Prisons Data Quality Analyst (Ref: 23797)

We’re recruiting for two Prisons Data Quality Analysts at the Ministry of Justice, to join our warm and collaborative Prisons Data Transformation team.

This SEO role will support the Data Transformation Lead by using analytical thinking, evidence and insight to improve the quality, accessibility and useability of data across prisons.

You will help turn user needs and operational challenges into clear data requirements, support analysis-led improvement activity, and work with digital, analytical, policy and operational colleagues to deliver practical changes that strengthen evidence-based decision making.

Responsibilities:

• Support data requirements and analysis: Work with business, digital, analytical, policy and HMPPS operational colleagues to identify data needs, explore current data issues, and translate findings into clear requirements, actions and recommendations.
• Use evidence to support decision making: Gather, interpret and present information from a range of sources to help the team understand problems, assess options and prioritise improvements to data quality, accessibility and useability.
• Stakeholder engagement: Build effective relationships with internal stakeholders, including analytical, digital, operational and policy teams, explaining data issues clearly and helping colleagues understand the value of good data practice.
• Collaboration with technical teams: Work alongside colleagues in data science, data engineering, analysis and digital delivery to support the development of data products, prototypes and improvement activity.
• Delivery and coordination: Support the planning and delivery of data improvement projects by tracking actions, coordinating input from others, managing competing priorities and helping ensure work is delivered to agreed timescales.
• Improve HMPPS data: Contribute to initiatives that improve the quality, consistency and use of prison data, supporting wider engagement with operational users and helping identify opportunities to reduce manual processes and improve confidence in data.
• Support OMU transformation: Help ensure OMU transformation activity is informed by evidence, user needs and operational insight, supporting the development of data practices and solutions that deliver meaningful outcomes for stakeholders.

Benefits:

• A generous employer pension contribution of 28.97% through the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
• 25 days of annual leave, (increasing to 30 days once you have reached 5 years of service), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
• Flexible working arrangements including hybrid working, working part time or compressed hours.
• Employees are allocated 10% of their working time for personal and professional development.
• A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best-in-class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms.
• Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave.