Assurance Analyst (4 roles available), Analysis Directorate, Ministry of Justice

at  Ministry of Justice

Salary
The national salary range is £54,358 - £61,585, London salary range is £58,847 - £66,670. Your salary will be dependent on your base location
Number of jobs available
4
Detail of reserve list
12 Months
Region
National
City/Town
National
Building/Site

NATIONAL

Grade
Grade 7
Organisation Grade for MoJ
Grade 7
Post Type
Loan , Permanent
Duration of appointment
up to 12 months
Working Pattern
Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working
Role Type
Analytical, Economics, Economist, Operational Research, Social Research, Statistics
Will the successful applicant have line manager responsibilities?
Yes
Job description
Do you have the passion, values, and ability to help us solve the biggest problems of the justice system?
Grade 7 Assurance Analyst, Analysis Directorate Ministry of Justice

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY:

Candidates must be able to show the relevant experience and skills and must meet the criteria for entry:

Grade 7 – must meet all of the following:

• You have significant work experience (usually a minimum of four years) evidencing use of data and/or analytical skills. Time spent on an analytical PhD can count towards this.
• You have significant experience of managing projects
• You have experience of leading or managing a team

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 October 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.

3.WHAT YOU’LL DO

The Analysis Assurance Area is a new area aimed at investigating opportunities to refine and improve our analytical products. The area won’t be responsible for analytical quality assurance, this will still be the responsibility of the team conducting the analysis. The Analysis Assurance area will understand best practise and approaches to analysis within and external to the department to develop a framework for analytical review and improvement. It will also look at analysis and outputs to consider the data used, the analytical approach, the assumptions made, the uncertainty in the estimates and identify opportunities for increased precision.

There are up to 4 Grade 7 roles available and they will be focussed on:

• Leading your team to deliver business-critical reviews, understanding and accounting for the complex systems the analysis is representing, working with analytical teams to improve what they are delivering and communicating your work to senior leaders.

And/Or

• Leading your team to determine how we review analysis and improve our analytical outputs: do we have the right framework in place, what governance do we need, are analytical teams communicating their work in a way that it is clearly understood by customers, etc.

And/Or

• Identifying fundamental gaps in our understanding that we can help to fill – e.g. through curation of new or improved datasets.

The work will encompass a breadth of criminal justice topics – e.g. how policies could affect frontline resourcing, complex justice system volume forecasts, or options to manage prison and court capacity pressures.
You will be responsible for line managing your team and conducting parallel reviews of the department’s key analytical products – assisting with improvement of those products throughout their lifecycle. This will involve learning from best practise both within and outside the department and contributing to the development of a framework we can use to base our reviews and governance on.
You will work across the department and understand who and what analysis and data can be leveraged to improve analytical outputs and how best to use them, and what cross-cutting improvements the assurance team can produce where there are gaps.
You will understand the products your team are reviewing sufficiently well that you can confidently identify and implement improvements and reduce limitations. You will work with varied customers and stakeholders to ensure the outputs are being communicated in a meaningful and accurate manner, to deliver impact on decision-making.
If you are successful in this recruitment, we will do our best to match your preferences regarding the nature of the role

Roles are open to:

• Existing analysts from all professions (GORS/GSS/GSR/GES) either on level transfer or on promotion.
• 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