Ministry of Justice

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G7 Analytical roles, Agile, Improvement & Review teams Analysis Directorate Ministry of Justice 

Overview

We have three posts available across the Agile, Improvement & Review teams, within the Analysis Directorate.

Roles are open to:

1.Existing badged analysts from all professions (GORS/GSS/GSR/GES) either on level transfer or on promotion.

Minimum requirements to apply:

Candidates must be able to show the relevant experience and skills and must meet the criteria for entry:

Grade 7 – must meet all of the following:

• You have significant work experience evidencing use of data and/or analytical skills. Time spent on an analytical PhD can count towards this.
• You have significant experience of managing projects.
• You have experience of leading or managing a team.

We welcome applications from candidates based across the UK. Candidates will have the option of being based in the Leeds or London HQ offices (with flexible working arrangements available) or your nearest Justice Collaboration Centre or Justice Satellite Office: see this map for more details.  

Alternative locations may be available and will be discussed and agreed on the completion of background checks.

Interviews are likely to take place in July/August 2026 and will be held via MS Teams. We will keep a merit list for a year for those who successfully pass the interview board but who are not offered a post.

 2.About the Analysis Directorate

We are passionate about improving justice outcomes through innovative research, data and analysis. In the Analysis Directorate, we provide high quality data and analysis helping to ensure strategic, policy, finance, corporate and operational decisions are based on robust evidence.

We create a culture in which people are empowered with the data and information to make excellent decisions; using cutting edge tools, techniques and collaboration; putting evidence at the heart of the justice system.

We are a multi-disciplinary team of around 300 staff that sits at the heart of the Ministry of Justice providing analytical support across a diverse and exciting agenda. We work in a dynamic and fast-paced context and our skills are in heavy demand across the Ministry of Justice. Our collaborations beyond government are seen as ground-breaking. The Analysis community is made up of analysts and specialists including: Social Researchers, Economists, Operational Researchers, Statisticians, Data Engineers, Data Scientists and other data specialists (such as data strategists, data dissemination, generalists and assurance experts).

Why work in the Analysis Directorate?
In the Analysis Directorate, we want all our people to feel valued for who they are and for the work they do. We provide a warm, inclusive place to work and offer a wide range of flexibilities and benefits as part of our people offer to reward our staff.

What we offer

• Flexible working arrangements and a focus on equality of opportunity – including welcoming part-time and/or job-share arrangements, compressed hours, working from home or your nearest Justice Collaboration Centres or Justice Satellite Office.
• Career development – regular development and promotion opportunities across a wide range of roles, career development support, with a generous individual learning and development budget.
• Range of new areas of work and new tools and techniques – we pride ourselves on our excellent deployment of well-established analytical methods, but also our progress to date. Progress such as our ambitious and innovative transformation programme to leverage departmental data and drive evidence-based decision-making using cutting-edge tools and techniques (for example: experimentation, personalisation, artificial intelligence).
• Analysis is at the centre of the Department’s decision making – our transformation programme is focused on maximising our impact on departmental outcomes. The Ministry of Justice’s Senior Team and our Ministerial Team want all decisions to be evidence driven – your analysis will be key in influencing decisions and real-world impact.
• Vibrant community – part of a multidisciplinary team that has a supportive culture and is looking to further develop the community with the help of everyone.
• See the frontline and what your work is influencing – regular opportunities to visit our front-line service providers, including courts, prisons, and probation to better understand the areas your analysis is affecting.

3.What you’ll do  

Roles #1 and #2: Agile G7 Analyst (2 roles available)

The Agile Programme provides high quality and insightful analysis for the delivery of Secretary of State priorities. Analysts in the team deliver short-term projects or resource cover across the breadth of the department’s remit, including courts, prisons, probation and corporate functions. The portfolio of work delivered within the team changes three-four times a year. We are recruiting for grade 7s to lead projects within the Agile programme, joining the current team of c.25 analysts.

