Data Analyst

☞ National Crime Agency

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Update day: 30-04-2024

Location: London

Category: Legal / Contracts Part-time

Industry: Government Public Administration

Job type: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Salary: £36,742 a year

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Reference number

143983

Salary

£36,742
Roles based in London will receive an additional London Weighting of £3,424.

Grade

Higher Executive Officer
G4/Sergeant

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Analytical
Architecture and Data
Information Technology
Intelligence
Strategy

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of posts

1

Location

Bristol, London, Warrington

About the job

Summary

As a Data Analyst in NDEC you will manipulate large datasets to create analytical products that inform NCA operational delivery. You’ll be working at the cutting edge of law enforcement on next-generation projects to help catch the criminals that pose the biggest threat to the UK.

This role is vital in ensuring our operational staff have the right tools and data to exploit the latest serious and organised crime threats.

NDEC cares and is passionate about your personal development and will provide you with the skills, knowledge and training you need to develop in role.

Job description

Join us and be part of a fast-paced team working together to fight serious and organised crime across the UK. If you like a challenge and enjoy a varied workday, you’ll feel at home here.

At the NCA we put our people first, providing opportunities for you to grow and succeed as individuals and working together as part of a team. Love learning? Great, we’re looking for self-starters who we can support through our professional communities and training to further your knowledge and development.

We’re growing and evolving, and we need people like you to help us achieve our ambition of putting data exploitation at the heart of our fight against serious and organised crime.

To be considered, you will need to successfully complate an SC Enhanced clearance before commencing the role with the ability to obtain a DV clearance within the first 12 months in post.

***All NCA officers must hold SC Enhanced upon entry as a minimum. To meet the National Security Vetting requirements for this role you will need to have resided in the UK for a minimum of 3 out of the past 5 years. For more information please see the Candidate information Pack***

Responsibilities

What will I be doing?
  • Team-working: Work in multi-functional teams to advise, quality assure, develop and deliver strategic and tactical data analytical solutions to operational challenges.
  • Data Management: Gather data from a variety of sources and manage large datasets in accordance with best practice.
  • Data Handling: Develop and implement techniques to bring together raw data from a variety of sources and carry out data cleansing, structuring, enriching, and data modelling.
  • Logic and Critical Thinking: Apply appropriate analytical methods and software tooling to datasets and articulate the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.
  • Data Analysis: Assist the development and implementation of databases, data collection systems, data analytics and other strategies that optimise statistical efficiency and quality.
  • Data Visualisation: Present findings to a range of stakeholders in a clear and concise format, selecting the communications channel relevant to the audience.
  • Quality Assurance: Ensure the quality, secure handling and dissemination of data and analytical products, whilst ensuring confidentiality and sensitivity in line with NCA policy and enterprise governance standards.
  • Communication: Build working relationships with colleagues across the NCA’s technical community to develop skills and cross-functional working.
  • Collaboration: Share and disseminate knowledge and findings across the broader analytical and NCA community as appropriate.

Behaviours

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

  • Changing and Improving
  • Delivering at Pace

Technical skills

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

  • Evidence of having rapidly developed an analytical skill in response to a data challenge.
  • Experience of using programming languages for data queries (Python, R, SQL, SaaS).
  • Experience of cleansing, preparing and formatting data sets.
  • Experience of data extraction from multiple sources, defining relationships and analysis for exploitation

Benefits

If you are an active police pension member immediately prior to joining the NCA, you can continue your membership throughout your employment with us as if you were a serving police officer. If you do remain an active member and subsequently return to a police force, you should be able to continue your membership there too.

All officers in the NCA are members of the UK Civil Service. You will be eligible for:
  • Civil Service pension scheme
  • 26 days annual leave rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service
  • Training and development opportunities
  • Cycle2work scheme

We take the welfare of NCA officers very seriously. All staff have access to Occupational Health services and there are a number of staff representative groups. We also have a range of sporting and other activities on offer.

We can provide flexible working arrangements if the role in question is suitable. These include flexi-time, job sharing and compressed hours (working contracted hours over a shorter period).
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Deadline: 14-06-2024

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