Family Justice Performance Analyst (SEO)

Ministry of Justice; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 50.000 - 54.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexible working arrangements

Training opportunities

Pension scheme

Annual leave

Support networks

Zusammenfassung

Ministry of Justice in the UK is seeking an experienced quantitative analyst to lead data-driven insights across the Civil, Family, Tribunals and Administrative Justice Directorate. You will work with R, SQL and Power BI to deliver reproducible analyses for ministers and senior stakeholders.

You will monitor Child-Focused Court performance, maintain dashboards, and collaborate with policy, operational partners and other agencies.

Qualifikationen

• Experienced quantitative analyst with strong technical skills in R and SQL.
• Ability to produce robust, reproducible analyses for senior audiences.
• Experience creating dashboards and visualisations using Power BI.
• Proficient in documenting work with R Markdown and ggplot2.
• Collaborative, proactive problem solver with effective stakeholder engagement.

Aufgaben

• Process, analyse and quality-assure family justice performance data to provide insights.
• Lead monitoring and evaluation of Child-Focused Court areas and measures.
• Maintain and develop the Family Justice Performance Dashboard with monthly production.
• Produce regular and ad-hoc analysis for Ministers and governance boards.
• Collaborate across MoJ, HMCTS, Cafcass and other partners with robust QA practices.

Kenntnisse

R

SQL

Power BI

R Markdown

ggplot2

Git / GitHub

Tools

Git

GitHub

Jobbeschreibung

You have significant work experience evidencing use of data and/or analytical skills. Time spent on an analytical PhD can count towards this. 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 mid-September 2026 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.

1. About the Civil, Family, Tribunals and Administration of Justice Directorate

The Civil, Family, Tribunals and Administration of Justice Directorate sits at the heart of the Department's policy agenda. It is responsible for the cross-partner family and civil justice and tribunals systems as well as the administration of justice and irregular migration. We are areas of high ministerial interest and work closely with ministers and across-government to make sure that the government continues to deliver vital public services. Family Justice Analysis is a multi-disciplinary team of social researchers, economists, operational researchers and statisticians. As part of the analytical restructure the team is embedded in Civil, Family, Tribunals and Administrative Justice Directorate (CFTAJ). We lead the Department's analysis across the family justice system. It is a varied, fast-paced and rewarding area to work in, with much of our work supporting Departmental and Ministerial priorities. Our work spans children in care proceedings (public law), private law children cases, domestic abuse, family court reform and system performance, providing the evidence needed to inform policy and operational decisions across government. We work with colleagues across policy, analysis, data and other government departments including the Department for Education (DfE), Cafcass Cymru and Cafcass England to deliver impactful analysis to decision-makers.

1. Why work in the Civil, Family, Tribunals and Administration of Justice Directorate

The directorate is friendly, inclusive and supportive and has adopted flexible working practices designed to ensure personal wellbeing and a genuine work/life balance.

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).
• Analysts embedded in policy sit 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.

2. What you'll do

This role will provide quantitative analytical leadership and support, using data from across the family justice system to understand performance, identify emerging issues and generate actionable insights. The team is responsible for owning, producing and presenting several regular performance and analytical packs for Ministers, senior system leaders and governance boards. The postholder will help lead the production of high-quality analysis, ensuring that key findings are clearly communicated and supported by appropriate narrative, visualisation and interpretation. They will also provide responsive, ad-hoc analytical support for ministerial advice, briefings and emerging policy or operational priorities.

A key area of responsibility will be leading the analytical monitoring and evaluation of Child-Focused Court areas. This will involve working with policy, operational and external partners to develop appropriate measures, assess implementation and impact, identify variation between areas and ensure findings are communicated effectively to senior stakeholders.

The postholder may present analysis at relevant boards, working groups and stakeholder forums, and will support a strong relationship across the Ministry of Justice and stakeholders.

The team also owns the Family Justice Performance Dashboard, with back-end data processing developed in R and the front-end built-in Power BI. The postholder will help lead the regular monthly production and quality assurance of the dashboard, oversee the development of new functionality and ensure that bugs and data issues are resolved promptly.

The job holder will be required to undertake the following duties and responsibilities:

• Process, quality-assure and analyse family justice performance data to provide insights into demand trends, regional disparities and emerging issues, supporting policy and operational decision-making.
• Lead monitoring and evaluation of Child-Focused Court areas, working with partners to develop measures and assess implementation and impact.
• Maintain and develop the Family Justice Performance Dashboard, including monthly production, user access, quality assurance and development of new functionality.
• Support Grade 7 to produce regular and ad-hoc analysis for Ministers, senior leaders, governance boards and other stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively across MoJ, HMCTS, Cafcass, the judiciary and other partners, applying strong analytical, coding, documentation and quality-assurance practices.

Your Statement of Suitability should be no more than 750 words and should give us examples of how your skills and experience match those needed for this role. Consider giving examples that cover all the requirements in the 'Who you are' section and use work you have completed to demonstrate how you meet each one.

5a. Selection Process

There will be an initial sift of applicants through comparing submitted evidence against the 'Who you are' bullets. This usually takes two weeks, depending on the number of applications. Those who make it through the initial sift will be invited to a Civil Service Success Profile interview. In the Civil Service we use Success Profiles to help us find the right person for the job. We will be using a mixture of methods to assess your abilities, strengths, experience, technical skills, and behaviours. We highly recommend learning about Success Profiles and using the Situation, Task, Action, Result and Reflection (STARR) framework when structuring your answers. The highest scoring candidates that pass the interview will be offered the roles. The whole process can take up to a month.

