Monitoring and Evaluation Analyst
- Civil Service
- Part Time
- Birmingham
- 36,735 - 43,020
Job Description
Job summary
The Government Digital Service (GDS) is the digital centre of government. We are responsible for setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government.
Our priorities are to drive a modern digital government, by:
- joining up public sector services
- harnessing the power of AI for the public good
- strengthening and extending our digital and data public infrastructure
- elevating leadership and investing in talent
- funding for outcomes and procuring for growth and innovation
- committing to transparency and driving accountability
We are home to the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (I.AI), the world-leading GOV.UK and at the forefront of coordinating the UKs geospatial strategy and activity. We lead the Government Digital and Data function and champion the work of digital teams across government.
Were part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and employ more than 1,000 people all over the UK, with hubs in Manchester, London and Bristol.
The Government Digital Service is where talent translates into impact. From your first day, youll be working with some of the worlds most highly-skilled digital professionals, all contributing their knowledge to make change on a national scale.
Join us for rewarding work that makes a difference across the UK. You'll solve some of the nations highest-priority digital challenges, helping millions of people access services they need.
Please note
Former DSIT recruitment campaigns are continuing as usual, but candidates should be aware that following the Governments announcement on the changes to some civil service departments, roles will be subject to the machinery of government moves and will ultimately be in one of the new departments. We will provide more information if you are selected for a role. This work remains of high importance to the civil service, and we thank you for your continued interest.
Job description
About the Geospatial Team
Geospatial data is location data, and its essential for public sector functionality and enabling our daily lives from satellite imagery to country maps, and underground pipes. We get ambulances and firefighters the information they need to save lives, local governments the information they need to build housing, and councils the info they need to build roads and fix potholes.
The Geospatial Teams aim is to kickstart economic growth and deliver better outcomes for citizens through wider use and adoption of location data and technologies. This means we:
- Provide strategic oversight of the geospatial ecosystem in the UK, setting geospatial strategy, policy and standards.
We have a dynamic, exciting and cutting-edge policy portfolio, with enthusiastic and energetic team members.
The Geospatial Teams Analysis team
The Analysis team works at pace across a range of exciting projects that underpin the Geospatial Teams policy and investment decisions, working on projects such as:
- Monitoring and evaluation of the National Underground Asset Register and upcoming enhancements of it a digital map of underground pipes and cables that will revolutionise the way we install, maintain, operate and repair our buried infrastructure.
These projects provide opportunities to explore challenging social research questions about user behaviour and the real-world impacts of government investment.
You will join the team at a critical time for the Geospatial Team as we evaluate the effectiveness of these high-profile projects.
About the Data Economy Directorate
The Data Economy Directorate's mission is to grow the UK data economy. The UK is one of the world's leading data economies, with significant opportunities to increase the use of data and AI across all sectors in a safe, trusted and responsible way. We work across government, industry and the wider public sector to maximise the value of data, support innovation and economic growth, and strengthen trust in the digital economy. Our work spans a wide range of areas, including data policy, data protection, international data flows, digital markets and geospatial data. This includes leading work to maximise the value and use of geospatial data across the UK.
About the role
We are looking for a highly motivated and driven HEO-level analyst to help deliver the Geospatial Teams analytical work programme, supporting the use of geographic data to deliver better outcomes for citizens, and boost the UK economy.
The Analysis team is a multi-profession team made up of: 1x G6, 2x G7s and a mix of 4 HEOs and SEOs. Colleagues in the team have a range of analytical backgrounds and the team currently includes Economists and Social Researchers.
This role sits within the teams Monitoring and Evaluation branch: this branch is responsible for monitoring and evaluating high profile and complex Geospatial programmes and providing wider social research support.
The role offers opportunities to work on a variety of programmes and with a diverse range of policy colleagues and stakeholders. Experience or knowledge of geospatial data is not required: the focus of this role is providing research and evaluation expertise to Geospatial Team programmes, and not conducting primary geospatial analysis.
This role would particularly suit a candidate from a social research or monitoring and evaluation background.
New entrants to the Civil Service will be expected to start on the bottom of the salary band.
Person specification
- Monitoring and evaluation: Supporting the establishment and implementation of monitoring and evaluation frameworks for our programmes and projects. This will include monitoring and evaluation of the collective purchase agreements that the Geospatial Team hold on behalf of the public sector, including programmes such as the National Underground Asset Register and Earth Observation. These and other evaluations will shape policy in this area, building the evidence base to support future contracts to be designed to best meet public sector needs. Your monitoring and evaluation work will directly inform significant future investment and you will have first-hand opportunities to shape policy.
