About the job

Job summary

The Data and Analysis Directorate plays a key role in ensuring that the decisions taken in the MoJ – by Ministers, Operational and Policy Leaders and those on the front-line - are informed by first-class evidence, analysis and use of data.

The reducing reoffending analysis team own the analytical relationship on reoffending issues with policy and operational partners, including Youth Justice and Offender Policy, Prison Policy and HMPPS.  They provide critical input to policy development and delivery by applying robust evidence, delivering impactful insight and taking opportunities to innovate.

This is a pivotal role in our ability to deliver the government’s ambition to reduce reoffending – one the three priority outcomes from the MoJ.

This position can be based at any of the following Locations:

10 SOUTH COLONNADE LONDON, E14 4PU, 102 PETTY FRANCE (MOJ) LONDON, SW1H 9AJ, 5 WELLINGTON PLACE LEEDS, LS1 4AP, CARDIFF CHURCHILL HOUSE CARDIFF, CF10 2HH, CLIVE HOUSE LONDON, SW1H 9EX, NEWPORT AIT, COLUMBUS HOUSE NEWPORT, NP18 2LX, NPS WREXHAM TECHNOLOGY PARK WREXHAM, LL13 7YX, WREXHAM MAGISTRATES WREXHAM, LL12 7BP

Job description

For full details about the Role, Key Responsibilities and Person Specification, please download and review the Candidate Information pack

Person specification

As Head of Reducing Reoffending Analysis, you will:

• Play a pivotal role across the department in delivering the cross- government priority to reduce crime through reducing reoffending.
• Lead a large multi-disciplinary analytical team to increase understanding of a complex area and deliver impactful analysis which shapes the department’s delivery of its priority outcome to reduce reoffending – including through prison education, offender health, youth justice, accommodation and employment.
• Work closely with Ministers and senior policy and operational colleagues to shape the formulation of new policy interventions and improve operational delivery in an objective and evidence-based manner – using analysis to make informed decision-making and produce better outcomes.
• Work hand in hand with senior policy and operational stakeholders within MoJ and across government to ensure that the work of the team is aligned with both short and longer-term priorities.
• Lead and inspire a multi-disciplinary team of 60 people, ensuring that the team is engaged and building the evidence to inform and impact, with a strong emphasis on building on our collaborative and inclusive culture.
• Provide leadership, professional oversight and line management to the team, ensuring analytical standards are high, strengthening the capacity and skills of staff and driving innovation in our use of data and analysis to support this key departmental priority.

Alongside the rest of the Data & Analysis leadership team take collective ownership of leading the data and analytical community and playing an active part in the senior team to develop a strong, diverse and inclusive community. 

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

Additional Information  Please view our candidate information pack for full details about the role, key responsibilities person specification, and the criteria you will be assessed against throughout the recruitment process. If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, and feel that you meet the criteria, we would welcome your application.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £75,000, Ministry of Justice contributes £20,925 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.For full details about the Role, Key Responsibilities and Person Specification, please download and review the Candidate Information pack

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

Security

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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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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). 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. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.