8550 - Head of Analytics Engineering
| Posting date: | 04 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £68,967 to £83,585 per year |
| Additional salary information: | The national salary range is £68,967 - £78,842, London salary range is £73,115 - £83,585. Your salary will be dependent on your base location |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 August 2025 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 8550 |
Summary
Head of Analytics Engineering
Location: National*
Closing Date: 17/8/25
Interviews: w/c 1st September 2025
Grade: G6
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary:
National: £68,967 – £88,900 (inclusive of a potential allowance of up to £19,993)
London: £73,115 – £93,025 (inclusive of a potential allowance of up to £19,910)
Working pattern: full-time, part-time, flexible working, job share
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 – Head of Analytics Engineering
Help transform the justice system through data
We’re recruiting for a Head of Analytics Engineering here at the Ministry of Justice, to be part of our integrated and collaborative Data & Analytics Engineering Hub.
We’re looking for a strategic and hands-on leader to scale a new profession – Analytics Engineering – and help turn raw data into real-world improvements in prisons, courts, probation and more. As the Head of Analytics Engineering you will work in harmony with Head of Data Engineering across multiple portfolios, delivering analytical datasets and self-service tools and making it available on our Analytical Platform.
Over the past 18 months, we’ve grown our Analytics Engineering team from a small pilot to over 40 people, including apprentices. We pioneered the profession across government. We are now looking for our first permanent Head of Analytics Engineering to take it further, ensuring that we can continue to scale sustainably.
You’ll lead a team of talented Analytics Engineers, work closely with Data Engineers, Analysts and Data Scientists, and shape the future of how we build, govern, and use analytical datasets at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). A summary of the type of work the teams are involved in can be found in our handbook.
This role aligns against Head of Analytics Engineering from the Government Digital and Data Framework
What you’ll do
Lead the profession and team:
Set the vision and strategy for analytics engineering at MoJ.
Manage and develop a team of Lead Analytics Engineers and shape the wider profession.
Champion a diverse, inclusive, high-performance culture.
Support progression and technical development across the profession, through mentoring, coaching and clear pathways.
Set technical direction:
Lead the design of clean, well-modelled datasets across our analytical platform.
Define and embed best practice on data modelling, quality, testing and governance.
Stay close to tools and methods – and bring fresh thinking from industry and government.
Deliver across the justice system:
Oversee delivery of analytics engineering work across domains such as prisons, probation, courts, and corporate services.
Support major cross-cutting data products – for example, enabling linked models across courts, prison, and probation.
Work alongside Heads of Data Engineering and engage with analysts, researchers, and digital teams to meet user needs.
Build a Centre of Excellence:
Establish a community of practice and drive continuous improvement.
Lead training, peer learning, and development pathways to grow skills across the profession.
Promote the profession across government and build relationships with industry to share ideas, raise standards and stay ahead of the curve.
Business partnering and stakeholder engagement:
· Act as a business partner to senior leaders across data, analysis, and digital teams.
· Create a collaborative environment where analytics engineering is viewed as a strategic enabler of decision-making and service improvement.
Benefits
● 37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
● A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms
● Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow
● Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates)
● 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings’ birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
● Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
● Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.
● Nurturing professional and interpersonal networks including those for Carers & Childcare, Gender Equality, PROUD and SPIRIT
● Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)
● Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.
● 5 days volunteering paid leave.
● Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.
Who we’re looking for?
We’re after someone who can bring leadership, clarity, and technical depth – and who’s excited by the opportunity to shape a new profession. You should have:
Location: National*
Closing Date: 17/8/25
Interviews: w/c 1st September 2025
Grade: G6
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary:
National: £68,967 – £88,900 (inclusive of a potential allowance of up to £19,993)
London: £73,115 – £93,025 (inclusive of a potential allowance of up to £19,910)
Working pattern: full-time, part-time, flexible working, job share
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 – Head of Analytics Engineering
Help transform the justice system through data
We’re recruiting for a Head of Analytics Engineering here at the Ministry of Justice, to be part of our integrated and collaborative Data & Analytics Engineering Hub.
We’re looking for a strategic and hands-on leader to scale a new profession – Analytics Engineering – and help turn raw data into real-world improvements in prisons, courts, probation and more. As the Head of Analytics Engineering you will work in harmony with Head of Data Engineering across multiple portfolios, delivering analytical datasets and self-service tools and making it available on our Analytical Platform.
Over the past 18 months, we’ve grown our Analytics Engineering team from a small pilot to over 40 people, including apprentices. We pioneered the profession across government. We are now looking for our first permanent Head of Analytics Engineering to take it further, ensuring that we can continue to scale sustainably.
You’ll lead a team of talented Analytics Engineers, work closely with Data Engineers, Analysts and Data Scientists, and shape the future of how we build, govern, and use analytical datasets at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). A summary of the type of work the teams are involved in can be found in our handbook.
This role aligns against Head of Analytics Engineering from the Government Digital and Data Framework
What you’ll do
Lead the profession and team:
Set the vision and strategy for analytics engineering at MoJ.
Manage and develop a team of Lead Analytics Engineers and shape the wider profession.
Champion a diverse, inclusive, high-performance culture.
Support progression and technical development across the profession, through mentoring, coaching and clear pathways.
Set technical direction:
Lead the design of clean, well-modelled datasets across our analytical platform.
Define and embed best practice on data modelling, quality, testing and governance.
Stay close to tools and methods – and bring fresh thinking from industry and government.
Deliver across the justice system:
Oversee delivery of analytics engineering work across domains such as prisons, probation, courts, and corporate services.
Support major cross-cutting data products – for example, enabling linked models across courts, prison, and probation.
Work alongside Heads of Data Engineering and engage with analysts, researchers, and digital teams to meet user needs.
Build a Centre of Excellence:
Establish a community of practice and drive continuous improvement.
Lead training, peer learning, and development pathways to grow skills across the profession.
Promote the profession across government and build relationships with industry to share ideas, raise standards and stay ahead of the curve.
Business partnering and stakeholder engagement:
· Act as a business partner to senior leaders across data, analysis, and digital teams.
· Create a collaborative environment where analytics engineering is viewed as a strategic enabler of decision-making and service improvement.
Benefits
● 37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
● A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms
● Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow
● Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates)
● 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings’ birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
● Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
● Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.
● Nurturing professional and interpersonal networks including those for Carers & Childcare, Gender Equality, PROUD and SPIRIT
● Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)
● Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.
● 5 days volunteering paid leave.
● Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.
Who we’re looking for?
We’re after someone who can bring leadership, clarity, and technical depth – and who’s excited by the opportunity to shape a new profession. You should have: