Safety Analyst

Ministry of Justice; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Learning budget

Career development

Hybrid office access

Job summary

Senior Analysts in the Prison Safety Team at the Ministry of Justice work at the heart of a high‑profile policy area to improve safety across prisons in England and Wales. You will provide analytical and research expertise to policy teams and the National Safety Team, shaping decisions that affect staff and prisoner safety and working with operational colleagues to generate new insights.

The role focuses on turning evidence into policy, monitoring safety performance, and developing innovative

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and research skills.
• Experience translating data into policy insights.
• Ability to communicate complex information to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide analytical and research expertise to MoJ policy teams and the National Safety Team.
• Produce regular strategic safety reports and Urgent Notification risk assessments.
• Monitor safety performance, track interventions in prisons, and support quality assurance.
• Develop innovative tools to strengthen safety case management and evidence-based advice to ministers.

Skills

Analytical skills

Policy analysis

Research skills

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

• 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).
• Analysis is 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.

What you'll do

Senior Analysts in the Prison Safety Team play a pivotal role in improving safety across prisons in England and Wales. Working at the heart of a high‑profile and fast‑paced policy area, you will provide analytical and research expertise to Ministry of Justice policy teams and the HMPPS National Safety Team, helping to shape decisions that directly affect the safety of staff and prisoners. You will work closely with operational and policy colleagues to generate new insights, apply evidence to complex challenges, and drive continuous improvement across the prison estate. The team supports the National Safety Team in monitoring safety performance, tracking interventions in prisons, and developing innovative tools to strengthen quality assurance and safety case management. A key part of the role is producing regular strategic safety reports, including Urgent Notification risk assessments, which directly inform HMPPS senior leaders decision‑making. You will also respond to emerging safety issues and ministerial commissions, using innovative analytical techniques to answer complex questions and provide evidence‑based advice to ministers, policymakers and operational leaders. The work is varied, impactful and highly visible. One day you could be assessing the effectiveness of safety initiatives in the Long‑Term High Security Estate; the next, you could be providing analysis that inform national policy or support operational interventions in prisons facing significant safety challenges. This is an excellent opportunity for analysts who want to see their work make a tangible difference. You will gain exposure to senior stakeholders, develop expertise in a nationally important policy area, and have extensive opportunities to broaden your analytical, operational and leadership skills as part of a supportive and collaborative team.

Who you are

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.

Application Process (Behaviours)

• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together

In the event there are a high number of applications, the lead behaviour, Managing a Quality Service may be used to conduct an initial sift and applications that do not meet the minimum requirement for this criterion will not progress to a full sift. Please also refer to the CS Behaviours framework for more details at this grade. Success Profiles: Civil Service behaviours - "GOV.UK"

Interview Process

• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together

Please also refer to the CS Behaviours framework for more details at this grade. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/717275/CS_Behaviours_2018.pdf For existing analysts from all professions, as well as the three civil service behaviours stated above, you will be assessed on two sets of professional competencies at interview. For external (non‑Civil Service) candidates (and unbadged candidates within the Civil Service), as well as the three civil service behaviours stated above, you will be assessed on your analytical knowledge, experience and abilities, and the impact of your analytical work., 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). For current MoJ employees, your base location will need to be changed to the nearest viable office (to your home postcode), either at a HQ building, JCC or JSO within the National Office Network and moved its location's respective pay scale (any legacy arrangements/locations will need to be amended). Some of MoJ's terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available if an offer is made. MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain their grade on lateral transfer. All candidates who are currently in receipt of Mark Time / Pay Protection should ensure they are familiar with the new policy on permanent and temporary promotion which can be found on the employee intranet.

Flexible working hours The Ministry of Justice offers a flexible working system in many offices. Standard full time working hours are 37 hours per week. MoJ welcomes part‑time, flexible and job‑sharing working patterns, where they meet the demands of the role and business needs. All applications for part‑time, flexible and job‑sharing working patterns will be considered in accordance with the MoJ's Flexible Working policy., 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.

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