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On behalf of The Ministry of Justice, we are looking for a Lead Analytics Engineer (Inside IR35) until 31/03/2026 contract based Hybrid in any MOJ office.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) priorities include improving public safety and reducing reoffending by reforming prisons, probation and youth justice, and building a justice system which makes access to justice swifter and more certain for all citizens whatever their background. Project professionals in the MoJ help to improve the government’s ability to protect the public and reduce reoffending, and to provide a more effective, transparent and responsive criminal justice system for victims and the public.

HMPPS data engineers in the Data Modelling and Engineering team build and maintain data pipelines to our Analytical Platform from operational prison and probation services. Our analytics engineers build dimensional models on top of these data pipelines to provide useful and usable data to downstream users, including analysts, performance teams and data scientists. Over time, this is reducing dependence on manual, legacy processes that are time-consuming, error-prone and inefficient. 

With new microservices being developed by Digital Prisons and Probation Services to replace existing operational databases substantial data and analytics engineering support is required to maintain critical feeds of data to downstream applications.

Current models have been developed in a piecemeal manner for specific reporting requirements. Given the current scale of change, we would like to take a step back to develop a more comprehensive data model which reflects business processes and analytical needs. To build such a model we would take advantage of data linking technology and new data sources / services.

We are looking for an experienced, collaborative, Analytics Engineer with exceptional data modelling skills and a proven track record of developing other engineers to support us to accelerate the development of the above model. 

Essential 

• Excellent SQL and jinja skills 
• Experience of using dbt, including implementing dbt best practices 
• Experience of leading, enabling and supporting a team of analytics engineers, guiding them to apply best practices 
• Experience of working with data users to develop understanding of data and its relation to business processes 
• Experience of ensuring practices are up to date with latest developments in analytics engineering 
• Experience of reviewing, designing and developing conceptual, logical and physical data models 
• Experience of ensuring that data documentation is aligned with user requirements 
• Experience of engaging and maintaining relationships with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams

SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance. 

Desirable 

• Experience of programming in Python 
• Experience with cloud platforms, ideally AWS 
• Experience of building dashboards or data applications 
• Experience of building CI/CD workflows, ideally with GitHub

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, MOJ guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

The Ministry of Justice guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".