Data Analytics Specialist

Data Analytics Specialist

• Salary: £58,429 - £68,132 (£62,411 - £72,617 London)
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Working Pattern: This post is available on a full time, part time or job share basis, and flexible working hours can be accommodated.
• Location: We will consider applications from people able to access the following offices: Birmingham, Bristol, Bootle, Croydon, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Reading and Swansea

About GIAA

The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) is driven by its unparalleled access across government to build better insights, better outcomes for our clients. This role offers a strong platform for career progression within the Agency and the wider civil service, providing opportunities to develop leadership, partner engagement and strategic relationship management skills across government. The Agency's unique access across the public sector exposes you to different risk and control environments, allowing you to gain insights, apply experience, contribute meaningfully, and continue developing professionally.

About the Role

GIAA is a leader in the use of data analytics in internal audit and counter fraud and investigation. We have built award-winning tools that are used both within the agency and more widely across government. These tools use generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other advanced analytical methods.

This role is to be a specialist in the application of data analytics in our Data Analytics team. You will develop scripts and applications using R and Python to prepare data, run advanced data analytics and report findings to auditors and investigators using impactful visualisations. You will use LLMs and AI models in your analysis and develop tools to enable colleagues and external customers to safely and effectively use AI.

You will provide training and support to increase data analytics capabilities across the organisation. You will also engage with data teams across government and in the private sector, and support research and development activities to learn the latest innovative techniques in data analytics. As you apply these to GIAA activities, you will improve the efficiency of our organisation

About You

• Develop scripts and applications using R and Python to carry out advanced data analytics to support internal audit and counter fraud and investigation (CF&I) activities across many government organisations.
• Produce and present reports detailing analysis outputs and visualisations for GIAA colleagues and customers.
• Document, maintain and collaborate on code using tools such as DevOps and git.
• Suggest and implement improvements to our current scripts, packages, data pipelines, applications and quality assurance processes, to incorporate coding best practices and quality standards.
• Lead activities to upskill members of the GIAA data analytics network, and promote the benefits and use of data analytics across the agency.
• Engage with data teams across government and the private sector to investigate new data analytics approaches suitable for internal audit and CF&I activities.

Person Specification:

• Experience in interpreting customer needs and conducting advanced data analytics using R or Python to deliver services to meet their expectations.
• Communicate clearly and effectively the results of complex analysis to colleagues and customers who are not experts in data analytics.
• Demonstrate an aptitude for connecting business problems to analytical solutions, proactively working with others to implement them and researching and horizon scanning to identify new methods and opportunities.
• Strong organisational skills, experience leading and managing multiple ongoing projects at pace and building strong relationships with stakeholders and customers.
• Experience of one or more of the following areas: software development in Shiny or Django; building agentic AI systems, maintaining Azure environments, model review.

Qualifications Required:

A degree in a discipline that has an analytical or statistical element with demonstrated experience in the use of data analytics, or equivalent extensive work experience, evidencing use of data and analytical skills.

Some of the Benefits our people love!

• Competitive salaries and in-year rewards
• Flexible working A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Discount on big brands
• Volunteering days
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Schemes
• Free eyesight tests
• Family-friendly HR policies
• 25 days' annual leave increasing by one day per year of service to 30 days after 5 years' service

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