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4032 - Data Warden, Prison Data Assurance Team, Ministry of Justice
| Posting date: | 18 March 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £34,140 to £42,019 per year |
| Additional salary information: | The national salary range is £34,140 - £37,105. London salary range is £38,661- £42,019. Your salary will be dependent on your base location |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 April 2025 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4032 |
Summary
Do you have the passion, values, and ability to help us solve the biggest problems of the justice system?
Data Warden, Prison Data Assurance Team, Ministry of Justice
Overview
We have 1 role in the Prison Data Assurance team, within the Analysis Directorate.
Roles are open to:
Existing Civil Servants at HEO (or equivalent) and to other eligible Civil Service staff on promotion. Additionally, individuals outside of the Civil Service may apply as external candidates.
Minimum requirements to apply:
Candidates must be able to show the relevant experience and skills and must meet the criteria for entry.
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 May 2024 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.
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 650 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.
What you’ll do
As a Data Warden within Prison Data Assurance (PDA) you will be responsible for supporting assurance activity of prison data to enable better outcomes to the business.
Our team’s assurance activities support the wider MoJ and HMPPS in making key decisions based on the best available data. We support improvement to data presented in multiple platforms including HMPPS Performance Hub. Our work contributes to key publications by ensuring data is as accurate as possible. We support new data requests, engaging with policy stakeholders and digital developers to ensure we are capturing the data for the right reasons and that this is presented appropriately and in an easy-to-understand format.
You will be responsible for the following key activities:
• Making sure data is available to users: Commonly via the HMPPS Performance Hub.
• Data Accuracy: ensuring data is quality assured to enable colleagues to have accurate information for reporting to ministers and stakeholders.
• Project work: Manage multiple pieces of work relating to prison data
• Maintain and update guidance: Ensuring technical notes and guidance are kept up to date, enabling end users are to record data more accurately.
• Presentations and upskilling: Provide support to frontline staff and other stakeholders on data understanding through presentations and other delivery methods.
• Providing user support: As customers raise queries about the data.
Data Warden, Prison Data Assurance Team, Ministry of Justice
Overview
We have 1 role in the Prison Data Assurance team, within the Analysis Directorate.
Roles are open to:
Existing Civil Servants at HEO (or equivalent) and to other eligible Civil Service staff on promotion. Additionally, individuals outside of the Civil Service may apply as external candidates.
Minimum requirements to apply:
Candidates must be able to show the relevant experience and skills and must meet the criteria for entry.
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 May 2024 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.
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 650 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.
What you’ll do
As a Data Warden within Prison Data Assurance (PDA) you will be responsible for supporting assurance activity of prison data to enable better outcomes to the business.
Our team’s assurance activities support the wider MoJ and HMPPS in making key decisions based on the best available data. We support improvement to data presented in multiple platforms including HMPPS Performance Hub. Our work contributes to key publications by ensuring data is as accurate as possible. We support new data requests, engaging with policy stakeholders and digital developers to ensure we are capturing the data for the right reasons and that this is presented appropriately and in an easy-to-understand format.
You will be responsible for the following key activities:
• Making sure data is available to users: Commonly via the HMPPS Performance Hub.
• Data Accuracy: ensuring data is quality assured to enable colleagues to have accurate information for reporting to ministers and stakeholders.
• Project work: Manage multiple pieces of work relating to prison data
• Maintain and update guidance: Ensuring technical notes and guidance are kept up to date, enabling end users are to record data more accurately.
• Presentations and upskilling: Provide support to frontline staff and other stakeholders on data understanding through presentations and other delivery methods.
• Providing user support: As customers raise queries about the data.