Salary: Indicative
Hours: 36.25 (Monday to Friday)
Contract: 12 months – Temporary contract covering maternity leave
Location: Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service Head Quarters – FSHQ Swinton
Closing date: 12/06/2020 at 23:59
Role Profile
The Opportunity
Our Strategy, Planning, Performance and Continuous Improvement directorate is looking for a Strategic Risk Analyst to fill a temporary vacancy covering maternity leave. Ideally a confident, self-motivated individual who can join our team and help influence and implement our new ways of working. You will be the kind of proactive professional who can make an impact on the team right from day one.
You will be working in a fast-moving, pressurised environment where experience and cooperation really matter. But more than that, you will be making a real difference to the safety of the communities within Greater Manchester and helping to shape the Fire Service of tomorrow.
Who we need
We are looking for someone with experience of carrying our data / performance analysis and be able to present and communicate your results accurately and effectively. Experience of using GIS mapping systems is essential; along with the use of data processing packages, and application of Structured Query Language (SQL).
The ideal candidate will be highly proficient in excel with the ability to interpret and translate complex data, process strong co-ordination skills, be self-motivated with a can-do approach. Have the confidence to challenge decisions and hold people to account. Excellent communication and relationship building skills are key, and the ability to work collaboratively across the organisation.
Main Responsibilities include:
• Inform the annual planning process through the production of strategic risk assessment reports using the relevant data sources to inform key organisational strategies.
• Develop and maintain a clearly defined policy relating to the assessment of prevailing, potential and emergent risk within our diverse communities, along with appropriate supporting policies
• Develop and implement a risk analysis process, which complies with Home Office guidance, assists in the identification of risk reduction opportunities and development of a risk reduction strategy.
• Responsible for the risk modelling process encompassing workload modelling, analysis and evaluation of the potential impact of resource changes, and make recommendations.
• Provide expertise and advice to senior managers about long term and contextual issues relating to fires and other emergency incidents, to inform organisational strategies and interventions.
• Present and articulate complex results and reports derived from analysis in a constructive and sensitive manner to senior officers within both the Service and to external stakeholders.
• Analyse and report against borough risk profiles to identify the causation of risk enabling the local determination of risk reduction activities.
• Analyse and evaluate service-wide interventions to determine their ongoing value and effectiveness.
• Provide expertise and analytical instruction to external colleagues regarding workload modelling, analysis, and risk profiling.
• Analyse and interpret highly complex data, including big data, using GIS and mapping software, SQL databases, spreadsheets and programming languages pertinent to the analytical process.
• Assess all key risks, including individual and societal life risk, property, environment, heritage and emergent risks, to inform the Risk Based Inspection Programme.
• Research, develop and implement robust methods of evaluating the efficiency, effectiveness, and cost-benefit analysis and incorporate these factors into relevant reports.
• Attend local meetings and key groups to assist in the identification of inter-agency issues pertinent to the Fire and Rescue Service.
• Develop data sharing agreements and protocols and manage links with other partner agencies taking cognisance of the requirements of GDPR, and other relevant statutory requirements
• Maintain a library of data sources, academic articles, shared learning, and documents relating to fire and other emergencies, and write articles for external trade and supplier publications
What you will need:
Education & Qualifications we need you to hold:
Essential
• Educated to degree/postgraduate level in a statistical or analytical discipline or minimum of two years’ experience of undertaking statistical analysis within a similar role.
• Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
• Qualified in six sigma and LEAN techniques to support focused and continuous improvement.
Knowledge & Experience we need you to have includes:
Essential
• Extensive experience of theoretical and practical undertaking of statistical and risk analysis techniques and their interpretation, project planning and management, and highly complex data analysis.
• Significant understanding, practical experience and application of various different analysis methodologies including qualitative and quantitative data, statistical techniques, and evaluation.
• Proven experience of successfully undertaking improvement projects, and in the application, analysis, write up and implementation of qualitative and quantitative findings
• Knowledge of project management techniques to support the delivery of successful outcomes.
• Experience of servicing meetings, including preparation of agendas, recording of minutes
Our offer
In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer which includes;
• Flexible working conditions
• The ability to accrue 2 flexi days every 4 weeks (up to grade 11)
• Family friendly policies including parental leave (maternity, shared parental, adoption, maternity support)
• Ability to buy additional annual leave
• Generous Annual leave scheme - 25 days + Bank Holidays per annum upon starting, after 5 years service increase to 30 days + BH and after 10 years service increase to 32 days +BH.
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Employer investment in training and development, and professional sponsorship including CPD
• Corporate travel loans
• Cycle scheme
• Discount scheme (MiRewards) on local and national high street brands
• Health and wellbeing offer - Occupational Health and Employee Assistance programme
• Modern city centre offices (role specific)
• Sports and welfare club
• Commitment to diversity and inclusivity with 4 active staff networks for; LGBTA, BAME, Disability and Womens
Privacy Notice
Employees on the redeployment register will be given priority for any vacancies in the first instance. If employees are identified as a match from the register then the vacancy may be withdrawn or put on hold pending an outcome.
The GMCA is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment and/or change in gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and will require disclosure of all convictions including those considered spent under the Act. The role holder will be subject to an Basic level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service.
COVID-19
Please also note, due to COVID-19 and the social distancing guidance, all interviews will be taking place virtually on Microsoft Teams or Skype. For more guidance and hints and tips for remote interviewing see our website: https://www.greater.jobs/content/10275/our-top-tips-for-video-interviews
If successful on application, the hiring manager will be in contact so that you can both test the technology before the interview.