Chief Statistician - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Scottish Government

Scottish Government

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £81,893 - £85,201
Job grade:

SCS Pay Band 1
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
Directorate: Corporate
Type of role:
Digital
Statistics

Working pattern:

Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime, Compressed Hours
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Edinburgh, GlasgowAbout the job

Job summary:

This is a Senior Civil Service post and is both permanent and pensionable.

As Chief Statistician you will be legally responsible for ensuring that all official statistics published about Scotland are trustworthy, high quality and have an impact in improving decision making

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Job description:

This is an exciting role with responsibilities that play a key role in the effective operation of Scottish Government.

The Chief Statistician plays a key role in the following:

Giving direction, setting strategy, and building an official statistics community in Scotland;
Setting statistics policy and standards across Scotland;
Managing the statistician workforce through recruitment/promotion/deployment, and learning & development
Coordinating our household surveys
Leading policy on data access and linkage for research

Some of the Main Responsibilities include:

Scottish Government's primary advisor on statistical matters
An active member of the Digital Directorate Senior Management Team
Providing leadership to the official statistics community in Scotland building the confidence and trust in Scottish official statistics
Setting the strategy for official statistics in Scotland, building collaboration with the 30 or so organisations that produce these statistics.
Setting policy and standards for official statistics in Scotland
People management for statisticians in Scotland: organising recruitment, progression, and programmes of learning and development.

- identifying developments in the way statistics are collected, managed, communicated and shared, leading transformation programmes to improve the way this is done.

Co-Director of the Administrative Data Research Scotland programme
Developing policies around access to and linkage of data for research

The key outcome from this role is to build the skills, analytical and data infrastructure that improves economic, social, and environmental wellbeing and reduce inequalities through better use of data and evidence, saving time, money and lives.

For more information on the roles and Scottish Government, please consult the following documents:

Additional Information Pack

Person specification:

Essential Criteria

Please note, this role requires a person who has operated in a senior statistics leadership role, with responsibility for setting statistics strategy in an organisation with complex requirements, which has gone through a significant period of change._

Specialist Criteria

Professional leadership & delivery
Successfully leading, and developing a Statistics function at scale and implementing a step-change in statistics and analysis capability within a large or complex organisation;
Leading programmes that deliver value or efficiencies through better use of data and analytics

Leadership Criteria

You will also be expected to demonstrate that you meet the requirements of the core skills in the Scottish Government Leadership Framework at SCS pay band 1:_

Leading collectively

Ability to network with and influence a range of peers, partners and stakeholders in a sensitive, credible and politically acute manner; utilising strong, impactful relationships to encourage confidence, respect and collaborative working at all levels.
Taking an effective whole system approach to complex, highprofile issues with an ability to convey complex and challenging issues so they can be understood by a wide range of different audiences.

Developing others

Commitment and ability to embed an inclusive, learning culture in teams, trusting and empowering others, actively managing wellbeing and enabling high performance and innovation.
Championing diversity and inclusion both within a team setting and in the delivery of key programmes; creating an environment where diversity of thinking and perspective is both valued and nurtured.

Leading others

Ability to motivate and inspire teams by making strategic connections and developing a collective sense of purpose whilst supporting prioritisation and translating overall direction into performance objectives.
A strong track record of driving change and improvement, bringing innovative ideas to the creation of new systems for digital transformation in Scotland.

Understanding, Managing and Developing Self