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Data Analyst
Location: National*
Closing Date: Tuesday 11th August 2026
Interviews: Interviews likely to take place from 9th September 2026 (dates are subject to change)
Grade: SEO
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary: London: £47,657 - £52,040 plus potentially a £500 analyst allowance; National: £41,463 - £45,276 plus potentially a £1,500 analyst allowance.
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible Working
Contract Type: Permanent
*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
Please note that unless you are an existing member of staff at Justice Digital, Data and Science, the only London location being recruited to is 10 South Colonnade, E14 4PU. We are no longer recruiting to 102 Petty France, SW1H 9AJ.
We’re recruiting for a Data Analyst here at the Ministry of Justice, to be part of our warm and collaborative Victims, Journeys and Insights team.
This role aligns against Data Analyst from the Government Digital and Data Framework
The role
We’re recruiting for a SEO Data Analyst to be part of our warm and collaborative Criminal Justice System and Victims Data Division.
The Criminal Justice System (CJS) and Victims Data Division drives strategic change by developing innovative cross-system data tools and projects, while enhancing data standards, sharing, and literacy. There is strong support at all levels to improve data linkage and access across the CJS, unlocking valuable insights and enabling better decision-making. Our work is at the forefront of this transformation, making it a dynamic and impactful team to join.
Victims, Journeys and Insights team
The Victims, Journeys and Insights team focuses on better understanding the victims’ data landscape and improving outcomes for victims by linking and analysing the data held on them and using those insights to drive policy and operational changes. The policy area is the subject of high Ministerial and public interest.
The team focuses on the data of victims of rape and sexual violence and domestic abuse. The postholder will lead the discovery and analytical work on domestic abuse victims and support on other areas of analysis as well as exploring potential new innovative data sources to bring into the team. This will involve working with third sector support services as well as internal data providers to source and then analyse available data on victims to produce actionable insights. The VJI team is currently partnering with a third sector sexual violence support service to use and test insights gathered from statistical data analysis and the postholder would lead this experimental analysis. Previous work in the team includes report focusing on the interaction between the police investigation and the support service engagement.
The role is open to:
Existing analysts from all professions (GORS/GSS/GSR/GES) either on level transfer or on promotion.
Other candidates that are not members of GSS, GORS, GSR, GES professions but possess and can demonstrate similar experience at the appropriate level.
Specialist allowance
Due to the role(s) being analytical, those successful in recruitment will be eligible for a specialist allowance following an analytical interview based on the following values:
SEO London: £500
SEO National: £1500
Lead the domestic abuse victims analysis programme to include the review, cleaning, preparing and managing data for analysis, ensuring it is accurate, consistent and fit for purpose.
Lead the delivery of the data sharing agreement with Victim Support charity and rape crisis centres to access external data, ensuring necessary data security steps are taken
Carry out analysis to help teams and stakeholders answer key questions and make data-informed decisions, including following quality assurance standards
Conducting analysis on the datasets available on domestic abuse victims and exploring the possibilities to link these datasets together
Undertake verbal and written reporting on analysis for a range of stakeholders
Work with internal partners to scope the new xCJS linked dataset to understand how it might be used for future analysis for victims services and contribute to use case and research question generation across the wider team
Work as part of a supportive and collaborative data community, sharing learning and feedback.
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!
37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms
Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow
Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates)
25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings’ birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.
Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)
Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.
5 days volunteering paid leave.
Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.
Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.
Essential
Technical: Experience with R/Python and Excel for quantitative analysis, SQL was working with large datasets and GitHub for collaboration
Ability to confidently explore new datasets and use appropriate quantitative analytical methods and tools to draw out insights relevant to stakeholders
Ability to communicate complex analytical findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, tailoring outputs and translating analysis into actionable insights.
Manage time and own workload effectively across multiple projects to deliver a suite of outputs to deadlines
Ability to work collaboratively with the wider team and comfortably lead meetings with a broad variety of stakeholders, both internal and external, and manage those relationships
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.
Candidates must submit a CV as well as a Statement of Suitability of up to 750 words, which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above.
We are recruiting using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your Experience, Technical Skills and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:
Communicating and Influencing
Delivering at Pace
Working Together
For existing analysts from all professions, in addition to the three Civil Service behaviours listed above, you will be assessed on two sets of professional competencies at interview.
For badged and unbadged Civil Service candidates, in addition to the three Civil Service behaviours listed above, you will be assessed on your analytical knowledge, experience, and abilities, as well as the impact of your analytical work.
Professional Competencies
Professional Competency (1) Knowledge & Skills
GSS - Data Analysis.
GORS - Knowledge and application of OR Skills and Techniques.
GES - Analysis of Data.
GSR - Knowledge and application of GSR technical skills
Professional Competency (2) Influence & Impact
GSS - Presenting and disseminating data effectively.
GORS - Achieving impact with analysis.
GES - Effective communication.
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 Competency Framework 2021
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 Competencies
Government Economic Service (GES): Further information can be found within the link below:
GES Professional Standards 2022
A diverse panel will review your application against the Person Specification above.
Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference.
Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.
A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.
Please review our Terms & Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact
datarecruitment@justice.gov.uk
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