Statistical Officer- Stranmillis.

We are currently recruiting for an admin officer based in the Belfast Area. The successful candidates will be required to start once the vetting paperwork, ANI clearance has been completed.

Start date: ASAP

Duration: 8 months

Rate of pay: £17.09

Hours of work: (37 hours), 5 days per week – Flexible working hours between 8am-6pm

Duties Include: 

Use Blaise software to create a survey questionnaire in electronic format, or make adjustments to coding provided by ONS to tailor the questionnaire for business area.
Use Blaise software to transfer survey workloads to interviewers.
Manage survey fieldwork/data collection.
Monitor progress of the survey as a whole and ensure survey response targets are on course to be met.
Check electronic data submitted by interviewers to ensure data quality is of a high standard.
Ensure systems are in place to allow coding and editing of data.
Validate data as required, such as identification of inconsistent question responses and outlier identification.
Calculate response rates taking into consideration individual circumstances of issued cases.
Conduct briefings for interviewers to disseminate information regarding the background and content of surveys, and client expectations.
Ensure data delivery timetables are adhered to as per the survey schedule.
Produce monthly Quality Assurance dataset for customers.
Respond to queries from members of the public, interviewers, customers, NISRA colleagues and ONS staff.
Liaising with Admin Team to oversee diary processing.

Essential Criteria:

Candidates to be educated to Degree level with Statistics or Statistical background. (Must provide evidence of Education)

This post requires the person to have the following experience:
 Analysing statistical datasets in SPSS or a similar statistical package;
 Writing reports based on statistical data; In addition, the following skills are also required:
 Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a Team and with key stakeholders.
 Good communication skills (verbal and written) to engage with a wide audience including interviewers and customers.

How to Apply:

Please apply via the below link or send your CV to Aidan.Drain@therecruitmentco.uk