About the job

Job summary

Why JNCC?

We’re small enough (c.300 staff) that your voice is heard by everyone including the CEO, but big enough that we have all the skills, resources and people you’ll need to get the job done. All our staff are passionate about conservation and making a difference to the world we live in. We have a very flexible, inclusive and welcoming organisational culture. Our Executive Management provides employees with the freedom and tools you will need, and our friendly team will assist you in your role.  
 
JNCC is committed to maintaining employee health and wellbeing, whether it is physically, emotionally, financially or socially, and offers a range of benefits to support employees in this. Such benefits include the option to join the Civil Service Pension Scheme, professional and personal development opportunities as well as an exciting job in a unique environment.  

Post background

This is an exciting time to join JNCC as a Management Information Specialist. We are in the process of implementing a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, and as a result a full suite of data dashboards and reports needs to be built to meet business requirements and to maximise the opportunities provided by the new system. This role will act as a reports administrator and super user for the ERP, and as such will lead on supporting and testing future phases of system development.

The post holder will provide data expertise and insights to support core HR activities such as pay modelling, analysis of leaver feedback, statutory reporting and the management of staff benefits. In addition, the post will support JNCC’s annual planning and reporting activities, working across the organisation to support staff in accessing and utilising the data they need to make informed, data driven decisions. In order to provide insightful data reporting across a number of areas, this role will sit in the organisation’s Digital and Data Solutions team but work closely with JNCC’s HR and finance teams.

Job description

Post Duties 

• Create and maintain a suite of data dashboards and reports within and, where necessary, outside of, the ERP system, to provide the business and corporate service teams appropriate and readily-obtainable access to the corporate data they require.

• Produce ad hoc, monthly, and quarterly HR and finance statistics for both internal and external stakeholders, analysing the data to identify trends and key insights and ensuring compliance with statutory reporting requirements.

• As an administrator and super user of the ERP system, support ongoing delivery capabilities including managing annual updates, and providing problem-solving for reported issues.

• Using your advanced Excel skills, support annual pay modelling and benchmarking activities, making analysis-based recommendations for the most effective usage of available salary budget.

• Use your data skills to support the automation of payroll checking and reconciliation and support the HR and finance teams with data gathering for annual and ad-hoc audits.

• Regularly carry out data quality checking and cleansing activities to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and quality of corporate data. Identify the root cause of discrepancies and establish process safeguards or provide training to avoid future occurrences wherever possible.

• Support JNCC’s annual planning process by leading data processing tasks and producing meaningful data outputs to inform decision making.

• Proactively identify trends in support queries, and recommend solutions to reduce these in future, such as process clarification or additional training for staff.

• Work with the business and HR and finance colleagues to gather system improvement requirements and identify, test, document and implement appropriate solutions.

• As a key link staff member with corporate services, and as part of a wider data community within JNCC, fulfil any other duties required to support business objectives.

Person specification

Please attach your CV to your application.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £30,573, Joint Nature Conservation Committee contributes £8,866 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 the application process you will be asked to complete a statement of suitability. In your statement, refer to the Technical and Experience section of this advert to show how you’re suitable for the role.

Please use the STAR technique

• Situation: Set the stage. 
• Task: Explain where you fit in. 
• Action: Describe each step. 
• Results: Impress with your achievements.

You also need to attach your CV

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. 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

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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.