Senior Statistical Officer – National Road Traffic Survey
| Posting date: | 01 June 2026 |
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| Salary: | £44,241 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £44,241 (National) £48,581 (London) The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual £3000 retention allowance, paid monthly. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 June 2026 |
| Location: | Leeds |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 463550/2 |
Summary
Do you like to work collaboratively to find better ways to deliver data and meet customer needs?
Have you got the strong analytical skills needed to manage data quality in large and complex datasets?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
The Department for Transport’s National Statistics on Road Traffic are a cornerstone of the transport evidence base. Our data is important for many areas of decision making and planning as well as feeding into other key statistics and analysis areas like accident casualty rates, greenhouse gas emissions and air quality.
The Traffic Surveys team is responsible for acquiring the high-quality traffic data to meet the above needs. We utilise our skills and knowledge in data collection, handling large datasets, managing data quality, coding in statistical packages, traffic technology, contract management, procurement and project delivery.
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!
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This role will have a future focused oversight of the planning and delivery of the National Road Traffic Survey and will be responsible for various projects across both of our core data collection contracts, seeking to modernise the way we collect and utilise data.
You will be a self-starter who actively searches for new opportunities guided by your wide view of the needs of the traffic surveys and road traffic publications teams.
Ahead of planned contract re-procurement in late 2027, this role will play a key part in defining how our future contracts will provide us with the best quality data.
Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Leading on individual work strands focussed on data quality, innovation and data deliveryDeveloping a thorough understanding of the wider road traffic team and the topic areas that they support.Effectively utilise team member’s knowledge to best meet a variety of customer needs in a wide range of projectsHaving a long-term view of the management of our core contracts, leading on analytical projects focussing on the development and improvement of the team’s traffic data collection methods.Oversight of the day-to-day operations of the National Road Traffic Census, including engagement with data collection activities and interfacing with contractors.Building effective and lasting relationships with external stakeholders and developing up-to-date knowledge of available traffic technologies to facilitate the improvement of our procurement specifications.Effectively communicate the statistical needs of the team and actively explore new opportunities for innovative traffic technology methods with a view to being open and adaptable while meeting the core functions of the teamFor further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile 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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