About the job
Summary
Are you interested in a role where you have flexibility in your working hours, you get to meet new people from diverse communities and have a positive impact on your local community?
Job description
This is a great opportunity to join our team as a Field Interviewer working for the Office for National Statistics. As a Field Interviewer carrying out official surveys you will be helping to inform Government about the state of the nation.
Your role will be a combination of field visits to addresses to encourage households to complete our surveys, carrying out surveys in their homes and completing phone interviews.
This role comes with flexible working hours that we hope will meet your needs as well as ours. You will be employed on either a 1144 or 1560 hours annualised contract which is broadly equivalent to 22 or 30 hours work per week. More information about how hours can work is detailed in the attached candidate pack.
What we are we looking for?
We are looking for individuals who have a friendly, outgoing personality and the confidence to approach and converse with a wide selection of people either via phone or face to face. You will need to have excellent communication skills to be the face of ONS and, where needed, to persuade any reluctant member of the public to take part in our surveys and to be interviewed.
You will also be responsible for planning, organizing and managing your own work loads, we will provide full training and support to help you with this.
Responsibilities
Person Specification and requirements of the role
• Be able to transport and carry equipment such a laptop and survey materials with you, on occasion walk between addresses and navigate stairs when out in the field.
• Work approximately within 40 miles from the advertised position.
• Interviews will need to be conducted between the hours of 09:00 – 20:00. Hours will need to be split evenly across mornings, afternoons, and evenings, with flexibility to work on occasional Saturdays if required or preferred. Please see the candidate pack for more examples of how this could work for you.
• Be proficient in the use of a laptop and a smartphone
• To be self-disciplined, self-motivated and happy to work without supervision.
• Have excellent verbal communication skills and enjoy meeting and talking to people.
Licences
A Full valid UK Driving License (inclusive of the rights of EU Nationals) is required for this post.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service
Benefits
The Office for National Statistics is part of the Civil Service, and as such we share a number of key benefits with other departments, whilst also having our own unique offerings to support our 5000+ valued colleagues across the business.
Whether you are hearing about us for the first time or already know a bit about our organisation, we hope that the benefits pack attached (see adverts below) will give you a great insight into the benefits and facilities available to our colleagues, and our fantastic working culture.
We are an organisation that takes well-being seriously and lives and breathes the desire to modernise the workplace of the future. Everyone, from our office-based colleagues across our office sites, to our field interviewers and airports and ports passenger survey teams, are part of a diverse and inclusive family
Additional salary details
Salary
£11,810 - £16,105
FTE £19,863 Actual salary £11,810 (1144 annual hrs) or £16,105 (1560 annual hrs) paid pro rata, This is broadly equivalent 22 or 30 hours work per week and varies dependent on business requirements. Plus mileage of up to 45 pence per mile
Grade
Other
Field Interviewer
Contract type
Fixed Term
Length of employment
12 months
Business area
ONS - Surveys and Data Collection
Type of role
Social Survey Interviewer
Working pattern
Part-time
Number of posts
Varied – see adverts below
Recruitment timetable
Field Interviewer - Inner London
Office for National Statistics
Apply before 11:55 pm on Tuesday 9th August 2022
Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name :Louise Pennington
- Email :interviewer.recruits@ons.gov.uk
- Telephone :01329 444973
