil-service-careers.gov.uk)
It should also detail what you and your experience can bring to the role. Please note, only information provided within the stated word count will be considered.
This part of the selection process should outline how you consider your skills, experience and achievements, and provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria outlined.
You will also be asked to provide information within the Employer/ Activity history section of the application form. This is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV, setting out your career history. This will be used in sifting process and will be scored.
If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview
Stage 2: Panel Interview
All candidates who are successful at the sift stage will be invited to attend a remote interview via Microsoft Teams
The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be:
- Managing a quality service
- Communicating and influencing
- Working together
- Delivering at Pace
You will be asked to prepare and present a 5-10 minute presentation relating to your ability to develop PowerBI dashboards and apps. The subject of this will be sent to you prior to interview.
Reserve List:
Candidates who pass the interview criteria but are not offered a post will be kept on a reserve list for 12 months and may be contacted if similar roles become available.
If you are interviewed for the post and do not meet the required threshold for the specified grade, your application may be assessed against a similar, lower grade role and you may be offered the post should one be available.
DBS - People working with government systems must complete Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks which includes a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed for this role is BPSS however there may be a requirement for this role to be SC cleared and you should familiarise yourself with the criteria of security clearance.
This role is Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants. Appointments to roles within UKHSA will be made in accordance with the Civil Service nationality rules. These can be found athttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rulesThis job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- Nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of theEuropean Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- Certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.
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.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Government baseline personnel security standard
Its important to note that there are currently exceptions to applications being considered if your conviction relates to any of the following:
- life sentences
- arson
- sexual offences
- hate and terror offences
Some departments will also consider the specific offence against the nature of the business, i.e., a conviction for fraud may rule you out for a finance role
Complaint process:
The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact UKHSA Public Accountability Unit via email:Complaints1@ukhsa.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website.
Contact Details Sophie.Rigney@reed.com
