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Shadow Board members needed for the People Committee

Are you keen to promote diversity and inclusion across the Government Statistical Service (GSS)? Our Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Working Group have been running a pilot shadow board and would now like to invite member applications from across our community. The Shadow Board will be embedded into the GSS People Committee and function as an […]

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Government Statistical Service Newsletter – May 2021

Every month we send out a round-up of the latest news, blogs and other updates. This month’s newsletter includes: an invitation to complete the Inclusion Diagnostic Survey tool by 23 May details on how the Analysis Function is developing and piloting a service to support evaluation in government: the Evaluation Support Team the new courses […]

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Facilitators needed to support Fast Stream Action Learning Sets

Are you looking for an opportunity to contribute to the Civil Service more widely than just your department? Are you passionate about developing yourself and others? Would you be interested in supporting a multi-award winning, cross-government programme? The Fast Stream and Emerging Talent (FSET) Team in the Cabinet Office are looking for facilitators to lead […]

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Join the front line of COVID-19 analysis

Want the chance to work on ‘cutting edge’ analysis used to inform government policy on coronavirus (COVID-19)? The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is offering placements for professionals in data, analysis, policy, and project or programme support. The placements offer you experience of working with world leading analysts, supporting the response to the coronavirus pandemic […]

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Updates to the Sustainable Development Goal indicators

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) team at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have begun a project to put in place several changes to the SDG indicators. Our work will ensure the indicators comply with 36 changes to the SDG indicators recommended by the United Nations (UN) in March 2020. The changes include replacing, deleting, […]

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Government Statistical Service newsletter – February 2021

Every month we send out a round-up of the latest news, blogs and other updates. This month’s newsletter includes: A reminder for Government Statistician Group members to check their management information is up to date Beck Keane’s blog about her leadership journey The user engagement strategy for statistics launch event The new e-learning version of […]

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GSS apprenticeships opportunities announced for 2021

Our 2021 apprenticeships recruitment campaign is live with vacancies available across England and Wales.

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User engagement strategy launch – book your place!

We’re excited to announce that the user engagement strategy for statistics has now been signed off.  It has been endorsed by chief statisticians from across the UK, ready for our launch, this month. The strategy is centred around three goals, also known as ‘the three C’s’: collaboration capability culture These goals will help deliver our […]

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Government Statistician Group volunteers required for Analysis Function online skills tool

Are you keen to understand what skills are needed for roles across the Government Analysis Function? And any areas you might want to develop in readiness for your next role? Throughout 2020, the Government Statistical Service (GSS) took part in the trial of an online skills tool with volunteers from across all areas of the analytical […]

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Making spreadsheets accessible – guidance coming soon

The Good Practice Team are working on creating guidance on how to make spreadsheet documents meet the legal accessibility regulations. This will build on the ‘Making analytical publications accessible‘ guidance and will be incorporated into the ‘Releasing statistics in spreadsheets‘ guidance. We have a lot of questions that need answering, such as: What are the […]

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