Markets and Sectors Data Analyst Abbey Wood, England
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The Team & Directorate
It is an exciting time to join the MOD Supply Chain Directorate, as we are refreshing and realigning our strategy and resourcing capability, with a view to expanding the range and depth of the services we provide. Our aim is to enable a vibrant, resilient, and sustainable defence supply chain by:
Investing in Supplier Relationships and industry collaboration
Understanding and Building Supply Chain Resilience
Shaping and Delivering Supply Chain Policy
Facilitating a Joined-up Approach across the Defence Supply Chain through collaboration and influencing
Linking into wider government and Ally initiatives on supply chain management.
The Markets and Sectors team is led by a G7/B2 Economist and forms part of the G6/B1 led Supplier and Market Analysis area of the Supply Chain Directorate. The Markets and Sectors team is responsible for several work strands and products which shape MOD’s supply chain policy and provide the MOD-wide picture of supplier and supply chain risk and fragility. For example, the team:
- Support the production of flag-ship supply chain resilience dashboard which is used by Ministers and senior officials
- Produces regular analysis of economic shocks and wider impacts on MOD supply chains;
- Produces market and sector analysis for strategic suppliers,
- Maintains an Economic bench marking dashboard to provide up-to-date insight into factors affecting the defence industrial base,
- Supports the Supply Chain resilience working group of the Defence Suppliers Forum (DSF) to deliver projects on supply chains important to defence; and
- Supports the publication of the JEDHub Annual Economic Report by producing the data analysis for the supply chain chapter of the report.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week
Job description
This post offers excellent opportunities to work with, and influence, senior officials, and Ministers through their responsibilities for analysis on important defence supply chain risks.
You will be managed by a SEO/C1 data analyst, and deliver a wide portfolio of work, collaborating closely with a range of teams in MOD and across Government to ensure supply chain risks and issues are considered as policy is being developed in areas such as:
- Economic security;
- UK semiconductor strategy.
- the Government’s economic sanctions policy following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; and
- high-profile supply chain projects with industry which have Secretary of State and Ministerial interest.
- providing open-source Defence and Markets and Sector news and data for two monthly reports.
- Supporting your SEO/C1 in the continued development of the Power Bi Economic Dashboard and you will be responsible for some of the underlying processes and quality assurance.
- Supporting on the analysis of data for the annual JEDHUB report with main focus on the Supply Chain chapters. This task enables the post-holder to work with ONS microdata and be trained to be an accredited secure researcher.
- Working closely with other parts of the SSM Team to support the development and delivery of products such as the Supply Chain resilience dashboard.
- Collaborating with the wider Supply Chain Directorate to develop new ideas to feed into the Economic Dashboard and supporting products.
Person specification
Essential Skills and Experience
- Experience in stakeholder engagement and/or customer service.
- Skills in MS Excel and Power Bi to a good standard.
- Experience in handling of data set(s) and quality assurance.
- Experience in presenting and communicating data analysis to a wide range of audiences.
- Ability to deliver at pace and having a pro-active approach to their work, anticipating problems and finding solutions in a collaborative way.
- Good team working skills, enabling you to support others across the Directorate and deputise for your manager as required.
- An understanding of the MOD commercial function and strategy.
- An understanding of MOD strategic suppliers and the defence industrial base.
- Coding skills e.g. in R, Python or SQL.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
- Communicating and Influencing
- Changing and Improving
- Leadership
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment by 31st December 2022. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
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Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, and Experience
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Please use your personal statement (in no more than 500 words) to explain why you believe you would be successful in the role (taking into account the person specification).
Please note - the CV incorporated into the application form is for information purposes only and will not be scored.
Applications will be sifted on behavioural statements, personal statement, and experience.
In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the personal statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
Successful applicants will be invited for interview. The interview will be based on the four success profile behaviours as listed.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the interview process:
Working Together
Delivering at Pace
Communicating and Influencing
Changing and Improving
Leadership
As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical.
The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: [email protected]
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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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
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