About the job

Job summary

Are you an expert in developing high quality management information systems or providing analytical modelling/insight? If so, HM Land Registry (HMLR) have a fantastic opportunity to join the Finance and Business Services (FaBS) Directorate as a Senior Executive Analyst.

In this role you will use your expertise to help deliver a strong analytical and modelling function to champion the use of data to drive continuous improvement across HMLR. By working effectively with the G7 Team Lead and leadership at all levels of the organisation, you will act as a sub-team lead in developing management information systems and providing high quality analytical/modelling insight to support delivery for a specific sub area or small directorate of the organisation (such as HR, continuous improvement or transformation benefits) in order to aid senior decision-making that will drive continuous improvement and behavioural change.

Job description

Supported by a highly engaged senior team, in both roles you will use your expertise to provide analytical insight for your sub area. This will done by developing high quality management information systems, or through statistical analysis and modelling.

You will build on existing work in the analytical space. You will make full use of existing data and develop new data flows to provide high quality analytical/modelling insight, champion analytical best practice by utilising different analytical/modelling techniques and helping establish a strong QA culture, and utilise your understanding of different data structures and relevant programming skills to interact effectively with the MI database.

Acting as the senior analyst for complex analytical/modelling relating to a specific area, you will provide high quality insight to a variety of stakeholders, ensure projects are well managed and fully documented; prioritising urgent tasks appropriately whilst managing stakeholder expectations, and communicate analysis and its context with impact to different (often non-analytical) audiences.

You will also be responsible for leading and developing your highly skilled analytical sub-team, ensuring growth with demand and that they have the right skills and tools to deliver high quality analytical/modelling insight. You will prioritise high profile work tasks that will get the best value for your sub-team and support other sub-teams with their workload.

For more information, please see the Vacancy Description in the attached Candidate Pack.

Person specification

To be successful in this role you must have relevant skills, knowledge and application of Operational Research (OR) techniques and/or relevant qualifications to allow ‘badging’ to join GORS (Government Operational Research Service) in an analytical profession. You will have experience of developing and presenting analytical/modelling insights with impact to support operational, strategic or policy decisions.

There are two roles available. To be successful, you will either have:

• an understanding of database storage/extraction/processing routines and sound technical skills in developing innovative and complex MI visualisation, or
• experience of statistical analysis or modelling.

You will have proven experience of analytical quality assurance under time and resource pressure and be able to prioritise work and manage projects effectively against a changing strategic background with limited resources, while managing stakeholder expectations.

You will also have experience of line management and/or developing others to increase skills and team flexibility.

Where an individual taking up the responsibility will be based in Swansea Office, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £41,887, HM Land Registry contributes £11,309 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, Experience and Technical skills.

To apply, you will need to enter your qualifications and career history and complete the Technical skills and Personal Statement sections within the online application form before 11:55pm on Monday 26th February 2024.

Within the Technical skills section, please detail (in up to 250 words) how you meet the essential Technical skills criteria for the role.

Within the Personal Statement section please demonstrate (in up to 500 words) how you meet the essential Experience criteria for the role.

Please note, the essential Technical skills and Experience criteria referred to above are listed in the Vacancy Description within the attached Candidate Pack.

The sift will be completed shortly after the closing date.

In the event of a high number of applications for this vacancy, a pre-sift will be carried out on the Technical skills criteria.

The final stage will consist of a GORS (Government Operational Research Service) specific assessment, being an analytical exercise and presentation of your findings, and a blended interview which will test the Technical skills and Behaviours listed in the Vacancy Description within the attached Candidate Pack. This will be conducted as a video interview using MS Teams during week commencing 11th March 2024.

Candidates may refer to notes within their video interview, but they should be used as a prompt only.

Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ – once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications – this is 11:55pm on the advertised date.

HM Land Registry is accredited to the Disability Confident Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview.

If you require the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else you would like the panel to take into consideration, you are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.

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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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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.