Assistant Statistician
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Job Summary
Do you want to use your analytical skills to help shape Scotlands future
The Scottish Government works to make Scotland a more successful country and a better place to live. Having the right people producing and communicating powerful analysis is vital to helping us achieve this.
Our statistical roles are ideal for motivated creative people who want to use their skills to make a real difference to the lives of people in Scotland. Youll have the opportunity to work across a wide range of policy areas including Health Education and the Economy contributing highprofile analysis from the outset and being supported to develop your expertise.
Statisticians are involved in designing collecting analysing and publishing statistics. Roles within the Scottish Government are varied and require strong data skills technical ability and analytical thinking to identify patterns and trends. Were looking for people who can clearly communicate what statistics show to a wide range of audiences and who have strong people skills to build effective relationships with policy colleagues and data users to improve our statistics.
You can find out more information about what its like to work in the statistics profession on our careers website.
The posts we are recruiting for in this campaign are within Scottish Government agencies and non-ministerial offices such as National Records of Scotland and Social Security Scotland and potentially other roles in the Scottish administration line with our current ways of working we follow a hybrid working approach where colleagues use a mix of office based and home working. Hybrid policies may differ depending on which role you are allocated.
Further information about Statistics group can be found on the Statistics profession - Scottish Government Jobs site.
Typical duties are as follows: (individual posts may differ)
- Assist in collecting and acquiring data that provides evidence for Government policy and decision making.
- Use technical abilities to clean process and manage the data for analysis.
- Support in making sense of what the data is saying using data management and statistical techniques to provide insights.
- Assist in communicating the messages from the data to a range of audiences via statistical publications.
- Work with users to ensure statistics and data produced meet their requirements.
- Use innovative approaches to improve processes in the production of statistics.
- Work in a collective and collaborative environment across individual teams and the Statistics Group as a whole.
Responsibilities
A minimum of a 2:2 undergraduate degree or a masters degree or PhD and applicants should either:
- Be a member of the Government Statistics Group (GSG) or;
- Demonstrate how your qualifications contain formal training on statistics or data or;
- Have a minimum two years experience in a statistics or data related field.
If you have not yet completed your degree or relevant post graduate qualification any job offer will be conditional on this. Please note: If you fail to demonstrate how you meet the minimum qualifications as stated above your application will be automatically sifted out.
Applicants who are not currently a member of GSG will be required to sit a knowledge test before their application proceeds to sift.
Assessed at application and interview (see how to apply section below for more information)
- Acquiring data and understanding customer needs Sto Level
- Data analysis - Sto Level
Assessed at Interview only
- Presenting and disseminating data effectively - Sto Level
Assessed at application and interview (see how to apply section below for more information)
- Developing Self and Others Level 2
- Delivering at Pace Level 2
Assessed at application only (see how to apply section below for more information)
- Working Together Level 2
Assessed at Interview only
- Changing and Improving Level 2
| Criteria | Success profiles element |
| 1. Builds working relationships and collaborates effectively to deliver a shared goal | Behaviours - Working Together |
| 2. Takes ownership of personal development and supports others to develop skills and improve | Behaviours - Developing self and others |
| 3. Plans and manages workload effectively to meet deadlines and balance priorities. | Behaviours - Delivering at Pace |
| 4. Collects or gathers quality data ensuring it meets the requirements for which it was acquired | Technical - Acquiring data and understanding customer needs |
| 5. Using appropriate data management statistical and analytical coding techniques to produce analysis. | Technical - Data analysis |
There is further information about how to approach writing the CV and supporting statement onSuccess Profiles: Civil Service behaviours -
HIGH VOLUME
In the event of a high volume of applications candidates will have their applications initially assessed against thetechnical criteria above (criteria 4 & 5) candidates should clearly identify this criteria within their statements. Candidates who pass this initial sift will have their applications fully assessed against all criteria.
In the event of a tied score at interview performancescorein thesiftwill be applied to determine merit order.
Recruitment Principles
As a government organisation we adhere to the Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principlesand we investigate any complaintsreceived in relation to recruitment cases.
Candidate Information Session
A candidate information session for the board was held on 19th May 2026 at 11:00. This session explained the recruitment process in more detail.
The session covered:
- background to the campaign and what we are looking for
- a day in the life from SG statisticians
- an explanation of the application and assessment centre process
- an opportunity to ask questions at the end
The session was recorded anyone unable to attend can request a copy of the recording by emailing
Qualifications
The Scottish Government is the devolved government for Scotland. We have responsibility for a wide range of key policy areas including: education health the economy justice housing and transport. We offer rewarding careers and employ people across Scotland in a wide range of professions and roles.
Reserve List
We intend to use a reserve list from this campaign to fill in merit order additional B1 Assistant statistician roles that arise over the next 12 months within Scottish administrationagencies and non-ministerial offices and potentially core Scottish Government departments dependent on recruitment controls.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
