Data Analyst

Employer: Home Office

Position: Data Analyst

Salary: Grade 7 £60,300 – £70,730

Job Type: Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time, Compressed hours

Work location: Croydon, Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool, Glasgow

FULL JOB DESCRIPTION

About the job

Data Services and Analytics (DSA) is the part of DDaT which leads the build of data products to integrate data from multiple sources, and then deliver products for business intelligence, reporting and data science. DSA has the ambition to be one of the leading providers of insight services in UK Government and is currently growing significantly with over 300 colleagues, providing services to variety of functions within the Home Office.

In this role, you will identify and deliver new data sources and develop ETL processes, collaborate with the Data Acquisition, Analytics and Infrastructure teams to deliver the data strategy through the design and implementation of technology systems.

We value diversity and provide an open, inclusive, and supportive environment to help you do your best work.

The successful candidate will either be located in 2 Ruskin Square – Croydon, Soapworks – Manchester, Vulcan House – Sheffield, regional office. Under Home Office hybrid working practices there is an expectation that you will attend the office for a minimum of 60% of your working hours.

Job description

Lead Data Analysts need to have a genuine passion for analytics, an innovative mindset and need to question current methods of delivery to enhance our processes and to offer a different perspective.

As a Lead Data Analyst, you will lead on the exploration and exploitation of a range of complex data sets, analytical tools and techniques to support a range of stakeholders across Home Office. You will ensure that a wide set of innovative opportunities are explored; evaluating options, impacts, risks and solutions to provide clear problem definitions and inspiring full exploitation of new data and technology.

You will build and manage a network of colleagues and contacts to achieve progress on shared objectives.

You will be a thought leader within the Data Analysis community and manage the development of junior staff.

What you will do

Your main day to day responsibilities will be:

As a lead Data Analyst, you will showcase a true passion for data and exhibit expertise in the following areas:

Leading teams to create data analysis products which are proportionate to the business benefit and achieve significant impact.
Expanding the boundaries of what can be achieved using data, predicting.
Patterns of behaviour and understanding emerging trends and areas of innovation both in government and industry.
Supporting the Principal Data Analyst on the management of workload and teams and inputting into the strategy for Data Analysis.
Leading in identifying, collecting and migrating complex data and business questions to/from a range of systems.
Developing knowledge of cutting-edge techniques and sharing knowledge of Data Analysis across the organisation.
Presenting the results of data analysis to a range of senior customers, making recommendations.

Person specification

As a Lead Data Analyst you’ll have a demonstrable passion for Data, with the following skills or some experience in:

Skilfully lead and manage teams, guiding them in the application of diverse analytical techniques – including network analysis, data matching, information retrieval, and text analytics—to extract insights and drive informed decision-making.
Lead the development of conceptual, logical, and physical data models, while actively sharing expertise in data cleansing and standardisation to enhance data quality and consistency.
Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver clear, actionable findings that meet their needs and support informed decision-making.
Identify opportunities for innovation that deliver measurable business value and align with organisational goals.
Advising on statistical methodologies and data analysis techniques.
Present complex ideas and recommendations clearly and confidently to both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior stakeholders, to inform strategic decision-making.
Proficient in SQL and Python.

SFIA capability framework

Skills for the Information Age (SFIA) is the technical framework that sets the standard capability and development of all Data Engineering levels in the Home Office. This is a link to the capability framework: All skills A – Z English (sfia-online.org)

We use set SFIA technical skills to form our interview questions and we will assess you against these technical skills during the selection process.

SFIA levels of responsibility – Use the SFIA Levels of responsibility to understand what would be expected for each Technical Skill listed below.

SFIA Technical Skills

The essential technical skills listed above are reflective of the Home Office Government Digital and Data Profession Career Framework. Please see below for the relevant skills required for your role.

Behaviours

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

Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Strategy and Planning Innovation (INOV) – Level 3
Governance, Risk and Compliance Quality Assurance (QUAS) – Level 3
Systems Development Programming/Software Development (PROG) – Level 4
Data and Analytics Data Modelling and Design (DTAN) – Level 4
Stakeholder Management Stakeholder Relationship Management (RLMT) – Level 4

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £60,300, Home Office contributes £17,468 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

You will also have access to the same benefits available to all civil servants in the Home Office:

A highly competitive pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
25 days annual leave on appointment rising 1 day per year up to 30 days, plus 8 days public holidays and 1 day for the King’s Birthday.
Flexible working options to enable you to achieve the work life balance that is right for you including; Full time, part-time, flexi time, compressed hours and job sharing.
A hybrid working model of a minimum 60% of your contracted hours in the workplace and 40% remote.
Training and development opportunities tailored to your role, including access to technical and professional accreditations.
Access to funded qualifications (subject to approval)
A capability allowance reviewed annually.
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
Enhanced parental leave schemes.
Annual performance-based bonus and recognition awards.

