Senior Statistical Officer
| Posting date: | 18 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £44,241 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 April 2026 |
| Location: | Birmingham |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 452695/1 |
Summary
Do you have experience of producing full cycle statistics?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
DfT is a high-profile department at the heart of UK government. We work with agencies and partners to support the transport network that helps businesses and gets people and goods travelling around the country. We plan and invest to make journeys better.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Find out more about what it's like working at DfTc
The Department for Transport’s Local Transport Statistics team offers an opportunity to lead the full statistical cycle for taxi, private hire, and light rail data. Working in a multidisciplinary team, you will manage data collection, validation, analysis, and publication, improve survey methods, and modernise analytical pipelines using BigQuery and R. The role focuses on delivering high‑quality, trusted statistics that inform policy and enhance public understanding.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
Lead on the publication of Accredited Official Statistics for Light Rail and Tram and Taxi and Private Hire Vehicles.Modernise and improve analytical pipelines for these publications.Manage stakeholders and suppliers.Engage proactively with policy teams, other analysts and external organisations.Drive adoption of Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAP) and automation.Respond to ad-hoc data and analysis requests.For further information on the role, please read the role profile which is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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