Lead Data Engineer – Treasury Jobs Uk Liverpool

Overview

Position Title: Lead Data Engineer

Company: HM Treasury

Location: Liverpool, UK

Job Description:

Are you interested in playing an important role in a key government Department that offers an exciting opportunity to be part of the decision making that affects the whole of the UK? We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join our Data Science Hub. The Data Science hub is a new team being established to build a centre of excellence for data science and advanced analytics in HM Treasury. Working closely with ONS and other partners inside and outside of government, the hub will grow HMT’s role in public sector data science, develop the Treasury’s data science capability and support work across the department.

Responsibilities:

• The Hub will provide strategic coordination and support to teams across the department to bring data science tools and technologies to bear on new and existing data sources, applying innovative methods to provide rich analysis to support economic policy making and HM Treasury’s departmental objectives, delivering new insights and improving decision-making.
• As lead Data Engineer you’ll be in right at the start of the journey, not only providing an experienced voice in identifying opportunities but also able to influence the architecture we put in place to support the Treasury’s ambitious data strategy.
• You will play a key role in setting up and designing the data engineering practice and standards, as well as developing the most effective data structure to support the hub, analysts, and other colleagues across the department.

Requirements:

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King’s birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees to take up to an additional 2 days off each month
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours)
• Generous parental and adoption leave packages
• Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions.
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity (e.g. women in the Treasury, ethnic minority network, LGBT* network, faith and belief network)

Benefits:

• HM Treasury is proud of a diverse and inclusive work environment, committed to fairness and the promotion of equality of opportunity for all.
• We know that having a range of experiences, ways of working and thinking makes us a stronger organisation, better at developing policy that is reflective of the communities we serve.
• We embrace different views and experiences and value the fresh perspective that people from a variety of circumstances bring to the work we do.
• We welcome applications from candidates who have not previously worked for the Civil Service, mid- and late-career changers with transferrable skills, people from all backgrounds and circumstances regardless of disability, ethnicity, LGBT+ identity and socio-economic status.