Evidence & Insight Manager

HMRC; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service Pension

Flexible & Hybrid Working

Generous leave 25–30 days

Job summary

HM Revenue and Customs is seeking an Evidence & Insight Manager in Belfast to lead gathering, analysis and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data. You will identify patterns and gaps, frame questions, and translate findings into actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders.

The role covers monitoring, evaluation and governance across EDI and workforce analytics, with an emphasis on practical impact and value for money. Flexibility and hybrid working are available.

Qualifications

• Evidence and insight: Experience of gathering, analysing and interpreting qualitative and/or quantitative evidence to identify issues, draw proportionate conclusions and make recommendations that support decision‑making.
• Evaluation and improvement: Experience of developing, applying or improving approaches to monitoring, evaluation, assurance, performance management or continuous improvement.
• Communication and influence: Experience of translating complex information, evidence or data into clear, practical advice, reports or presentations for senior or non‑specialist audiences.
• Stakeholder management: Experience of building effective relationships and working collaboratively across organisational or professional boundaries to achieve shared objectives.
• Knowledge of equality legislation, the Public Sector Equality Duty or equality analysis approaches.
• Experience of people analytics, workforce data, survey analysis or performance reporting.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyse and interpret qualitative and quantitative evidence from multiple sources.
• Identify significant patterns, disparities, risks and evidence gaps using management information, research, people data and stakeholder insight.
• Frame analytical questions and commission or coordinate specialist analysis where required.
• Translate findings into practical recommendations, options and decision points.
• Undertake horizon scanning and desk-based research on EDI, evaluation and organisational change.

Skills

Evidence & insight

Evaluation & improvement

Communication & influence

Stakeholder management

People analytics

Equality legislation

Job description

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Evidence & Insight Manager

Organisation HMRC

Organisation HMRC Locations

Belfast Birmingham Bristol

Application Deadline 13 days remaining

• Gather, analyse and interpret qualitative and quantitative evidence from multiple sources.
• Identify significant patterns, disparities, risks and evidence gaps using management information, research, people data and stakeholder insight.
• Frame analytical questions and commission or coordinate specialist analysis where required.
• Distinguish clearly between evidence, assumptions and hypotheses, avoiding conclusions that the available information cannot support.
• Translate findings into practical recommendations, options and decision points.
• Undertake proportionate horizon scanning and desk-based research on EDI, evaluation and organisational change.

Monitoring, evaluation and performance

• Design, apply and improve proportionate approaches to monitoring and evaluation.
• Develop logic models, outcome measures, indicators and reporting arrangements that distinguish activity, outputs and outcomes.
• Assess whether interventions are delivering intended outcomes and value for money.
• Support benchmarking and comparison activity where it adds genuine insight.
• Identify limitations in data quality, sample coverage or evaluation design and recommend realistic ways to strengthen the evidence base.

Governance and assurance

• Produce concise briefings, governance papers and reports for senior leaders.
• Present balanced advice on evidence quality, risk, impact, strategic alignment and value for money.
• Establish and maintain proportionate governance and assurance arrangements for EDI evidence and evaluation activity.
• Maintain oversight of evidence-related risks, decisions and dependencies, escalating issues appropriately.
• Support transparent prioritisation so that resources are directed towards activity with a clear rationale and intended outcome.

Collaboration and capability

• Build effective relationships across EDI, HR, People Analytics and Insight, policy, data owners and operational teams.
• Work constructively with stakeholders who hold different interpretations or priorities.
• Explain complex findings in accessible language and tailor communication to the audience.
• Build confidence and capability in the appropriate use of data, evidence and evaluation.
• Share practical learning and promote a culture of curiosity, challenge and continuous improvement.

Data stewardship

• Promote lawful, ethical and proportionate use of sensitive workforce and diversity information.
• Work with data owners and specialists to support appropriate data access, interpretation, retention and disclosure control.
• Recognise when aggregation, suppression or specialist advice is required.
• Ensure limitations and uncertainty are visible in reporting rather than hidden by false precision.

Person specification

You do not need to be a professional statistician, data scientist or existing EDI specialist. We are interested in candidates who can think critically, handle ambiguity, test assumptions, recognise the limits of evidence and turn analysis into useful decisions. Relevant experience may have been gained in research, policy, HR, operational delivery, assurance, performance, evaluation, audit or continuous improvement.

Essential Criteria

• Evidence and insight: Experience of gathering, analysing and interpreting qualitative and/or quantitative evidence to identify issues, draw proportionate conclusions and make recommendations that support decision‑making.
• Evaluation and improvement: Experience of developing, applying or improving approaches to monitoring, evaluation, assurance, performance management or continuous improvement.
• Communication and influence: Experience of translating complex information, evidence or data into clear, practical advice, reports or presentations for senior or non‑specialist audiences.
• Stakeholder management: Experience of building effective relationships and working collaboratively across organisational or professional boundaries to achieve shared objectives.
• Knowledge of equality legislation, the Public Sector Equality Duty or equality analysis approaches.
• Experience of people analytics, workforce data, survey analysis or performance reporting.

Further Location Information

Please ensure that you only apply for a location that you are willing and able to work from, as we will only make one offer of employment. Any additional notes included in a 'Further Location Preferences (optional)' field within the application form, will not be considered. Please be aware that you cannot change your location preference after submitting your application.

Leeds Location

Moves Adjustment Payment will be available for this role, provided the successful applicant is a current HMRC colleague in Bradford and meets the eligibility requirements outlined in the HMRC's Moves Adjustment Payment guidance.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £45,544, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £13,194 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.

We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.

• Pension – We make contributions to our colleagues' Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.

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Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Sift

In the event of a large number of applications being received, an initial sift may be held on the CV.

At full sift your CV and your Personal Statement will be assessed, with the successful candidates being invited to interview.

We may also raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications.

Interview

During the panel interview, your experience will be assessed through a 75min invigilated written exercise requiring candidates to analyse information, evaluate outcomes and recommend appropriate actions.

You will also be asked behaviour-based questions on Making Effective Decisions, Communicating & Influencing and Seeing the Bigger Picture, to explore in detail what you are capable of.

Interviews will take place via video link. Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.

Please note that circumstances may arise that require the planned interview format to change. We will endeavour to provide you with as much notice of any change as possible.