Data Operation Specialist - Nomis

The Role and the Department

Nomis (www.nomiseb.co.uk) is a national statistical dissemination service delivered by Durham University on behalf of the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It provides access to major official statistics on population, society and the labour market, and is used extensively by government departments, local authorities, researchers, academic institutions and other organisations across the UK.

The service supports a range of high-profile datasets and provides a trusted route to detailed statistical information used in analysis, planning and decision-making. Joining the Nomis team offers the chance to contribute to a nationally important data service with a wide external user base and clear public impact.

The Data Operations Specialist will play an important role in supporting the delivery and development of the Nomis service as part of a small team. The postholder will work with complex statistical data in a live production environment, helping to process and maintain datasets, update databases and reference tables, carry out quality checks and testing, and support data and website releases.

The role offers valuable practical experience for someone with strong data-handling and technical skills who wants to deepen their experience of structured data processing, SQL, Python, Linux and data quality within a specialist and nationally significant service.

The role offers the opportunity to work flexibly as well as remotely and on-site within the Geography department.

Further information about the role and the responsibilities is at the bottom of this job description.  

This post is fixed term for nineteen months. The funding for the project is time limited and will end on 31st March 2028.

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