7879 - Senior Analyst (3 roles) Data First, Data Directorate, Ministry of Justice
| Posting date: | 16 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £41,463 to £52,040 per year |
| Additional salary information: | The national salary range is £41,463 - £45,276 London salary range is £47,657 - £52,040 Your salary will be dependent on your base location Data & Analysis Special Allowance SEO London: £500 SEO National: £1500 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 August 2025 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7879 |
Summary
Senior Analyst (3 roles) Data First, Data Directorate, Ministry of Justice
Location: National
Interviews: Interview to take place week commencing 8th September 2025
Grade: SEO
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary: The national salary range is £41,463 - £45,276, London salary range is £47,657 - £52,040. Your salary will be dependent on your base location
Working pattern: Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, 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
The Role
We’re recruiting for a Senior Analyst here at the Ministry of Justice, to be part of our warm and collaborative Data First: Research, Academic Engagement and Communications team.
Overview of role
Data First is MoJ’s pioneering data-linking, academic engagement and research programme which is unlocking the potential of administrative data collected across the justice system and beyond. The programme represents ADR UK’s (Administrative Data Research UK) most substantial investment across Whitehall.
Since 2019, the Data First team have linked data from across the criminal, civil and family justice systems (including the courts, prisons and probation services) to build a holistic and comprehensive picture of our users and their outcomes across the system. It is enabling new opportunities for analysis that have not been possible before, providing powerful new insights to understand what works, shape policymaking and improve outcomes.
ADR UK is an investment by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) which aims to facilitate the linking of data held by different parts of government and enable safe and secure access for accredited researchers, enabling more nuanced and insightful research to informing public policy.
Overall, the aims of Data First are to:
· Improve administrative data flows, creating a robust data-linking pipeline through the justice system
· Accelerate data-sharing and linking with other government departments
· Enhance analytical insights to inform policy and operational decisions
· Strengthen evidence against MoJ research priorities by facilitating academic access to deidentified datasets in a secure and ethical way
Data First is delivered by a multi-disciplinary team (comprising social researchers, statisticians, data scientists and data engineers) across Data and Analysis.
Roles are open to:
1. Existing analysts from all professions (GORS/GSS/GSR/GES) either on level transfer or on promotion. We hope to be able to offer a badging exercise during the interview and will confirm this at the point of being invited for interview.
2. Other candidates that are not members of GSS, GORS, GSR, GES professions but possess and can demonstrate similar experience at the appropriate level. Badging opportunities will be available once in post for those who wish to apply.
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:
Key Responsibilities:
This is an exciting role with the opportunity to shape the direction and impact of a successful, high-profile and innovative programme of work. You will:
· Carry out novel analysis of linked administrative data on the Analytical Platform in R, Python or SQL; exploring data quality and structure; producing descriptive statistics and analysing user pathways through the justice system.
· Work with our embedded Academic Lead and HEO & SEO analysts to shape and deliver social research publications and statistical outputs for publication on GOV.UK.
· Collaborate with teams across Data and Analysis, and external stakeholders, to understand the data landscape and assess what administrative data should be shared for access by external researchers; including new outputs based on OASys, Civil Legal Aid and Tribunals datasets.
· Work alongside our embedded Academic Lead and our funder ADR UK, to oversee our rolling Research Fellowship programme, ensuring Fellowship projects are based on MoJ priorities and findings are disseminated appropriately to maximise policy impact.
· Support activities to build the UK research community’s skills and capability to work with linked administrative data, including developing resources and training for researchers using justice datasets.
· Find innovative ways of collaborating with academic researchers to identify and address priority evidence gaps in line with MoJ’s Areas of Research Interest (2020).
· Oversee external research applications to use our data; developing and streamlining existing application and approval processes.
· Promote and champion Data First at academic conferences and stakeholder events.
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!
Location: National
Interviews: Interview to take place week commencing 8th September 2025
Grade: SEO
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary: The national salary range is £41,463 - £45,276, London salary range is £47,657 - £52,040. Your salary will be dependent on your base location
Working pattern: Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, 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
The Role
We’re recruiting for a Senior Analyst here at the Ministry of Justice, to be part of our warm and collaborative Data First: Research, Academic Engagement and Communications team.
Overview of role
Data First is MoJ’s pioneering data-linking, academic engagement and research programme which is unlocking the potential of administrative data collected across the justice system and beyond. The programme represents ADR UK’s (Administrative Data Research UK) most substantial investment across Whitehall.
Since 2019, the Data First team have linked data from across the criminal, civil and family justice systems (including the courts, prisons and probation services) to build a holistic and comprehensive picture of our users and their outcomes across the system. It is enabling new opportunities for analysis that have not been possible before, providing powerful new insights to understand what works, shape policymaking and improve outcomes.
ADR UK is an investment by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) which aims to facilitate the linking of data held by different parts of government and enable safe and secure access for accredited researchers, enabling more nuanced and insightful research to informing public policy.
Overall, the aims of Data First are to:
· Improve administrative data flows, creating a robust data-linking pipeline through the justice system
· Accelerate data-sharing and linking with other government departments
· Enhance analytical insights to inform policy and operational decisions
· Strengthen evidence against MoJ research priorities by facilitating academic access to deidentified datasets in a secure and ethical way
Data First is delivered by a multi-disciplinary team (comprising social researchers, statisticians, data scientists and data engineers) across Data and Analysis.
Roles are open to:
1. Existing analysts from all professions (GORS/GSS/GSR/GES) either on level transfer or on promotion. We hope to be able to offer a badging exercise during the interview and will confirm this at the point of being invited for interview.
2. Other candidates that are not members of GSS, GORS, GSR, GES professions but possess and can demonstrate similar experience at the appropriate level. Badging opportunities will be available once in post for those who wish to apply.
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:
Key Responsibilities:
This is an exciting role with the opportunity to shape the direction and impact of a successful, high-profile and innovative programme of work. You will:
· Carry out novel analysis of linked administrative data on the Analytical Platform in R, Python or SQL; exploring data quality and structure; producing descriptive statistics and analysing user pathways through the justice system.
· Work with our embedded Academic Lead and HEO & SEO analysts to shape and deliver social research publications and statistical outputs for publication on GOV.UK.
· Collaborate with teams across Data and Analysis, and external stakeholders, to understand the data landscape and assess what administrative data should be shared for access by external researchers; including new outputs based on OASys, Civil Legal Aid and Tribunals datasets.
· Work alongside our embedded Academic Lead and our funder ADR UK, to oversee our rolling Research Fellowship programme, ensuring Fellowship projects are based on MoJ priorities and findings are disseminated appropriately to maximise policy impact.
· Support activities to build the UK research community’s skills and capability to work with linked administrative data, including developing resources and training for researchers using justice datasets.
· Find innovative ways of collaborating with academic researchers to identify and address priority evidence gaps in line with MoJ’s Areas of Research Interest (2020).
· Oversee external research applications to use our data; developing and streamlining existing application and approval processes.
· Promote and champion Data First at academic conferences and stakeholder events.
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!