Placement Student - Administrative Officer Review
by Office for National Statistics
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Office for National Statistics
- 7. Would you recommend Office for National Statistics to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Office for National Statistics
Overview
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.
Skills
The ability to create professional meeting minutes and presentations. The ability and know how of how to operate under time pressures and communicate clearly and effectiively with colleagues of various backgrounds and expertise.
Responsibilities
Due to the shortage of staff I was given a lot of responsibility during my placement year which was a very beneficial aspect of the placement year.
Support & Guidance
I would have weekly 1-2-1 sessions with my line manager and the support of my team alongside support and resources from the learning platform provided.
Culture
Working from home meant that I would attend the office once every month on average due to a 3 hour commute. The ONS is possibly the best organisation in the UK for flexible working and they are very accommodating and understanding of your personal circumstances.
Your Impressions
I thoroughly enjoyed my placement year. Looking back I would have preferred attending the office more in person as I felt that I learned and took on more knowledge when this was the case. Overall, I would recommend the ONS and the wider civil service as a great place to apply to for a placement year.
Yes
Understand how to answer behavioural and competency questions in the way in which the civil service want you to answer them.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Government
London
October 2023
