About the job

Job summary

The Cabinet Office is the corporate headquarters for the government, employing over 10,000 people in a variety of roles across the UK. In partnership with HM Treasury, we take the lead in certain critical policy areas and support the Prime Minister to ensure the effective running of government. 

Cabinet Office Digital has a crucial role to play in modernising the Cabinet Office through digital transformation. The directorate has approximately 350 staff and is growing to meet the demands of the department, and to provide a wider and more mature range of digital, data, technology and security services. 

This role is for a Data Visualisation Analyst in the Data Visualisation Centre of Excellence.

Job description

The Cabinet Office is on a journey to take our data skills to the next level. The Data Visualisation CoE supports this mission by organising, invigorating and connecting a community of data visualisation professions across government.  

The Data Visualisation CoE promotes best practice, supports data visualisation products, manages commercial relationships, organises and promotes training, advocates for the community, measures usage and governs shared services. 

Your role is to be a Data Visualisation go person for the Cabinet Office Analyst communities for knowledge, training, best practice and shared services.

Responsibilities

• excite and energise the analyst community, bringing people together and fostering collaboration
• engage with users and stakeholders through a range of channels to encourage take-up and use of Tableau and PowerBI
• develop, publish and promote best practices
• develop an expert understanding of CoE user needs and tailor offerings accordingly
• ensure shared services for Tableau and PowerBI are available and in use
• facilitate onboarding new teams and projects onto the shared environments
• partner with vendors so we can make the best use possible of the tools
• simplify, streamline and make self service all processes for community membership and collaboration 
• govern the managed shared services, follow cyber security best practice, follow data protection best practice

Person specification

Essential criteria

• a team player who enjoys sharing knowledge and thrives by helping others achieve their goals
• passionate and knowledgeable about data solutions, data visualisation and digital solutions
• experience developing data visualisations with Tableau
• experience of engaging with users and tailoring product offering to their needs
• ability to accurately handle multiple tasks and projects in a fast-paced environment
• strong analytical skills, able to drill to detail when problem solving
• strong strategic thinking and ability to analyse and interpret data 

Desirable criteria

• experience developing visualisations using PowerBI
• experience supporting PowerBI environments
• familiarity with complex organisations such as regulated industries or public sector familiarity with cloud solutions such as TableauOnline and OKTA SSO

Additional information:

A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. Although requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,400, Cabinet Office contributes £9,558 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

As part of your application you will be required to provide a CV setting out your career history, qualifications and previous skills and experience, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant for this role.

Your CV will be assessed against the essential criteria listed in the 'Person Specification' section of the job advert.

You will also be assessed on behaviours at application stage.

Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the lead behaviour 'Working Together'. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.

Should you be successful at sift, you will be invited to attend an interview where you will be assessed on behaviours and technical skills.

Expected timeline (subject to change)

Expected sift date – WC 20th February 2024 
Expected interview date/s – WC 11th March 2024
Interview location – Video

Reasonable adjustments

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes. 

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should: 

• Contact Government Recruitment Service via menurecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs. 
• Complete the ‘Assistance required’ section in the ‘Additional requirements’ page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Further information

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'contact point for applicants' section.

Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

A reserve list will be held for a period of 12 months, from which further appointments can be made.

Any move to Cabinet Office from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at: https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment. 

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

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). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). 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.