The Home Office Is seeking a highly skilled Lead Data Analyst to join its dynamic team across various UK locations including Croydon, Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool, and Glasgow. This strategic role offers flexible working patterns, including full-time, part-time, compressed hours, and hybrid options.
Ideal for professionals with advanced expertise in SQL and Python, this position involves advising on statistical methodologies, identifying innovation opportunities aligned with organisational goals, and communicating complex data insights to both technical and senior non-technical audiences. You will play a crucial part in shaping data-driven decisions across high-impact government initiatives.
If you’re passionate about public service, data excellence, and making a measurable difference through innovation and strategic analysis, this is your opportunity to lead with purpose in a nationally significant organisation.
Position: Lead Data Analyst
Salary: £60,300 – £70,730 a year
Job Type: Full Time
Location: Croydon, Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool, Glasgow
About the job
Job summary
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
Essential Criteria
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.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), 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 Service on 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.
Required Documents
- CV/Resume
- Cover Letter
Application Process
To apply for this role, please visit the OFFICIAL WEBSITE
Application Deadline
August 13, 2025