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We are recruiting senior analysts to work in our Immigration System Statistics and Refugees Analysis & Insights team at the heart of a fast-paced, high-profile, and varied topic area.
The Home Office is the lead Government Department for immigration and passports, crime, police, fire and counter terrorism. The issues it deals with are significant, intellectually stimulating, often controversial and regularly at the top of the news. These issues are at the heart of the Governments agenda. The challenges and opportunities the Department faces are significant and can change rapidly in the global environment in which we operate. This makes the Home Office one of the most exciting and stimulating Departments to work in, with a great reputation for policy making that is supported by strong analytical advice.
The roles offer strong potential for career development, providing opportunities to develop a range of skills, collaborate with a mixture of stakeholders, and work on a range of different topics areas within migration. You will be at the heart of the analytical response to help shape interesting and high-profile policy areas.
Job description
There are three roles currently available for Operational Researchers or Statisticians across the team and a separate advert has been placed for those interested in joining the Government Statistics Group (GSG) – ref 317046. Please note applicants will be appointed in merit order across both campaigns and successful candidates not initially offered roles will be placed on a reserve list. You are welcome to apply for more than one profession if you meet the eligibility criteria.
Post 1: EU Settlement scheme (EUSS) and Managed Migration team
The successful candidate will have excellent team working and stakeholder engagement experience, as well as sound analytical and coding skills.
As the successful candidate, you will have the opportunity to work in a stretching role developing your technical skills and gain wider stakeholder engagement experience. You will have the opportunity to explore new datasets and produce innovative analysis.
Key responsibilities include:
Developing new and innovative analysis to support the development of EUSS and wider visa policies. This will include developing data matching methods.
Overseeing the quarterly EUSS publication, with the opportunity to brief Private Office, Press Office and policy officials on developments in the statistics.
Engaging with stakeholders within and outside of the Department to understand issues and concerns and ensuring statistics and analysis inform the debate.
Leading work to transform the Department’s ambition to use new and innovative technology to make better use of data. This includes developing reproducible analytical pipelines.
Responding to statistical queries relating to the EUSS (for example Parliamentary Questions and Freedom of Information Requests).
Line management of a small team.
Post 2: Immigration Systems and Borders Analysis team
The successful candidate will have strong coding skills and the ability to communicate complex data and analysis to stakeholders.
As the successful candidate you will have the opportunity to work in a stretching role at the heart of the most topical and important issues in migration. Your work will be varied, and your analysis will make an impact across government. You will have the opportunity to analyse one of the richest datasets in the migration space.
Key responsibilities include:
Developing new and innovative statistical methods and analysis to support key policy priorities. Recent examples include the response to the Ukraine crisis and evacuations in Sudan.
Supporting the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in developing their population and migration statistics.
Leading the development of a borders and immigration data matching system. Ensure its potential to provide cutting-edge analysis is realised and maintaining the quality of the underlying data system.
Overseeing the annual Migrant Journey publication, and supporting wider work to develop the analysis provided in a number if migration statistics publications.
Working with stakeholders to understand key priorities and supporting these with the analysis produced by the team.
Line management of a small team.
Post 3: Refugee and Irregular Migration Analysis team
The successful candidate will have strong coding skills and experience working with complex datasets.
As the successful candidate you will have the opportunity to work on a high-impact data linking project, working closely with other government departments to produce innovative longitudinal analysis.
Key responsibilities include:
Developing new and innovative analysis of the Refugee Integration Outcomes (RIO) dataset to provide insight into longitudinal outcomes for refugees
Leading the development and drafting of analysis reports on RIO for publication
Supporting the governance of the project, ensuring senior stakeholders are sighted on progress of the project and analysis
Managing the external evaluation contract for the project
Engaging with stakeholders within and outside of the Department to understand issues and concerns and ensuring statistics and analysis meet stakeholder needs.
Line management
Due to the nature of the work, these roles are full time only.
Hybrid working enables employees to work partly in their workplace(s) and partly at home. This role can be based in London, Croydon or Sheffield, with the option of hybrid working (up to 60% of time spent working from home). Applicants can discuss what this means with the vacancy holder if they have specific questions.
Eligibility
These roles are open to both external candidates who meet the requirements and existing Government Operational Research Service (GORS) members. If the latter, please indicate clearly on your Statement of Suitability that you are a current badged member of GORS and for which department you currently work.
For external applicants, civil service badging is used to designate people presently employed in the Civil Service who meet the criteria for that profession at a particular grade level. If you have analytical skills but no formal Civil Service analytical profession badging, you are most welcome to apply. Successful applicants will become badged members of the profession. Applicants must meet the qualification requirements for the profession as set out below.
Person specification
Essential criteria
Candidates must meet the qualification requirements for GORS (see qualifications section below)
Strong coding experience (SQL, R and SAS preferred)
Strong at communicating technical concepts to a wide range of technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leaders
Experience of working as a part of a team to deliver analytical work with impact and at pace
Experience of delivering innovative and ground-breaking analysis on time, to meet user needs
Experience in stakeholder engagement
Desirable criteria
Experience of contributing to statistical production (including Official Statistics products)
Experience of working flexibly across teams (including in other departments), with a variety of stakeholders and across locations
Experience of line management
Recruitment and Retention Allowance (RRA)
Successful candidates will be eligible for an annual RRA of £2,000. This allowance is subject to review and could be reduced or withdrawn at any time.
Qualifications
Applicants should provide details of the module titles and grades, and any research elements for qualifications.
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Technical skills
We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- GORS: Achieving Impact with Analysis
- GORS: Knowledge & Application of OR Techniques
We only ask for evidence of these technical skills on your application form:
- GORS: Achieving Impact with Analysis
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:
A CV detailing job history/qualifications/skills
A Statement of Suitability (Personal Statement) (maximum 750 words)
Provide evidence of the GORS technical skill – Achieving Impact with Analysis (maximum 250 words)
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
The Statement of Suitability should be aligned to demonstrate your skills and experience for the role and how you meet the essential criteria as detailed in the job description. Please state if you are an existing member of GORS and current department for which you work.
The sift will be held on the GORS Technical Skill and Statement of Suitability.
The CV will be used to assess eligibility for the role however will not be scored. Please specify which is/are your preferred role(s) on your CV. These may be taken into account when allocating successful candidates but cannot be guaranteed as allocation will be made on merit, relevant skills and business need.
However, if a large number of applications are received, the sift will be conducted on the GORS Technical Skill. Candidates who pass the initial sift will then be progressed to a full sift where the statement of suitability will be scored.
Successful candidates will be invited to an interview which will consist of presentation/test, and Technical Skill and Behaviour based questions on all those listed above. Further details will be provided before the interview.
Please refer to: Government Operational Research Service (GORS) framework
Sift and Interview dates
Sift is expected to take place from 26th October 2023.
Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 20th November 2023.
We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert, however on occasions these dates may change.
Interviews will be carried out via video. Candidates will be required to have access to:
A laptop (personal or work) with a working webcam
Good internet connection
Microsoft Teams
PLEASE NOTE: Due to time constraints we may not be able to offer alternative interview date(s). It is therefore expected that candidates who are successful at sift stage will make themselves available during the above time frame given.
Further information
For meaningful checks to be carried out, 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. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 3 years if the role requires CTC clearance, 5 years for SC clearance and 10 years for DV. A lack of UK residency in itself is not necessarily a bar to a security clearance and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder/Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice.
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.
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 candidates 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’re 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.
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- Name : Home Office Resourcing Centre
- Email : HORCCampaignTeamCorporateEnablers@homeoffice.gov.uk
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- Email : HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
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HORecruitment.GRS@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission.