As part of this role, you'll have the opportunity to lead a varied work programme, tackling high-priority projects in a fast-paced environment. You’ll deliver both project-based and cover roles across the department’s analytical priorities. This role offers an excellent development opportunity – you’ll have the chance to broaden your skills through varied workstreams and projects.

You’ll contribute to maintaining our successful quarterly commissioning cycle and be involved in ‘horizon-scanning’ for future projects, breaking them down into manageable tasks that deliver real results, even as priorities shift. You'll also play a key role in supporting Business-as-Usual (BAU) teams, taking on cross-cutting projects, and tackling priority tasks that currently lack a dedicated team.

This is an ideal opportunity for anyone looking to thrive in a dynamic environment, contribute to high-impact projects, and develop a broad range of skills. Join us and be part of a team that is making a real difference.

The nature of this role means the post holder could work across a wide range of projects such as contributing to high priority projects such as enacting the recommendations from the recent Sentencing Review and Independent Review of Criminal Courts.

Below are examples of projects the post holder could oversee and be involved in:

• Leading the scoping of a range of complex analysis across the justice system.

• Maximising opportunities to actively promote, use and communicate findings with impact to influence decisions.

• Applying a range of data analysis or modelling tools and techniques and ensuring appropriate quality assurance of analysis.

• Leading analytical projects with a wide range of stakeholders; prioritising and driving improvements across competing demands.

Role #3: Analysis Team Lead (1 role available)

Frameworks & Improvement team – Analysis team lead

The Frameworks and Improvements Team is a dynamic team working to make department-wide improvements to analysis. The main aims of the team are to fill fundamental gaps in our understanding of justice processes, behaviours and impacts, as well as improve our overall processes, structures and guidance. The team also acts as an internal consultancy resource and works with other teams on areas of strategic importance.

We often undertake work directly commissioned by the Director of Analysis, and this role offers the opportunity to do a range of high-priority work and have an impact on the Analysis Directorate and the department’s analytical capability.

This is a varied and interesting position where you’ll lead an SEO analyst to deliver high-quality, innovative, and impactful analysis, and develop and launch new analytical products and processes. The other half of the Frameworks and Improvements team are Analytics Engineers who develop new data pipelines and R packages to fill our understanding gaps. You will learn from their expertise and work closely with them and the users of their products, sometimes acting as a translator between technical and non-technical teams.

The work encompasses a wide breadth of justice topics. You will work with colleagues from across the department to understand who and what analysis and data can be leveraged to improve analytical outputs, how best to use them, and what cross-cutting improvements and insights the team can produce where there are gaps.

The postholder will:

-       Build strong multi-disciplinary relationships across MoJ to support collaborative working.

-       Undertake innovative and impactful pieces of analysis to create new insights

-       Line manage and lead an SEO analyst

-       Stay alert to changing political and policy priorities to develop a pipeline of future work.

 4.Who you are

The following experience and skills will be required:

• Flexible Leader: A proactive leader with experience managing both virtual and in-person teams. Skilled in applying analytical techniques to solve practical challenges. Capable of guiding and motivating teams to achieve impactful results. Comfortable with working flexibly across priorities and quickly getting up to speed with new areas of work.
• Skilled Analyst: An effective analyst with a solid understanding of how to allocate and prioritise analytical resources within the team. Delivers analysis that supports both day-to-day operations and broader strategic goals, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives.
• Proficient with Analytical Tools: A technically strong analyst with experience using analytical tools and software – e.g. R and Excel
• Collaborative Team Player: A collaborative colleague who excels at working with diverse teams to solve problems and implement changes. Known for fostering an environment that enhances team productivity and encourages collective problem-solving.
• Clear Communicator: A strong communicator who can explain complex analysis and issues in simple terms. Presents information clearly to ensure team members and stakeholders (including non-technical audiences) understand key points, helping to build consensus and drive progress.
• User-Focused Analyst: A committed analyst who prioritises the needs of users and customers in their work. Ensures that analytical outputs are relevant and impactful by focusing on the practical needs and expectations of those who rely on the team's work.

