Data Engineer

We’re looking for an individual who’s passionate about data and creating easy to use data visualisation and management tools.

It’s an exciting time to join us. We’re supporting schools and other providers in Welsh education reform including a new curriculum and changing the way we inspect. We play a vital role in enhancing the learning of young people and adults in Wales. Learners are at the heart of everything we do.

As a Data Engineer, you will play an important role in providing the infrastructure and underpinning frameworks necessary to enable us to make better use of and provide easier access to our data. This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience in a Civil Service department and enhance your skills.

You will:

• Work collaboratively with stakeholders/topic experts across Estyn to improve the collation and flow of data, ensuring that accurate and timely data is available for analysis at the time and in the format that is required to support our processes and procedures
• Translate data into valuable information and develop valuable insights that inform decisions
• Develop and maintain a dynamic suite of business intelligence reports
• Support the building of data streaming systems
• Develop data linkage methods which will ensure consistent high-quality linkage and reduce the potential for duplicated/conflicting linkage
• Establish a baseline for our databases, troubleshoot any issues and then ensure current reporting structures are maintained and improved
• Explore opportunities to automate some of our data management processes – re-engineering manual data flows to enable scaling and repeatable use
• Contribute to the ongoing evolution of our Knowledge Management strategy
• Help us to identify future needs

Job specific criteria

It’s essential that you:

• Have a proven record of strong interpersonal and communication skills with ability to establish, build and keep strong collaborative, productive relationships
• Can deliver complex and technical information and language in a simple and accessible way for nontechnical audiences
• Can collect, collate, cleanse, synthesise and interpret data to derive meaningful and actionable insights using the most appropriate techniques
• Can understand the impact on the organisation of emerging trends in data tools, analysis techniques and data usage and use innovative tools where appropriate
• Understand the importance of data integrity
• Are able to independently organise own time to deliver according to business needs and priorities
• Can review and optimise code to ensure processes continue to perform optimally and manipulate and quality test data
• Can build and maintain scalable and repeatable pipelines
• Have strong MS SQL Server / SQL and PowerBI / DAX skills

It’s desirable that you are able to work through the medium of Welsh (written and spoken).

Key behaviours:

• Delivering at pace
• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving

Hours of work and flexible working – This is a full time role. Full time hours are 37 hours over a five day week (Monday to Friday), excluding breaks.

Location - Cardiff, where free car parking is available. We currently operate informal hybrid working arrangements subject to business needs and agreement with your manager.

The closing date for applications is 10:00am, Monday 17 April 2023.

Selection process:

Find out more and download our application form template from www.estyn.gov.wales - click on Current vacancies. Only applications made using our application form template will be considered.

To apply: Add your CV and personal statement to our application form template and complete the information in sections 1 and 3. The information requested in Sections 1 and 3 is required to process your application and monitor the effectiveness of our recruitment activity. Download the template here: www.estyn.gov.wales/working-us/current-vacancies

Send your completed application form to: recruitment@estyn.gov.wales

Alternative arrangements or accessible documents: If you’d like to apply or access this document in an alternative format, please contact Samantha Page to discuss your requirements.

As part of the selection process, you will be asked to complete:

• A CV providing your employment history, qualifications, skills and experience
• A personal statement that demonstrates why you’re interested in this role and how you meet the essential criteria in the advert/person specification (maximum 750 words)

You can find guidance on completing your application here: www.estyn.gov.wales/working-us/current-vacancies

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 24 months

Salary: £32,460.00-£39,690.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Flexitime
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Flexitime
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Application question(s):

• Do you have MS SQL Server / SQL and PowerBI / DAX skills?
• Have you uploaded your CV and personal statement to our application template? We’re only able to accept applications submitted using our application form available from https://www.estyn.gov.wales/working-us/current-vacancies'. See the guidance document for guidance on completing your application.

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in CARDIFF

Application deadline: 17/04/2023
Reference ID: HEO01