Group Safety Analyst

at  Ministry of Justice

Salary
The national salary range is £33,104 - £34,694, London salary range is £36,001 - £39,310. Your salary will be dependent on your base location
Number of jobs available
2
Detail of reserve list
12 Months
Region
National
City/Town
National
Building/Site

HEO

Organisation Grade for HMPPS
Band 5
Post Type
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full Time
Role Type
Analytical
Will the successful applicant have line manager responsibilities?
No
Job description

SUMMARY

The post holder will be responsible for providing strategic and tactical safer custody intelligence analysis and for supporting the operational safety of the Group.
The job holder will support the development of reporting data sets by providing analytical support for management information and statistics in relation to safety within PSP groups. They will develop and maintain data analysis tools to manage, summarise and present data in an understandable and usable format to internal and external stakeholders. They will ensure that this information is used by the Senior Management Team to influence decision making relating to safer custody and violence reduction.
The role will apply specialist analytical techniques to the maintenance and development of management information and statistics. There will be a requirement to produce high quality statistical analysis, both on a regular and an ad hoc basis.

EXPERIENCE

The job holder should have knowledge of:

• The National Statistics protocols and procedures and understanding the implications of the 2007 National Statistics Acts.
• Analysing complex information using a range of statistical techniques.
• Have a good grasp of intelligence and data analytical techniques, research skills, information handling requirements.
• Developing systems to ensure data and analysis meet an appropriate level of quality assurance.
• An understanding of a range of statistical packages, for example: SAS, Excel, Access.

Excellent knowledge of a wide range of quantitative and qualitative analytical skills including:

• Descriptive statistics and data presentation
• Statistical forecasting
• Simulation modelling
• Regression
• Time series analysis

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

• Provide accurate and in-depth data analysis to support decision making by the prison group director in relation to the prison group establishments in cooperating data links within safety including group security information including substance misuse, external data in relation to knife crimes, gang related violence etc.
• Provide support and guidance to establishment based Safer Custody Analysts with regards to the thematic area through briefings, building informal and formal relationships and effective communication. Will support Safer Custody Analyst to identify reasons and causes of violence and self-harm incidents and ensure information is documented, explored and utilised.
• Will play a critical role in developing the safer custody intelligence picture on a range of threats impacting on each establishment and the Group as a whole, drawing on existing safer custody intelligence products as well as developing their own analysis. The job holder will contribute towards the development of establishment policy, procedures and practice and ensure consistency of application.
• Will develop and maintain data analysis tools for use within the prison group team. Responsible for monitoring and responding to all data requests into the prison group within specified timescales.
• Responsible for designing, operating and updating a range of reporting systems and databases, collating and supplying data for routine and ad hoc management reports safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and availability of official data.
• Develop and evaluate information and intelligence gathered by the establishment based Safer Custody Analysts to ensure effective use of data and resources and provide a level of assurance to the Governor and the Prison Group Director.
• Regularly attend establishment safer custody meetings and contribute to information sharing providing advice and support to the committee.
• Responsible for the production of complex strategic reports including in- depth research and statistical analysis, the drafting of narrative and graphical representations in relation to management information.
• Regularly provide the Prison Group Director with a full overview of safer custody intelligence analysis to support the Group assurance process. Will undertake assurance process of local quality checks of ACCT documents, VR paperwork, safer custody documentation etc.
• Produce reports and provide ad hoc contributions and briefing for Prison Group Director and Group Safety Lead.
• Supporting non-analytical colleagues in use and interpretation of data.
• Deliver coaching and training around safer custody themes and issues within establishments.

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.