 5.How to Apply

You’ll need to submit an anonymised work history. Your work history should meet the following criteria: well structured, succinct, and written in clear language.

You will need to submit behaviour examples for the following 3 behaviours:  

• Working Together (Lead Behaviour)  
• Delivering at Pace
• Leadership

Each example should be no more than 250 words.  

You will also need to submit confirmation of how you meet the professional competencies for this role.

• Professional Competency (1) Knowledge & Skills
• Professional Competency (2) Influence & Impact

Each example should be no more than 250 words.  

Should a large number of applications be received, applications may be assessed against the Civil Service behaviour, Working Together as the lead behaviour only. 

You will not be considered if you do not provide your work history, behaviour examples and confirmation of how you meet the professional competencies aligned to this role.

5a. Selection Process

There will be an initial sift of applicants through comparing submitted evidence against the ‘Who you are’ bullets. This usually takes two weeks, depending on the number of applications.

We ask candidates to clearly state their specific role preferences in their application. Please note that any offers made will be on a merit basis and we can not guarantee that should you be offered a role it will be in line with your stated preference.

Those who make it through the initial sift will be invited to a Civil Service Success Profile interview. In the Civil Service we use Success Profiles to help us find the right person for the job. We will be using a mixture of methods to assess your abilities, strengths, experience, technical skills, and behaviours. We highly recommend learning about Success Profiles and using the Situation, Task, Action, Result and Reflection (STARR) framework when structuring your answers.

The highest scoring candidates that pass the interview will be offered the roles. The whole process can take up to a month.

Behaviours

You will be assessed against the Civil service success profiles framework at interview stage:

• Working Together (Lead Behaviour)
• Delivering at Pace
• Leadership

Should a large number of applications be received, applications may be assessed against the Civil Service behaviour, Working Together as the lead behaviour only.

Please also refer to the CS Behaviours framework for more details at this grade.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/717275/CS_Behaviours_2018.pdf 

For existing badged analysts from all professions, as well as the three civil service behaviours stated above, you will be assessed on two sets of professional competencies at interview.

Professional Competencies 

• Professional Competency (1) Knowledge & Skills

o   GSS - Data Analysis. 

o   GORS - Knowledge and application of OR Skills and Techniques. 

o   GES - Analysis of Data. 

o   GSR - Knowledge and application of GSR technical skills  

• Professional Competency (2) Influence & Impact

o   GSS - Presenting and disseminating data effectively. 

o   GORS - Achieving impact with analysis. 

o   GES - Effective communication. 

o   GSR - using and promoting social research

For more information regarding Professional Competency (2) please refer to the analytical profession internet links below. Please note that some aspect of the professional competency may overlap with the MoJ competencies listed above. We therefore recommend that in providing evidence for the professional competency, candidates focus on the technical and methodology aspects of the competencies that are specific to the profession. We will use evidence presented for the MoJ competencies in assessing the wider skills candidates have.

Government Statistician Group (GSG): Further information, including a user guide, can be found within the link below:  
GSG career framework – Government Analysis Function

Government Social Research Service (GSR): Further information can be found within the link below: 

GSR Competency Framework 2022

Government Operational Research Service (GORS): Further information can be found within the link below: 
 
GORS_Technical_Framework_2025.pdfGovernment Economic Service (GES): Further information can be found within the link below: 

GES Professional Standards 2022 

 6.Applicants invited for Interview 

You will be required to give a 5-minute presentation. Details of this will be sent to those candidates who are invited for interview. 

 7.Further Information

If you require any additional information about the roles, please contact:

Nikki.Degun@justice.gov.uk (For roles #1 and #2)
Nicholas.whitehouse@justice.gov.uk (For role #3)