The Analysis Function in DCMS has a vital role in supporting and steering the development of policy. We are arranged into a ‘hub and spoke’ model:
* A Central Analysis Team (the ‘hub’) responsible for strategic and cross-cutting priorities, assurance processes and the production and publication of our statistics
* Sector Analytical Teams (‘spokes’) that are embedded in policy directorates and lead analysis on individual sectors
The Strategic Analysis and Data Science team sits within Central Analysis as the analytical counterpart to department’s Strategy and Policy Units. We undertake analysis on emergent and priority issues covering the breadth of the department, working closely with sector analysts to improve our collective understanding across DCMS policies and programmes and their impact.
As a multidisciplinary team of economists, statisticians and data scientists, we serve as a centre of expertise in the department across economic growth, data improvement and modelling. This new role will expand that expertise to include spatial analysis, too.
Our Secretary of State has made ‘place’ one of her top priorities, with clear ambitions for improving growth and opportunity across every region and community. Data and analysis is at the forefront of how we do that, providing more granular insight into the issues that local areas face and the potential impact of DCMS interventions.
This new role will lead the department’s work on spatial insight, and you will have overall responsibility for establishing and delivering a strategy for how DCMS should approach and undertake geographic analysis. Across data, tools and methodologies, you will spearhead the department’s ambitions to improve spatial capability, for example by:
* Engaging government, academic and external stakeholders to incorporate best practice approaches to collecting and interrogating spatial data across the breadth of DCMS’ analytical work.
* Undertaking deep dives into our flagship Place Analysis Tool, using innovative techniques to discover new insights as we aim to collate all of the department’s data on spend and outcomes. For example, regression analysis and modelling to understand the factors that drive local differences in participation and outcomes.
* Establishing a programme of work on place typologies that would develop methodologies to directly inform where policies are targeted and how funding is distributed.
This will be a highly visible role with frequent exposure to our Director of Analysis, Directors General and Ministers/Secretary of State. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to build a new ‘place analysis’ team with two direct reports (1 x SEO, 1 x HEO) and flexibility over the scope and design of these posts. Within the unit, you will work very closely with our data improvement and data science projects teams, as well our Central Statistics Unit to influence the production and publication of our official statistics.
Given the importance of ‘place’ across many analytical disciplines, we will consider a broad range of professional backgrounds and experience in recruiting to this role, providing you have a strong interest in, and knowledge of, geographic analysis – including (but not limited to) geographers, data scientists, statisticians and economists.
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