Benefits
GSS Statisticians work at the heart of government, are intellectually stretched, undertake responsible and meaningful work and of advise on issues that are significant to the whole country. The quality of training on offer and the wide variety of opportunities and challenges are also outstanding.
Benefits include:
- Membership of a government wide recognised professional body;
- The ability to move within a profession-specific job market with cross government opportunities;
- A personal professional coach;
- Access to centralised career guidance and advice service;
- Direct leadership from the National Statistician;
- Access to profession specific promotion opportunities;
- Focused learning and development opportunities, steered by the Statistician CPD Framework;
- Part of an active, mutually supportive community of fellow professionals;
- Flexible working hours;
- 23-30 days annual leave plus public holidays;
- Pension scheme.
Additional benefits
Having passed the Fast Stream you will have proved that you have the potential to progress quickly within the civil service. As a result you will be exposed to challenging opportunities early in your career, you will also have access to specific technical and managerial training opportunities designed to help you make the most out of your Fast Stream career.
Promotion
As an Assistant Statistician, you would be part of an accelerated promotion programme. We would expect you to be competing for a senior grade (Grade 7 Statistician) within four to five years of appointment or sooner, and the selection board will be looking for the potential to reach even higher levels.
Statistical Officers also have the opportunity of promotions. Promotion is on merit, with the opportunity to progress to Higher Statistical Officer and Senior Statistical Officer before applying for Grade 7.
You can reach the Senior Civil Service whichever route you select.
Please note, the Government wide recruitment ban is temporarily impacting on promotion prospects in some departments.
Salary
Salary scales will vary from department to department and region to region.
Average starting pay is approximately £25k - £28k for Assistant Statisticians and £23k - £26k for Statistical Officers and Temporary Statistical Officers.
Some departments operate a flexible starting pay policy to recognise previous experience and qualifications.
Increases in pay depend purely on performance. Once you achieve promotion to Grade 7 Statistician, starting salaries are around £44,000 to £50,000.
Please note that there is currently a Government-wide 2 year pay freeze.
