Higher Executive Officer – Data Analyst

3 weeks ago

Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland Cpl Full time

Our client The Pension's Authority is currently seeking to hire a Higher Executive Officer – Data Analyst.

The role of HEO Data Analyst

The HEO Data Analyst will be part of the Data Quality team in the Data Unit and will play a key role in the data quality and specification, and the modelling of an entirely new register of pensions for the Pensions Authority. This will be one of many large projects with many interesting challenges including: reporting, entity resolution, data integration from multiple sources, data integrity, data quality, data privacy, data security, and data governance.

The HEO Data Analyst will identify solutions for ensuring data integrity and data quality and develop reports using SQL code and Power BI. The HEO Data Analyst will report to the Data Quality Manager – Assistant Principal.

The main duties and responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

  • Designing, creating, building, developing, and maintaining data and BI solutions through their lifecycle, including gathering requirements, maintenance, and enhancements.
  • Analysing large scale complex datasets to identify any issues and ensuring good quality data.
  • Carrying out high quality work independently, with limited need for guidance or instruction.
  • Reviewing and acting on submissions made by regulated entities through the Authority's IT system.
  • Responding to requests for statistics and reports on data held on the Authority's IT systems.
  • Building and maintaining all reports, dashboards, and other BI solutions and SQL.
  • Improving data efficiencies whilst ensuring good data quality.
  • Analysing data and recommending data collection and processing improvements and workflow changes, as well as data cleansing and finding outliers and anomalies in the data.
  • Prioritising and organising personal and team workload to deliver on Unit goals and objectives.
  • Communicating with various internal and external audiences and explaining/describing technical concepts in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences, both verbally and in writing.
  • Working on projects to assist the Data Unit meet its objectives.
  • Collaborating with colleagues across the Authority, various external organisations such as the CSO and EIOPA, and with third parties including vendors.
  • Carrying out any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Essential skills, experience, and qualifications

Candidates for this role should possess the following:

  • At least two years previous relevant experience working in a professional environment.
  • A relevant third level degree at NFQ Level 8 or Level 9.
  • Experience analysing data.
  • Excellent SQL skills.
  • Excellent knowledge and experience in using Microsoft Excel.
  • Excellent communications skills.
  • Strong problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • A methodical and logical approach to completing tasks.

Desirable skills, experience, and qualifications

  • SQL and Power BI certification.
  • Knowledge of statistical analysis software e.g. R, SPSS, SciPy.
  • Relevant industry certification qualifications.
  • Previous experience working as a reporting data analyst, data engineer or BI Developer in a professional environment including experience with some of the following:
    • Creating, maintaining, and testing reports
    • Gathering reporting requirements
    • Writing and optimising SQL queries
    • Data cleansing
    • Improving data quality
    • Writing scripts
    • Working with large datasets
    • Writing clear, readable, and robust code.

The successful candidate must be interested in further developing their pensions knowledge. The successful candidate will be required to complete training courses during their probationary period.

The above is intended as a guide to the general range of duties and is intended to be neither definitive nor restrictive and is subject to review

Application process

Interested candidates must submit the application form provided demonstrating how they meet the requirements of this position to

Applications and more information on the role can be found here:

Applications must be marked in the subject heading as 'HEO – Data Analyst'. Failure to do so may result in your application being deemed ineligible.

Applicants must demonstrate in the application form that they possess the qualities, skills and knowledge required for the role as identified in the 'Essential skills, experience and qualifications' and 'Desirable skills, experience and qualifications' sections above and the Pensions Authority's competency framework for HEO grade (set out in Appendix 1).

When completing the application form, please refer to the competencies in Appendix 1 and consider the requirements of the role as set out above. For each competency, please provide specific examples illustrating how you have displayed the relevant competency during your career to date, in order to clearly demonstrate your suitability for this position. Your answer must highlight all elements of the STAR competency framework – which is outlined below:

Situation - Present a challenging situation you found yourself in

Task - What did you need to achieve from the situation?

Action - What action did you personally take to achieve this?

Result - What was the result of your action?

The closing date and time for receipt of applications is 12 noon on Wednesday 8th May 2024.

We acknowledge receipt of all applications. If you do not receive an acknowledgment of receipt of your application, please contact immediately but no later than three days after the closing date.

It is strongly recommended that you do not change your email address or mobile phone number during this recruitment competition, as any contact with you will be through the email address and mobile phone number originally supplied by you.

It is the Authority's policy that applications will not be accepted after the closing time

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