Data Engineer

General information

Reference

001226  

Publication start date

09/09/2024

Application Closing Date

29/09/2024

Vacancy Description

Title

Data Engineer

Service Area/School

Finance & Corporate Services - Strategy, Performance & Complaints

About Us

 

Bexley is an outer London Borough with the best of both worlds, located between the hustle and bustle of London and the Garden of England, Kent. Within the borough we have award winning parks, open spaces and listed heritage sites.

 

An exciting opportunity to work in our Performance Team has become available, we are looking for someone who is passionate about innovation, collaboration and improving the way we work with data.

About the Role

 

This is currently a 1-year temporary role and is a great opportunity to gain experience working with large data across the Councils corporate landscape. 

Bexley Council is in an exciting position, centralising data in our newly formed data warehouse, we are looking for the right individuals to help support in moving data from various system including Liquid Logic, Controcc and all other systems.  You will be using SQL and making API calls using PySpark and Apache Airflow to Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) our data into a useable format. 

Using a range of business intelligence, statistical analysis and visualisation tools (i.e., Excel, Power BI) you will make data accessible for the development of actionable insights and present data to a wide-ranging audience. 

You’ll present insightful and collaborative reports that explain these findings to senior leaders and build a shared understanding of our most pressing challenges. 

You’ll find out what’s happening, look for trends, ask questions and be creative. 

 

We’re currently working from home most of the time, but usually, we work part of our time in the office and part from home. Our modern office is in Bexleyheath, close to parking, stations and the A2.

 

For an informal discussion about the role please contact 
paul.hickson@bexley.gov.uk. 

 

We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays. For more information on the benefits package on offer please refer to the Candidate Information document attached.

 

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Candidate Profile

 

For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached.

 

This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.    

How To Apply

 

Use the ‘Apply for vacancy’ button.

 

Please note that the system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised and have your CV and/or Supporting statement ready to upload.

 

If any mandatory fields are missing, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion. Please check your Junk email for any correspondence.

 

Additional Information

 

As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on recruitment@bexley.gov.uk.

 

This role may be available as a development opportunity through secondment for the Council’s existing employees. If this option is of interest, please contact the recruiting manager.

Contract Duration

1 year

Grade

BEXLEY15

Contract Type

Fixed Term

Employment Details

Contract Hours

36.00

Salary

£41,601 - £48,153 per annum

Vacancy Location

Location

South East, London, Bexley Civic Offices

Attachments

Job Description

Job Description Performance - Data Engineer.pdf (501 Kb)  

Attachment 1

Candidate Information Document.pdf (167 Kb)