29667 - National Lead for Statistics

The Environment Agency are fully committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve, so welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds. We also welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share. Are you working in statistics and interested in leading how the Environment Agency gathers and analyses numerical data to help shape environmental decisions? If so, this could be the opportunity for you! We are the Environment Agency. We protect and improve the environment. We work with government, local councils, businesses, civil society groups and communities to make our environment a better place for people and wildlife. Data and information underpin every decision we make on protecting and improving the environment. We are on a journey to maximise the benefit of being fully digital, having the right innovative technologies, skills, capabilities, and services to fully exploit data. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Data Exploitation Team in a role as National Lead for Statistics. This is a leadership role, using your technical knowledge you will work across the organisation and contribute to metrics and indicators, determining what statistics can be produced, what can be reported and with what confidence limits. You will work across the Defra Group and help set the strategic direction for stats in the Environment Agency. The role will also support the creation and enhancement of tools for decisions that improve how we manage the environment, shaping improvements and helping us get more out of our data. The team The Data Exploitation Team is part of the Data and Information department, within the Strategy, Transformation and Assurances Directorate. Our department has a fundamental role to ensure the Environment Agency manages and uses data and information appropriately. You'll work with business leads across the organisation and Defra. We're a national team providing technical services, advice and guidance to the wider business, ensuring the organisation manages and uses data and information appropriately.

• Degree or higher qualification in statistics or a numerate discipline including formal statistics training.
• Strong experience of analysing environmental data
• Good experience of advising others on statistical issues and approaches and of implementing statistical solutions,
• Up to speed on existing and emerging practice in environmental data science and statistics
You will:
• be able to work on your own initiative
• have excellent written and oral communication skills for a range of audiences,
• have a passion for analysing information and solving problems, showing excellent attention to detail,
• Interpret and present outputs clearly and be confident in engaging and persuading people.
• have strong organisational skills to be able to meet tight deadlines and prioritise workloads,
• be able to establish and maintain strong relationships and gain buy in