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Fast Stream - Assistant Statistician (AS)

Round 1 of the Fast Stream – Assistant Statistician (AS) 2012/13 will open in September. Registration is between 17 September and 17 October. Round 2 2012/13 is expected to take place in spring 2013.

Candidates who were successful at the Statistician Assessment Centre (SAC) between November 2011 and July 2012, but were unsuccessful at the Fast Stream Assessment Centre (FSAC), are able to ‘bank’ this result for one year only and carry it forward to this year’s competition. If this is the case you will not be asked to attend a SAC this year. However, you will still be required to complete all other stages of the Statistician Fast Stream Competition, regardless of previous results. Just because you passed SAC last year does not mean that you will automatically pass the manual sift, so do please take some time to complete the application form to ensure your form fully reflects your skills and experience.

The AS route is the statistical entry to the analytical strand of the Civil Service Fast Stream scheme.

To apply for a Fast Stream Assistant Statistician post, you should already have, or hope to obtain within this academic year, a minimum of a first or upper second class honours degree in a discipline containing formal training in statistical theory and methods (eg statistics, mathematics, economics, sciences, psychology, sociology).

What competencies are we looking for in a Statistician Fast Streamer?

  • Driving for results
  • Learning and improving
  • Constructive thinking
  • Decision-making
  • Building productive relationships
  • Communicating with impact
  • Analysis and interpretation of data
  • Collection of data
  • Dissemination
  • Professional statistical knowledge

On the application form you will be expected to describe your knowledge and experience in several of the following statistical skills:

  • Analysis of Variance
  • Index numbers
  • Linear / multiple regression
  • Modelling and forecasting
  • Multivariative analysis
  • Time series
  • Data collection
  • Sampling

PLEASE BE PREPARED FOR THIS BEFORE SELECTING THE SCHEME

Please check our Nationality regulations before completing any application.

Please note: Candidates’ department and/or location preference will be considered, but cannot be guaranteed.

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