Statistics

  • Working as a government statistician – David Redpath

    8th January 2020 by

    With the Scottish Government welcoming applications for Assistant Statistician posts, we have a series of blog posts by government statisticians talking about how they became Assistant Statisticians. We also have some fixed term opportunities available now. If you are interested in a fixed term opportunity, please submit your up to date CV to: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot In...

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  • Working as a government statistician – Lyndsey Middleton

    7th January 2020 by

    With the Scottish Government welcoming applications for Assistant Statistician posts, we have a series of blog posts by government statisticians talking about how they became Assistant Statisticians. We also have some fixed term opportunities available now. If you are interested in a fixed term opportunity, please submit your up to date CV to: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot In...

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  • Working as a government statistician – Kirsty Yule

    6th January 2020 by

    With the Scottish Government welcoming applications for Assistant Statistician posts, we have a series of blog posts by government statisticians talking about how they became Assistant Statisticians. We also have some fixed term opportunities available now. If you are interested in a fixed term opportunity, please submit your up to date CV to: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot In...

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  • Scottish Government Workforce Information

    12th June 2019 by

    The latest update to the Scottish Government Workforce Information statistics have been published. This publication contains information on the numbers of workers, staff sickness rates, and the diversity of staff over the past seven years. At the end of March 2019, there were 6,402 FTE directly employed staff, an increase from last year’s figure of...

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  • Scottish Government Workforce Information

    12th June 2018 by

    The latest update to the Scottish Government Workforce Information statistics has been published. This publication contains information on the numbers of workers, staff sickness rates, and the diversity of staff over the past five years. At the end of March 2018, there were 5,648 FTE directly employed staff, an increase from last year’s figure of...

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  • GDPR  – a change to data protection law

    24th May 2018 by

    The General Data Protection Regulations comes into force on May 25, 2018, giving individuals more control over their personal data, and ensuring that organisations collect and process that information properly and securely. To find out more about GDPR, visit the Information Commissioner’s website.

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  • Working as a government statistician

    4th April 2018 by

    With the Scottish Government welcoming applications (until April 9) for Assistant Statisticians posts, Senior Assistant Statistician Mark Bell shares his story about his transition into government from the world of palaeontology.   Prior to joining the Scottish Government I worked in academia for ten years, specifically within the field of palaeobiology. Following an Earth Sciences...

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  • Scottish Government Workforce Information

    22nd March 2018 by

    The latest update to the Scottish Government Workforce Information statistics have been published. This publication contains information on the numbers of workers, staff sickness rates, and the diversity of staff over the past five years. At the end of December 2017, there were 5,535 FTE directly employed staff, an increase from last year’s figure of...

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  • Scottish Government Workforce Information

    13th December 2017 by

    The latest update to the Scottish Government Workforce Information statistics have been published. This publication contains information on the numbers of workers, staff sickness rates, and the diversity of staff over the past five years. At the end of September 2017, there were 5,424 FTE directly employed staff, an increase from last year’s figure of...

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  • Information and data user research survey

    13th October 2017 by

    We launched an online user research survey on 21 September. This is a collaboration between the Scottish Government, the National Records of Scotland and NHS: Information Services Division. The purpose of this user research is to help improve our understanding of the needs of users of our data, statistics and research content that we make...

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