Job title: Strategic Data Officer

Attributes

Experience

Essential:

• Working with large datasets
• Experience in some of the following
• Working with large datasets
• Statistical analysis and reporting
• Data management
• Identifying and resolving data quality issues
• Performance measurement and reporting
• Experience of working with external/internal contacts at all levels

Desirable:

• Experience of working within the social care sector.
• Experience of working with confidential and sensitive data.
• Knowledge of and experience in using the Care Inspectorate’s ICT systems (especially in a strategic context).

Education, qualifications and training

Essential:

• Educated to HNC level or equivalent.

Skills and knowledge

Essential:

• Competent and experienced in the use of MS office packages, particularly in the use of Excel and Word.
• Experienced in working with data to produce accurate, meaningful and well-presented tables and charts of data.
• Effective written and oral communicator.
• Well developed interpersonal skills.
• Good literacy skills.
• Understanding of data quality issues.

Desirable:

• Experience in the use of Excel functions such as lookup formulas and pivot tables.
• Experience of sampling and survey design.

Key performance outcomes

Effective communication

Essential:

• Articulate and positive communicator on a 1-1 basis and in larger groups of all levels both within and external to the organisation.
• Ability to express ideas clearly and concisely and to adapt communication to suit different audiences.

Impact and influence

Essential:

Ability to give realistic advice, based on relevant, up to date and verifiable information.

Evidence of building positive relationships, engaging and collaborating effectively with others internally and externally.

Improvement focus

Essential:

• Identifies gaps in performance and makes appropriate suggestions for improvements.
• Uses knowledge and experience to gather and consolidate information in order to make appropriate changes and improvements.
• The ability and willingness to learn new skills quickly.

Planning and organising

Essential:

• The ability to manage workloads under pressure to tight deadlines.
• The ability to work autonomously with the minimum of supervision
• Involves others where appropriate and optimises resources to achieve desired results.
• Regularly reviews joint goals and targets and reprioritises where necessary.
• Recognises the need to be flexible in order to meet changing priorities.

Flexibility

Essential:

• Demonstrates a flexible, positive approach to work.
• Listens to feedback and ideas from people and takes appropriate and considered action.
• Adapts quickly in a fast-paced environment, adjusting priorities as required.
• Understand where a flexible approach is required.

Team working

Essential:

• Contributes to and supports the work and decisions of the team.
• Contributes to the shared vision and purpose and shares this effectively.
• Works collaboratively with a wide range of teams across the Care Inspectorate and external agencies.

Please note – these are key performance outcomes to be used to recruit into the role. Successful applicants will be assessed against all the performance indicators used in the Performance Development Review System once established in the role.

Job title: Finance Officer

Attributes

Experience

Essential:

• Minimum of two years relevant financial experience.
• Demonstrable successful track record in a similar role.
• Experience of working with internal and external contacts at all levels.

Desirable:

• Experience of working in a public sector environment
• Oracle financial systems experience including developing financial statements.

Education, qualifications and training

Essential:

• Finance qualification eg HNC / Association of Accounting Technician (AAT) qualification.
• Candidates without minimum qualification criteria who have significant experience may be considered.

Desirable:

• Degree in a relevant discipline.

Skills and knowledge

Essential:

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel and Word.
• A thorough knowledge of integrated financial accounting systems.
• Understanding of financial controls and financial environment.
• Able to work collaboratively.
• Experience of supporting budget managers in the development and management of their budgets.
• Uses systematic approach to make efficient use of time and manage workload, prioritising own work effectively to meet deadlines and objectives.
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills. § Good judgement and decision-making skills.
• Ability to analyse numerical and written information and present results in a clear and concise format.
• Ability to understand the limits of their knowledge and experience and knowing when decisions need to be referred to others.

Desirable:

• Analytical experience of providing statistical data.
• Awareness of sustainability and climate change.

Key performance outcomes

Effective communication

Essential:

• Demonstrate clear and concise verbal and written communication skills.
• Selects appropriate communication style and methods depending on the needs and abilities of the audience.
• Portrays a positive image of the organisation when communicating both inside the organisation and externally.
• Ability to explain complex financial information to a range of audiences including non-specialists.
• Listens to feedback and ideas from others and takes appropriate and considered action.

Impact and influence

Essential:

• Demonstrates ability to influence at all levels.
• Ability to give realistic advice, based on relevant, up to date and verifiable information.
• Evidence of building positive relationships, engaging and collaborating effectively with others internally and externally.

Improvement focus

Essential:

• Identifies gaps in process and performance and makes appropriate suggestions for improvements.
• Aware of trends and changes and maintains professional knowledge and skills.
• Uses knowledge and experience to gather and consolidate information in order to make appropriate changes and improvements.

Objective decision-making

Essential:

• Demonstrates analytical and systematic approach to problem solving.
• Ability to make appropriate and realistic judgments, based on professional expertise, relevant, up to date and verifiable information.
• Ability to analyse complex information.

Planning and organising

Essential:

• Involves others where appropriate and optimises resources to achieve desired results.
• Regularly reviews joint goals and targets and reprioritises where necessary.
• Recognises the need to be flexible in order to meet changing priorities.

Team working

Essential:

• Contributes to and supports the work and decisions of the team.
• Contributes to the shared vision and purpose and shares this effectively.
• Able to work independently as well as collaboratively with a wide range of teams across the Care Inspectorate.
• Develops good working relationships at all levels.

Please note – these are key performance outcomes to be used to recruit into the role.