Senior Data Analyst (Census)
Role Overview
Senior Data Analyst role with National Records of Scotland supporting delivery of Census 2031.
The two-year fixed-term appointment supports design and implementation of data models and analytical structures in collaboration with data architecture.
The work supports statistical outputs, operational delivery, and integration with administrative data sources.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Senior Data Analyst role with National Records of Scotland supporting delivery of Census 2031.
The two-year fixed-term appointment supports design and implementation of data models and analytical structures in collaboration with data architecture.
The work supports statistical outputs, operational delivery, and integration with administrative data sources.
Key responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain data models and analytical structures for Census and population data.
- Translate data architecture designs into data models and transformation pipelines.
- Define standards for structuring, transforming, and quality-assuring census data.
- Develop schemas for efficient querying and analysis of large demographic datasets.
- Integrate and link administrative data sources to support consistency and comparability.
- Implement estimation, aggregation, and geographic data structures for statistical outputs.
- Document models, metadata, and transformations for transparency and reproducibility.
Experience and technical criteria
- Significant data analysis or statistics experience, ideally in government or large-scale data environments.
- Advanced statistical programming proficiency in R or Python and SQL.
- Experience with large, complex datasets, such as census, survey, or administrative data.
- Ability to lead analytical projects and influence senior stakeholders.
- Practitioner-level skills in statistical and analytical techniques, data management, data visualisation, and managing a data project.
Assessed behaviours
Changing and Improving, Level 3.
Delivering at Pace, Level 3.
Salary and pension
- The advertised salary is £49,401–£59,152; no salary cadence is stated.
- The advert describes a Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
Contract and working pattern
- Fixed-term appointment for two years.
- Full-time working pattern.
Location
- The listed location is Edinburgh, Scotland.
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