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Statistician 2021

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DEADLINE 30th November 2020
Graduate programme
Ofcom
Cardiff | Edinburgh | London
Public Sector & Government, Communications
£30000

Overview

Ofcom is at the cutting edge of modern communications - from broadcasting on TV and radio, to telecoms and how we communicate with each other, to new wireless technologies. Our graduates play a key role in all of these areas. Join us, and you can get involved from the start.

On the graduate scheme, you will embark on a two-year series of intensive job placements, moving regularly between projects and departments to ensure that the knowledge and insight you are exposed to is as broad as possible. So, one week you might be devising new policy directives; the next, monitoring content standards. On successful completion of the two-year scheme you will make the transition into a permanent role in one of the business areas relevant to your chosen pathway.

The Role

As a graduate statistician you will be part of the market research team at Ofcom, working collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams to help ensure our policies have a sound evidence base and deliver a real, long-term benefit to consumers in communications markets. For example, you could:

  • Help to advise research managers and suppliers on appropriate sampling, weighting and statistical analysis across a range of research projects, particularly for tracking surveys and more complex research projects;
  • Help to advise on the practical application of statistical and modelling techniques with consumer data, particularly for projects involving economic concepts and analysis;
  • Guide project team members on the appropriate use of statistics;
  • Provide ad-hoc statistical analysis as required and produce analysis using a range of existing data sets such as media literacy, technology tracker and switching tracker;
  • Help to advise on statistical aspects of Behavioural Insights projects and Randomised Controlled Trials;
  • Project-manage research projects, from commissioning through to publication;
  • Commission and manage statistical analysis from suppliers;
  • Deliver geographic mapping analysis for key projects; and
  • Explore and carry out analysis on very large datasets on mobile research and fixed broadband speeds.

Training:

A wide-ranging training programme would be available to you. This includes specialist statistical software training as required such as R, Python, SPSS, STATA; qualitative and quantitative market research methodologies and statistical analysis techniques such as conjoint, key driver and segmentations. Ofcom would also sponsor membership of relevant professional organisations, such as the Royal Statistical Society and the Market Research Society.

Ofcom also offers a large internal training programme to support colleague development.

Skills:

During your two years on the programme, we offer placements moving between projects, industry sectors and departments within Ofcom, exposing you to a range of knowledge and insight. You will primarily be placed within the market research team working both with research and intelligence colleagues. Possible placements include Spectrum, the Data and Innovation Hub, the Economics Group, and the Technology team or externally with one of our research agencies from our Framework.

Candidate Profile

At Ofcom, we're looking for:

  • Ambitious and passionate individuals who live by our values of: Excellence, Collaboration, Agility, and Empowerment
  • A degree in any quantitative subject (e.g. Statistics, Maths, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Data Science, Social Research methods)

Benefits

Ofcom offers a number of benefits to employees, including:

  • Flexible benefits allowance
  • Pension allowance
  • 25 days’ holiday
  • Private medical insurance
  • Life assurance
  • Annual health check
  • Income protection insurance

Application Process

The application process consists of three stages:

  • Online application
  • Online Tests
  • Video interview
  • Assessment centre

For this role, you can be based in either the London, Cardiff or Edinburgh offices.

As a Disability Confident employer, applicants who self-identify as disabled or with a long-term condition and who meet the minimum criteria for the role will be invited for an interview.

Please email us here if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you in your application or with any part of the recruitment process. These may include online tests, video interviews, short phone calls and an assessment centre.

For more information and guidance please visit: https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/ask-for-adjustments-at-interview

DEADLINE 30th November 2020

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