This link is to a short guide to employee benefits: Benefits – Home Office Careers

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:

A CV, detailing job history, relevant qualifications and skills.
A Personal Statement of suitability (Max 1000 word limit).

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Please note your CV and personal statement should include all relevant experience that relates to our essential skills criteria listed in the advert and role description and Use STAR format in your examples.

Remove information that identifies you (for example your name, age or place of education) so that you will be judged on merit alone and not your personal background, circumstances, race or gender.

(Do NOT include e-mail addresses or links to online profiles, resumés, or prior work, either personal or business. Active links or e-mail addresses will result in your application being rejected).

Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. All applications are screened for plagiarism, copying, and generating of examples/ answers from internet sources including Artificial intelligence. If detected, the application may be withdrawn from the process.

Further action, including disciplinary action, may be considered in such cases involving civil servants. Providing false or misleading information would be contrary to the core values of honesty and integrity expected of all civil servants.

Sift Stage

The sift will be held on the CV and Personal Statement. Please read the Essential skills for this position carefully. We will only consider those who meet the listed requirements.

If there is a high volume of applications, a sift may be conducted based on the Personal Statement alone.

Interview Stage

Candidates reaching the required standard will then be invited to attend a final interview. The interview will assess your Technical Skills (SFIA Framework) and experience using technical and experience-based questions.

You will also be assessed on the core behaviour skill listed above.

We often have similar roles available at different grades. If a candidate is suitable for a similar role, we may offer the candidate that role without the need to go through a further selection process providing the role has the same behaviours and essential skills.

Sift and interview dates

Sifts will be conducted – from 14th August 2025.

Interviews will be held – from 11th September 2025.

Interviews will be conducted remotely. Candidates will be required to have access to:

A laptop (personal or work) with a working webcam.
Good internet connection.
Microsoft Teams

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.

Further Information

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Serviceon your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct.

If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

We value diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from the widest diversity of backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. We particularly encourage applications from women, people with disabilities and LGBT+ as they are currently under-represented in the Home Office at this grade level. Appointments will be made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in the office. Applicants can raise any queries to the email address at the bottom of the advert.

Please read the Essential skills for this position carefully. We will only consider those who meet the listed requirement.

If you have previously made an unsuccessful application for a role with the same essential skills and are not able to demonstrate how you have developed these skills since your last application please reconsider applying as your application is unlikely to be successful.

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.

Reserve list

A reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position.

UK residency and security requirements

You need to have lived in the UK for the past 5 years. This is because this post requires the successful candidate to have Security Check (SC) clearance and individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time to enable appropriate checks to be carried out and produce a result which provides the required level of assurance. These checks will only take place after the job offer has been accepted.

You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 5 years for SC clearance.

Visa Sponsorship

We are unable to sponsor any individuals via Skilled Worker Sponsorship / Tier 2 (General) work visas as we do not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License.

Capability Allowance

This post is eligible for a DDaT Recruitment Retention Allowance. Successful candidate with exceptional skills and experience may apply for a Recruitment and Retention Allowance. This allowance is subject to an initial review within six months of taking up the post and thereafter an annual review in line with the departmental priorities and could be reduced or withdrawn at any time.

Job offers to this post are made on the basis of merit. We often have similar roles available at different grades. If a candidate is suitable for a similar role or a lower grade than they have applied for, we may offer the candidate that role without the need to go through a further selection process providing the role has the same competencies and essential skills.

Working at the Home Office

Every day, Home Office civil servants do brilliant work to develop and deliver policies and services that affect the lives of people across the country and beyond. To do this effectively and fairly, the Home Office is committed to representing modern Britain in all its diversity, and creating a welcoming, inclusive workplace where all our people are able to bring their whole selves to work and perform at their best.

We are flexible, skilled, professional and diverse. We work to recruit and retain disabled staff and area Disability Confident Leader. We are proud to be one of the most ethnically diverse departments in the civil service. We are a Social Mobility Foundation top 75 employer.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

For further information please see the attached notes for candidates which must be read before making an application.

Existing Civil Servants should note that some of the Home Office terms and conditions of employment have changed. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure they are aware of the Terms and Conditions they will adopt should they be successful in application and should refer to the notes for candidates for further details.

Transfer Terms: Voluntary.

If you are invited to an interview, you will be required to bring a range of documentation for the purposes of establishing identity and to aid any pre-employment checks.

Please see the attached list of Home Office acceptable ID documents.

Any move to the Home Office from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

Reasonable Adjustments

If a person with disabilities is at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

Contact Government Recruitment Service via HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the “Assistance Required” section in the “Additional Requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you are deaf, a language service professional.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct.

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.

Feedback

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and 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 .

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : ACRecruitment@homeoffice.gov.uk
Email : ACRecruitment@homeoffice.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment
principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance
HORecruitment.GRS@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission

Application Process

If you’re interested in this role, check out more information on the Official website and apply now!