Due to a lack of resources in the department my work was very varied My roles involved taking meeting minutes creating presentations on the economy for internal stakeholders and conducting research and analysis on various high profile topic areas
Deliver high quality products applications and infrastructure using code Build support and continuously improve software products to meet user needs Test manual and automated to ensure standards are met Contribute to coding standards and pe
Working on cards assigned to you and reviewing other developers cards which are ready to review Helping with deployments to prod and preprod Working with BA UR UX designers and developers to an end goal
My job as a systems configurator primarily involves me using CORD to help to develop new systems and improve existing systems in accordance with architectural standards and development frameworks An example of this is the work I did to get historical qua
Collecting data sources analysing information running code Predominantly independent tasks on excel and python Also involved writing up instructions in word
Keeping up to date on economic stories and trends Working in statistical production and quality assuring data
Assist the Data Sources team with current priorities This involves supporting prioritisation of data acquisitions based on communications across office to assess need of each new source Also work on data quality providing a dashboard of data quality m
I helped produce the quarterly release of the sector and financial accounts a release which is part of the National Accounts Alongside this I produced analysis to complement the statistics detailing changes in the UK economic climate Additionally
Start the day of checking emails I039ll then start on my work My work is independent and project based so will very between research writing presenting or analyzing data Through out the day I039ll also have a number of meetings either within t
I worked in the intangibles and infrastructure team within the productivity division to help revise estimates of intangible and infrastructure investment in the UK This involved a lot of work in Excel and STATA I would participate in team meetings to re
I was an Economist Intern for the summer working on a variety of projects to model the economic impacts of various investments and activities I was quite busy but not to a detrimental extent Typically I would work from 9 to 5 and on some days I stayed
It was a great introduction to the Civil Service and because the Public Sector is where I am most interested in pursuing a career within I was naturally interested to see how the Civil Service functions This was a good introduction into how Britain much
Im not a maths lover and although Im naturally inquisitive the work I did begin to dull after 6 months The work involved a lot of excel stata and word
Overall a very enjoyable experience
I really enjoyed it Working in the Civil Service was rewarding as it is work that influences the entire nation and the work I helped produce was used by many different people
My placement was really good and it was organized exceptionally well by my manager and team They were also flexible in my starting date due to commitment to examsdissertation as it usually starts earlymid June The work was pretty much Economics relate
I thoroughly enjoyed the work that I was given It allowed me to see the different aspects of the role and show how a maths degree can be applied in the world of work
The people were friendly at ONS and I was placed in an office with a nice atmosphere However the work is what brought my score down as the work was not relevant to my degree and it was very boring most of the time I feel like they could have placed me
Nice relaxed working environment with great opportunities to develop skills and contribute to production of official statistics
