About the job

Job summary

This position is based Nationally

Job description

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.

Job Title  Data and Insights Analyst 
Band    Grade SEO
Business Area    MoJ People Function
Team    Data and Insights Hub
Location    National
Contract    18 months, fixed term contract 

People Function

The role of People Function is to support the organisation and its 85,000 people by enabling our colleagues to work to their full potential.
We operate as a cluster of HR services working together to provide expert support, advice and delivery throughout the employee lifecycle. From the time people join the organisation, to the point at which they leave, we strive to make a positive contribution to their work experience. We want everyone who works for the Ministry of Justice to feel confident in their skills, ambitious for the future and fulfilled by their work and relationships with their colleagues

Our aim is to develop a safe space, allowing you to be creative in a challenging and stretching environment which supports you to reach your full potential. As well as delivering against your delivery objectives, you will be encouraged to play an active role in cross-team and wider People Group corporate activities as well as taking time to concentrate on your continuing professional development.  

Our HR and people services cover MoJ HQ, our Arm’s Length Bodies, Prison and Probation Services. 

The Data and Insights Hub Team

The Data and Insights Hub (DIH) Team seeks to improve the way we utilise and leverage people related data and insight as an asset across the MoJ. Our approach is to build a DIH to make data more accessible, of a higher quality and more consistent; enabling MoJ to make more informed decisions and help shape the MoJ ‘workforce of the future’, improving the employee experience and increase effective and productive delivery of service. 
The team is developing and advancing innovative solutions of how MoJ will store, process and analyse people data alongside setting up data-led culture for long term success across People Group priorities.

The Role

The Data and Insights Analyst is a key role and subject matter expert in leading the development and maintenance of analytical products, guidance and insights for the DIH. 

We are looking for a motivated Analyst to work in a challenging and exciting environment within the team. We are looking for candidates with a track record of delivering innovative solutions that have a real impact, whilst working collaboratively with others to ensure the right analytical/statistical solution is delivered in an effective and efficient way. 

You will have the opportunity to further embed an evidence-based approach within the MoJ and influence people and business-related decision making. The role will include ensuring analytical methods transform findings to insightful actions and in doing so help to ensure the delivery of MoJ business objectives and the Civil Service workforce agenda.  
You will join us as an experienced qualitative analyst who brings strong analytical skills and demonstrable experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams in developing innovative approaches to the delivery of insight to support business objectives. You will have excellent networking and engagement skills and have a talent for working in partnership with people. You will lead virtual teams consisting of analysts and HR professionals with other areas such as leadership, employee engagement, employee wellbeing, retention, reward, talent and development; making a pivotal contribution that continuously evolves the breadth of the DIH services. 

A critical component of this role is the active contribution toward the cross-Government Synergy Programme, managing close working relationships with the MoJ’s Data Improvement Programme.  In all of your job holder responsibilities below, you will be expected to leverage the expertise, networks and knowledge of the MoJ data community to think from a cross-government perspective in addition to the local departmental need.

Responsibilities:

