Director General for Economic, Social and Environmental Statistics

The Office for National Statistics is seeking a Director General for Economic, Social and Environmental Statistics. This high-profile role involves leadership in delivering key economic statistics and modernizing their collection and communication. The position is based in Darlington, UK, with a flexible hybrid working model requiring a minimum of 40% office attendance. The salary ranges from £128,000 to £208,100, with various flexible working options available.
Location: We operate a flexible hybrid working model across the UK, with colleagues linked to one of our contractual locations in Newport, Titchfield (Fareham), Darlington and London and working between office and remote throughout the week. As part of the hybrid working arrangement there is a 40% minimum office attendance requirement.

Salary: £128,000 - £208,100

Working Patterns: All our vacancies are offered as a flexible option of Full time, Part time, Flexible working, Job Share

Closing Date: Apply before 11:55pm on Thursday 3rd April 2025

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the UK’s largest independent producer of official statistics and is the recognised National Statistical Institute.

This role, the Director General for Economic, Social and Environmental Statistics (ESEG), is a high profile post responsible for leadership of all aspects of economic, social and environmental statistics at ONS.

This includes directing the delivery of the UK’s most important statistics about the economy; being an authoritative and credible public face of economic, social and environmental statistics and analysis; overseeing the changes needed in modernising the collection and communication of those statistics; and devising and implementing the medium and long term strategic approach to production and dissemination of economic, social and environmental statistics.

You will be a key member of the National Statistician’s top-level executive leadership group. It is anticipated you will be regularly invited to, and held to account by the UK Statistics Authority Board as well as the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee, other Parliamentary scrutiny bodies and across Whitehall.

This is a critical high level role, and as such, you've got experience delivering effective enterprise-level leadership and are a credible leader and expert on statistics, economics and how they relate to society.

You can command respect across government, research and academia, and you're experienced dealing with the media.

Lastly, you've got experience leading an organisation through change whilst steering a complex and highly technical portfolio of work.

For a full job description and details of the skills & experience we are looking for, please click the APPLY button to see our full advert on Civil Service Jobs.

In return we offer you:

✔Hybrid working and flexi-time so you can work around your life, not the other way around!

✔A market leading pension scheme - our employer contribution rate is around 29%

✔ A choice of working patterns for every role full-time, part-time, job-share.

✔Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of 26 weeks full pay (subject to qualifying criteria)

✔Opportunities to learn new technology & skills on the job, utilising blocked out Protected Learning Time in your weekly schedule and taking advantage of the support of our Communities of Practice

✔Employee Assistance Programmes

✔Diversity Network Groups

✔Mental Health Allies

✔Civil Service Sports and Social club

✔Generous holiday allowance – 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years service in addition to 9 public holidays

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