Data analysts
Freedom of Information Act request number: 2022-041
Version date: 28/01/2022
The HR Operations Department have provided the following information:
I would like to know the staff numbers for employees working in Data Science and Data Analyst roles within your organisation over the last 5 calendar years (2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017).
There is one role of with the job title of ‘Data Analyst’
1 x 2021
1 x 2020
There are no roles in Force containing the phrase ‘data science’
For each year could you also provide an overall estimated staff bill, broken down by year?
The Data Analyst role is a Scale D post with a salary of between £21,135 and £23,406
If possible, please provide some detail about the job role requirements / responsibilities.
The below is taken from the Data Analyst job description
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1. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES |
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To conduct research, analysis and report on specific strategic thematic issues as commissioned by The Strategic or Tactical Tasking and Co-ordination Process. |
To provide specific problem profiles to the Strategic or Tactical Tasking and Coordination process. |
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To liaise with and exchange data and analysis with the Partnership tactical level, operational and management information analysts. |
To ensure synergy between Tactical and Strategic Assessment. |
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The assessment of the impact of Road Safe strategies, policies, investigations, initiatives and techniques. |
To assist in the identification of best practice, areas for improvement.
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To provide statistics to Dorset Road Safe the joint initiative to reduce killed and seriously injured on Dorset’s roads. |
To provide statistics to ensure Dorset Road safe can set regional and national objectives to make informed decisions. |
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To engage with partners in research and analysis. |
To provide jointly commissioned and/or jointly researched strategic reports. |
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To contribute to the development of analytical methods.
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The maintenance and improvement of analytical standards within the Partnership. |
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Compose Structure Query Language (SQL) to interrogate data for analysis and assist Partners with the querying of data |
To ensure the data is interrogated in an appropriate manner to achieve the correct result. To ensure the Partners are querying the data in the same manner. |
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To handle, disseminate and maintain sensitive and classified material in line with current local procedures, European Convention Human Rights and the Data Protection Act 1998. |
To maintain the integrity of classified and sensitive information in compliance with statutory and procedural obligations |
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To liaise with the Department for Transport and produce analysis reports in line with agreed national directives. |
The production of statistics for use nationally and regionally. |
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To support the preparation of the annual and strategic Partnership Plan. |
Publication of Partnership Plans to meet the demands established from the strategic assessment and capability assessment processes. |
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This list of duties is not restrictive or exhaustive and the post-holder may be required to carry out duties from time to time that are either commensurate with/or lower than the grade of the post. In some posts this might include the ad-hoc provision of guidance and informal training of new colleagues. |
Completion of duties to meet the needs of the police service.
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