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STATISTICAL OFFICER
Job Details
- Published
- Location
- Belfast, County Antrim
- Salary
- Up to £18.48 per hour
Job Ref: NISRAXNC_1748597909
We are currently recruiting for Statistical Officer based Belfast ( Stranmills ). The successful candidates will be required to start once the vetting paperwork and ANI completed.
Start date: ASAP
Rate of pay: £12.59
Duration: 6 months with possibility of extension
Hours of work: Full time 37 Hours per week
Key Responsibilities:
This post supports the production and publication of a range of official statistics covering life events data (births, deaths, marriages, civil partnerships and adoptions) using data collected by the General Register Office (GRO). Duties will include:
- Assisting with the production of branch publications
- Preparing answers for Freedom of Information requests, assembly questions and ad hoc requests.
- Assisting with quality assurance and validation of raw data
- Performing quality assurance checks on branch outputs
- Contributing to the upkeep of the Vital Statistics area of the clients website
- Attending business and branch meetings.
Essential Criteria applicants must have:
- Degree level qualification that includes at least one module in statistics and/or research methods.
- Experience of managing/analysing large datasets
- Experience with using SQL syntax to interrogate and produce analysis of large datasets for the production of reports and tables
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Good data analysis/presentation and IT skills with the ability to work with a variety of software packages - Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
Desired Experience
- Experience of using R, or other similar open-source software, to analyse large datasets and produce finished tables and reports.
- Experience of Inkscape, or similar graphics package, for producing graphics and illustrations
- Knowledge of accessibility requirements relating to public body publications
- Knowledge of UK official statistics code of practice, as set out by the Office for Statistics Regulation, and the standards and processes to be observed when producing such outputs.
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