5b. Interview Process Behaviours

You will be assessed against the Civil Service success profiles framework at interview stage:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together

For existing analysts from all professions (GORS/GSS/GSR/GES) at this level, you will also be assessed on two sets of professional competencies: Professional Competency (1) Knowledge & Skills and Professional Competency (2) Influence & Impact. You will be assessed on your analytical knowledge, experience and abilities, and the impact of your analytical work. You will also be expected to have a strong understanding of the MoJ's specialist framework and ability to produce high quality, reproducible analysis that meets the needs of a senior policy audience. Your demonstrated ability to use advanced analytical techniques, play a leading role in the transformation of the organisation's data and analysis ecosystems and deliver actionable insight will be crucial for success in this role.

The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements where business need allows. This is an informal, non-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and/or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). All employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity. Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone's circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review. For nationally advertised roles: All successful candidates will be appointed to the nearest viable office nearest to their home postcode and on its respective pay scale. This will be at either a HQ building (subject to desk allocation), a Justice Collaboration Centre (JCC) or a Justice Satellite Office (JSO) - see map. All employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity.

The MoJ offers a range of benefits:

• Annual Leave: Annual leave is 25 days on appointment and will increase to 30 days after five years' service. There is also a scheme to allow qualifying staff to buy or sell up to three days leave each year. Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day. Leave for part‑time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro‑rata basis.
• Pension: The Civil Service offers a choice of pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.
• Training: The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.
• Networks: The opportunity to join employee‑run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed directly to senior management. There are currently networks for employees of minority ethnic origin, employees with disabilities, employees with caring responsibilities, women employees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.
• Eligibility: Staff on fixed term appointments must have been recruited through fair and open competition. Vacancies advertised "cross‑government" are only open to all Civil Service employees and employees of accredited non‑departmental public bodies (NDPBs) who were appointed on merit following a fair and open competition; or were appointed to a permanent post through an exception in the Civil Service Commissioners' rules.
• Support: A range of 'Family Friendly' policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
• Access to flexible benefits such as voluntary benefits, retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
• For moves to or from another employer or moves across the Civil Service this can have implications on your eligibility to carry on claiming childcare vouchers. You may however be eligible for alternative government childcare support schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. More information can be found on www.www.GOV.UK or Childcare Choices. You can determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
• Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
• Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.

As a Disability Confident employer, MoJ are committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities, by making adjustments throughout all elements of the recruitment process and in the workplace. MoJ are able to offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. You will be able to request reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process within the application form. If you need additional help completing the application form, please contact the TBS Recruitment Enquiries Team. For more information on applying for a role as a candidate with a disability or long‑term condition, please watch our animated videos.

Diversity & Inclusion: The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.

Redeployment Interview Scheme: Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ is committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are "at risk of redundancy". MoJ is able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidates will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.

Specialist allowance: Due to the role being analytical, those successful in recruitment will be eligible for a specialist allowance following an analytical interview based on the following values: SEO London: £500, SEO National: £1,500.

The national salary range is £42,914 - £46,182, London salary range is £49,325 - £53,081. Your salary will be dependent on your base location. We have 1 role in the Family Justice Analysis team, within the Civil, Family, Tribunals and Administrative Justice Directorate (CFTAJ). Roles are open to: 1. Existing badged analysts from all professions (GORS/GSS/GSR/GES) either on level transfer or on promotion. 2. Other candidates that are not members of GSS, GORS, GSR, 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. Please note: this opportunity is only open to individuals currently employed within the Civil Service.

Your Statement of Suitability should be no more than 750 words and should give us examples of how your skills and experience match those needed for this role. Consider giving examples that cover all the requirements in the 'Who you are' section and use work you have completed to demonstrate how you meet each one.

Evidence of Experience CV or Work History, Experience Questions, Statement of Suitability Interview stage assessments Interview Dates From September 2026 Behaviours Managing a Quality Service Delivering at Pace Working Together Technical Professional Competency (1) Knowledge & Skills: o GSS - Data Analysis. o GORS - Knowledge and application of OR Skills and Techniques. o GES - Analysis of Data. o GSR - Knowledge and application of GSR technical skills Professional Competency (2) Influence & Impact: o GSS - Presenting and disseminating data effectively. o GORS - Achieving impact with analysis. o GES - Effective communication. o GSR - using and promoting social research.

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• An experienced quantitative analyst with strong technical skills in R and SQL, able to analyse complex datasets and develop robust, reproducible analytical products.
• A proactive problem solver who delivers high-quality analysis at pace, balancing competing priorities while maintaining strong quality assurance.
• A clear communicator who can translate complex analysis into accessible insights, using effective visualisation and reporting to support decision-making.
• A collaborative individual who builds strong relationships across multidisciplinary teams and works effectively with a range of technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A continuous improver who enjoys developing analytical tools, dashboards and processes, with experience of Power BI, R Markdown and ggplot2 (or the ability to learn quickly).

The following experience and skills are desirable:

• An analyst with experience working in the Ministry of Justice Analytical Platform or a similar cloud-based analytical environment.
• An individual with knowledge of collaborative coding and version control using tools such as Git and GitHub.
• Experience designing automated analytical processes and producing high-quality performance, governance or ministerial reporting.

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