Specific responsibilities will be tailored to reflect your strengths and development needs, but you will lead on:
•    Create collaborative relationships with the Data Improvement Programme, ensuring alignment with the data culture, literacy and ethics workstrand. 
•    Liaise with wider People Function stakeholders, data owners, stewards and Synergy stakeholders involved in developing management information, managing data and insights to capture business need and develop products that are integrated into the DIH service requirements. 
•    Maturing the service offering and internal management arrangements of the Data and Insights Hub from its current infancy level to become fully established and integrated into the People function governance model. 
•    Implementing section 3 of the Data and Insights Hub (DIH) Handbook (analytics and insights capability area) and ownership of the implementation roadmap to ensure the development of a set of high value analytical products which will evidence the positive effect of self-service analytics for both producers and consumers of insight.
•    Evaluate any DIH-related risks to product development and enhancements and work with the PIXI team, relevant heads of services, data leads and data owners. 
•    The effective collaboration with analytical colleagues across organisational lines of responsibility, bridging the gap between analysis and insights on DIH products and customer engagement, finding effective ways to explain and visualise findings with context to drive action and deliver business outcomes.
•    Establishing coherent ways of working and clear lines of responsibility with the People Analytics Team for the development of new, and enhance existing, DIH products, dashboards and reports by conducting statistical analysis on bespoke questions to provide deeper understanding from experiences across the employee lifecycle; including the coaching of support analysts.
•    Driving up knowledge and building capability in the team and across the People Function by role modelling the use of a range of analytical methods and techniques to enhance the maturity of the analytical findings produced. 
•    Building the confidence and capability of HR, business and other users to draw value from analytical outputs, including a key player in implementing the people analytics career pathway and community of practice
We’re looking for a highly motivated person who meets the essential criteria:
•    A first or second class degree in mathematics, statistics, behavioural science or another relevant STEM discipline; or equivalent experience. 
•    Strong analysis skills, including the ability to derive insight from multiple data sources, use of data to support debate, and problem solve complex challenges. 
•    Knowledge of statistical analysis techniques and an aptitude for interpreting and disseminating analytical findings. 
•    Experience of coding in at least one statistical/mathematical programme (R is preferred). 
•    Strong data visualisation skills combined with experience of communicating insights with a range of different stakeholders to influence people and decision making and drive positive action. 
•    An adaptable team player, with experience of working collaboratively and confidently with others yet is comfortable using initiative when working alone. 

Desirable skills:

•    Experience of working within a People related or HR environment with knowledge of the employee lifecycle and nuances across people behaviour, characteristics and traits. 
•    Experience of R programming. 
•    Experience of using innovative platforms for data visualisation including R Shiny, Power BI and/or Tableau. 
•    Experience of adopting data science techniques to drive insight and decision making.
•    Experience of conducting statistical analysis on people related data to deliver insights. 
•    A willingness to work towards achieving professional badging within one of the Government analytical disciplines. 

We may consider any evidence within the application form that demonstrates meeting the desirable criteria as set out in the job description. This will only be after essential criteria is scored and where there is a need to differentiate between closely scored candidates.

Civil Service Recruitment Process

You will be assessed against the Civil service success profiles framework  and the assessment process will be made up of two parts:

Sift stage:

Please provide examples of how you meet the below behaviours:
•    Changing and Improving (lead behaviour)
•    Communicating and Influencing
•    Making Effective Decisions
CV - You will be asked to provide details of your relevant work experience and education. Ensure that you remove all personally identifiable information. 
Statement of Suitability - You will also be asked to provide a Statement of Suitability (maximum 500 words), in which you should explain why you are the right candidate for the role based on the essential criteria set out above. You may wish to provide 1 or 2 examples that cover off multiple requirements, or to address each in turn.
Should we receive a large number of applications, we will sift primarily on the lead behaviour of Changing and Improving. 

Interview stage:

Interviews will be held virtually via MS Teams.

If you successfully reach the interview stage, we will assess you against the following: 
Behaviours - You will be assessed against the following behaviours:
•    Changing and Improving (lead behaviour)
•    Communicating and Influencing
•    Making Effective Decisions
Technical - You will be asked to provide examples of analytical evidence during the interview. This will include evidence that you can:
•    Apply quantitative analytical / data science methods effectively to drive insights that influence decision making, add value and has had impact.
•    Identify, gather and bring a range of often large data sets together, identifying and resolving quality issues. 
•    Apply appropriate statistical techniques using programmes such as R or Python. 
•    Produce robust and reproducible analysis, including using quality assurance and automated testing. 
•    Present findings and insights persuasively so customers engage and understand the evidence and use it to influence decisions. 
•    Develop your own technical capability and the capability of others. 
•    Anticipate potential further uses of data wider than solving an initial problem. 
You will also deliver a ten-minute presentation (details of this will be sent to candidates invited to interview).

Strengths will also be assessed.

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £39,868, Ministry of Justice contributes £10,804 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.