Workstream Coordinator

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the UK’s largest producer of official statistics, covering a range of key economic, social and demographic topics. These include measuring changes in the value of the UK economy, estimating the size, geographic distribution, and characteristics of the population, and providing indicators of price inflation, employment, earnings, crime, and migration.
The Workstream Co-ordinator roles will be responsible for co-ordinating major outputs. The role could be part of a multi-disciplinary team or part of a pure co-ordination team. The role will be critical to the more flexible ways of working. The role may also require co-ordination across other ONS directorates or with external stakeholders., Are you seeking a new challenge?
We currently have two exciting opportunities for Workstream Coordinators. These roles come with a variety of responsibilities and require the ability to collaborate with others to ensure the successful delivery of multiple activities. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership skills and the ability to achieve results through teamwork.
While these roles are part of the Operational Delivery Profession, having knowledge or experience in Project and Programme Management would be a valuable asset.
The workstream co-ordinator role will be responsible for co-ordinating major outputs working within Economic Statistics. The role will be responsible for planning the delivery of a range of activities which could include co-ordinating data deliveries, production of key publications and implementation of change. For example, it could include managing the delivery of a compendium publication, external data deliveries to international organisations or managing our relationships with internal and external stakeholders including co-ordination of their activities. Typically, the role will not have responsibility for data analysis.
The Population Transformation Directorate is a key team within HPAM and ONS to lead the delivery, in collaboration with others, of a sustained transformed statistical system for population and migration. There are teams leading technical engagement, programme delivery, inclusion, coherence and harmonisation. Our ethos is focused on delivery in a kind and caring team, where we pride ourselves on having a space where everyone can be their best. The role sits in the Technical Engagement division who are responsible for the coordination of work across the ONS to deliver a recommendation to government on the future of population, migration, and social statistics. The division is also responsible for engaging with key external users and understanding user needs., + Responding to internal and external queries.
+ Organising and facilitating meetings including weekly work meetings, project boards, stakeholder meetings, team meetings, celebration events etc
+ Coordinating documentation for meetings, taking minutes and tracking actions.
+ Attending and leading at daily team meetings.
+ Responsibility for an external communication plan.
+ Setting the time-frame for article authors, and involving external stakeholders in the quality process.
+ Liaising with the publishing team to publish articles using defined publishing trackers., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Managing a Quality Service
+ Working Together
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Making Effective Decisions, At ONS we are always looking to attract the very best people from the widest possible talent pool, and we are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunities employer. As a member of the Business Disability Forum and a Disability Confident Leader we’re committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
As part of our application process, you will be prompted to provide details of any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process that you need. If you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments before applying, please contact the recruitment team in the first instance.
If you would like an accessible version of any of the attachments or recruitment documents below or linked to in this advert, please contact the recruitment team who will be happy to assist., A lack of UK residency in itself is not always a bar to security clearance but the Department will need to consider eligibility by exception on a case-by-case basis. You will be asked to provide information regarding your UK residency during your application, and failure to provide this will result in your application being rejected.
If you are unsure that you meet the eligibility above, please read the information available on Gov.uk on this link, or contact the recruitment email on the advert before applying to discuss, as failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected and any offer of employment being withdrawn.
At the point of SC application you will need to provide or give access to the following evidence:
+ Departmental or company records (personnel files, staff reports, sick leave reports and security records)
+ UK criminal records covering both spent and unspent criminal records
+ Your credit and financial history with a credit reference agency
+ Security Services records
Applicants may utilise AI resources in their submissions; ensuring all information provided is factually accurate, truthful, and original, avoiding any form of plagiarism to maintain the authenticity and credibility of the application process.
Please note that all campaigns may be subject to withdrawal at any stage if the internal resource position changes.
Sift
Assessment at application stage will be based on your work history, skill and experience and personal statement. Your application should be tailored to demonstrate any skills, knowledge and experience that are relevant to the content of the role.
Your personal statement should be no longer than 1250 words. You should use this space fully to provide evidence for each essential criterion within the person specification. As the criteria are scored, we would recommend that you give clear examples for each including the impact of your actions and set them out using the STAR acronym (Situation, Task, Action, Result). - Success Profiles Behaviour examples are not required at this stage.
Interview
Should you be invited to interview you will be assessed against all the behaviours (and technical skills if applicable) as outlined in the advert.
A reserve list may be held for a period up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made.
Sift will take place from 6th November
Interviews from 19th November
Dates may be subject to change.
For the full terms and conditions of the post, please see attachment below.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
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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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The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion
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+ Interpersonal and communication skills - excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a proven record of establishing, building, and maintaining strong, collaborative and productive relationships.
+ Ability to focus on delivery of outcomes, be proactive, work under pressure and respond quickly and decisively to changing circumstances and to tight deadlines.
+ Organising, time management and prioritising - ability to manage and organise a complex workload, to prioritise, and manage rapidly changing demands and priorities, whilst maintaining a high-quality service.
+ Confident in the use of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), Outlook and SharePoint.

The Office for National Statistics is part of the Civil Service, and as such we share a number of key benefits with other departments, whilst also having our own unique offerings to support our 5400 valued colleagues across the business.

Alongside your salary of £25,954, Office for National Statistics contributes £7,518 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.