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Ministry of Justice UK

Data Warden, Prison Data Assurance Team, Ministry of Justice (Ref: 4032)

On site

London, United Kingdom

Full Time

18-03-2025

Job Specifications

East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber

Job Summary

This position is based Nationally

Job Description

Do you have the passion, values, and ability to help us solve the biggest problems of the justice system?

Data Warden, Prison Data Assurance Team, Ministry of Justice

Overview

We have 1 role in the Prison Data Assurance team, within the Analysis Directorate.

Roles Are Open To:

Existing Civil Servants at HEO (or equivalent) and to other eligible Civil Service staff on promotion. Additionally, individuals outside of the Civil Service may apply as external candidates.

Minimum Requirements To Apply:

Candidates must be able to show the relevant experience and skills and must meet the criteria for entry.

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 May 2024 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.

About the Analysis Directorate

We are passionate about improving justice outcomes through innovative research, data and analysis. In the Analysis Directorate, we provide high quality data and analysis helping to ensure strategic, policy, finance, corporate and operational decisions are based on robust evidence.

We create a culture in which people are empowered with the data and information to make excellent decisions; using cutting edge tools, techniques and collaboration; putting evidence at the heart of the justice system.

We are a multi-disciplinary team of around 650 staff that sits at the heart of the Ministry of Justice providing analytical support across a diverse and exciting agenda. We work in a dynamic and fast-paced context and our skills are in heavy demand across the Ministry of Justice. Our collaborations beyond government are seen as ground-breaking. The Analysis community is made up of analysts and specialists including: Social Researchers, Economists, Operational Researchers, Statisticians, Data Engineers, Data Scientists and other data specialists (such as data strategists, data dissemination, generalists and assurance experts).

Why work in the Analysis Directorate?

In the Analysis Directorate, we want all our people to feel valued for who they are and for the work they do. We provide a warm, inclusive place to work and offer a wide range of flexibilities and benefits as part of our people offer to reward our staff.

What We Offer

What you’ll do

As a Data Warden within Prison Data Assurance (PDA) you will be responsible for supporting assurance activity of prison data to enable better outcomes to the business.

Our team’s assurance activities support the wider MoJ and HMPPS in making key decisions based on the best available data. We support improvement to data presented in multiple platforms including HMPPS Performance Hub. Our work contributes to key publications by ensuring data is as accurate as possible. We support new data requests, engaging with policy stakeholders and digital developers to ensure we are capturing the data for the right reasons and that this is presented appropriately and in an easy-to-understand format.

You Will Be Responsible For The Following Key Activities:

Main Activities/Responsibilities

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

Who you are

The Following Experience And Skills Will Be required:

The following experience and skills are desirable:

How to apply

You’ll need to submit a Statement of Suitability and evidence against the Civil Service Success Profile Behaviour: Managing a Quality Service (Lead Behaviour).

Please refer to the CS Behaviours framework for more details at the relevant

Grades:

Success Profiles: Civil Service behaviours - GOV.UK

The 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.

Should a large number of applications be received, a pre-sift may be undertaken using the Civil Service behaviour, Managing a Quality Service (max 500 words). Candidates who pass the pre-sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to assessment/interview.

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.

Behaviours

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

Managing a Quality Service
Making Effective Decisions
Changing and Improving

Please also refer to the CS Behaviours framework for more details at this grade.

Success Profiles: Civil Service behaviours - GOV.UK

Applicants invited for Interview

You will be required to give a 5-minute presentation on a piece of data assurance activity you have conducted. Details of this will be sent to those candidates who are invited for interview.

Further Information

If you require any additional information about the role, please contact:

Cheryl.Wright1@justice.gov.uk or Guillaume.Foxton@Justice.gov.uk

Do you have the passion, values, and ability to help us solve the biggest problems of the justice system?

Data Warden, Prison Data Assurance Team, Ministry of Justice

Overview

We have 1 role in the Prison Data Assurance team, within the Analysis Directorate.

Grades:

Success Profiles: Civil Service behaviours - GOV.UK

The 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 wor...

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