HMCTS Analysis and GIS Lead (Property Strategy) (Ref: 81820)

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Ministry of Justice

Job Title – Analysis and GIS Lead (Property Strategy)

Grade – SEO

Salary – London £45,824 – £50,039, National £39,868 – £43,535 (New recruits to the Civil Service joining MoJ are expected to join at the band minimum)

Location – National

About us:  

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is responsible for the administration of criminal, civil and family Courts and Tribunals in England and Wales and operates from c. 330 venues. Our roles support our service users and colleagues within HMCTS, where people and businesses access potentially life-changing justice.  We’re looking for individuals who are committed to public service and making a difference in people’s lives to deliver justice. If you are interested in developing a career with a real purpose, please apply.

About the role:

An exciting and fresh opportunity awaits you as you become a part of our dynamic and welcoming team within the HMCTS Property Directorate. The Strategy Team, housed within the broader Strategy, Sustainability, and Policy Team, plays a pivotal role in appraising property options. It involves drawing valuable insights and contemplating diverse scenarios to guide and support decision-making concerning our c. 330-venue estate. Your role in this capacity will draw upon your expertise to conduct geospatial analysis, contributing to more informed decisions and bolstering investment cases for the Property Directorate. You will often present your work using mapping and visualisations to colleagues across the Property Directorate, including the Senior Management Team. Your work will be varied and innovative, combining and challenging current strategic goals by considering building performance data as well as many other internally and externally sourced information. You will work closely with your Strategy colleagues to develop geospatial strategy products.

About you:

In this multifaceted role within the Property Directorate, your responsibilities encompass a wide spectrum of activities. You’ll conduct data-driven performance analysis and complex geospatial analysis, enhancing decision-making by providing valuable insights. A pivotal aspect is the development of a national strategy mapping tool, enabling estate-wide scenario exploration. The development of data sources, including collaboration with external parties, underpin the evidence-based approach to estate decisions. You’ll also act as an advisory resource, guiding non-technical colleagues on methodologies and findings, and using your analysis to recommend investment strategies to improve availability of facilities across the estate (e.g., accessible hearing rooms).

Your role extends to supporting the Strategy, Sustainability, and Policy Team, including managing urgent requests from senior management team and contributing to periodic reporting. You’ll also maintain a comprehensive national map to facilitate decision-making and work closely with various stakeholders from Operations, Data & Analytics, Finance, and more. By embracing the organization’s values and compliance standards, you’ll contribute to the overall success and integrity of the Property Directorate.

What are we looking for:

The ideal candidate for this position should possess a demonstrable track record in geospatial analysis, including the ability to undertake complex analyses and visualization of geospatial data. Proficiency in working with relational databases, such as SQL, Python, R etc. is a key requirement, with a preference for programming experience in R. Strong communication skills, both written and oral, are essential, along with the capacity to decipher intricate datasets, identify performance issues, and communicate findings concisely. Collaboration and partnership skills are highly valued, as the role involves working closely with colleagues across HMCTS to achieve constructive outcomes and share best practices. Additionally, the ability to present data effectively to diverse audiences is crucial.

Desirable skills for this role include experience in working on estates strategy and analysis Additionally, experience in designing and utilizing complex optimization algorithms is beneficial. Experience managing 3rd party suppliers is also beneficial as the role will require working with external providers of travel-time data. Proficiency in creating dashboards for visual presentations, such as using tools like Power BI, is also desirable.

About our benefits:

We reward our people for their hard work and commitment. We have a number of family friendly and flexible working policies that will help you achieve a healthy work-life balance. In addition, we offer a range of employee benefits which include generous annual leave, a highly competitive contributory pension scheme (up to 27%!), childcare benefits, season ticket and bicycle loans.

Proud to Serve. Proud to keep justice going.

For the full job description please refer to the attached role profile.

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

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving
• Managing a Quality Service

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Job contact :

• Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
• Email : Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com
• Telephone : 0845 241 5359

Recruitment team

• Email : Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com