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£35,935 - £39,885 a year
Gross, as stated in the ad.
About £2,450 - £2,690 a month after tax.
Hybrid
Only from certain places, per the ad: “This post can be based in any location within England and Wales where a Crown Prosecution Service office is located.”
Apply by Friday 23 October
The date the employer’s listing closes.
Be near based on business needs. The Crown Prosecution Service is a Disability Confident employer and all reasonable adjustments are considered in line with Equality Act of 2010. for hybrid days
No relocation package mentioned.
25 days holiday
Per the ad, which doesn’t say whether bank holidays are on top.
28.97% employer pension
Paid in by the employer, per the ad. The legal minimum is 3%.
Cycle to work scheme
Commuter benefits named in the ad.
To be eligible to apply, you need:
It is desirable that you have the below experience but this is not required to apply:
£35,935 - £39,885
£35,935 - £37,995 (National) / £37,615 - £39,885 + £3,150 RRA (London)
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Alongside your salary of £35,935, Crown Prosecution Service contributes £10,410 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).
Join the Crown Prosecution Service and find your purpose.
We also offer the following range of benefits:
The Crown Prosecution Service has fixed rates for its Higher Executive Officer grade - a developing rate (the starting salary) and a spot rate (the maximum salary). Applicants typically join us on the developing rate and, after completing a 18-month development period, move to the spot rate - this is subject to your line manager confirming that you're performing the role to a satisfactory standard.
If you're joining the Crown Prosecution Service on a lateral transfer from another government department, you should contact us about the impact on your salary and the implications of any time you've already spent at that grade before applying or accepting an employment offer. Your salary may be adjusted if your location changes when you join us. This adjustment also takes into account any existing allowances that may have previously been consolidated into your basic pay - there's no guarantee that you can retain these when you transfer.
Please note that the CPS is unable to offer visa sponsorship. If you require visa sponsorship to work in the UK, you will not meet the eligibility criteria for this role.
Details of the Civil Service Nationality Rules are located at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules
Candidates are subject to UK immigration requirements. For the most up-to-date information on the requirements of working in the UK, please go to the UK Visas and Immigration website at https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
As a business analyst, you work across different programmes and areas of work. You choose an approach that fits the work and work with colleagues from other disciplines, including User Centred Design and Accessibility, to make sure products and services meet user needs.
Your day-to-day work includes understanding business needs, defining problems and identifying improvements. You use evidence and clear analysis to help people make decisions.
You work with stakeholders to understand, analyse and agree business requirements. You record and track them in a way that is suitable for the work.
You work as part of a team, taking responsibility for your analysis and raising issues when needed. You help the team understand the problem and agree practical solutions.
Your work may include writing acceptance criteria, mapping processes and using other Business Analysis techniques. The approach you use depends on the type of work and what stage it is at.
You take part in the Business Analysis Community of Practice, share what you have learned and learn from other business analysts.
You are expected to keep your Business Analysis skills and knowledge up to date.
Your roles and responsibilities:
A copy of the full job description is attached.
Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
We want to ensure our employees can thrive at work and home and offer a range of support to achieve a balance. This includes flexibility of working hours, flexibility to support caring responsibilities and a flexible approach to deployment. We offer a hybrid working policy. You must spend at least 40% of your contracted hours over a four-week period at court, in an office or another official workplace depending on business need and the kind of work you're doing.
This is a full-time post. We do consider requests for flexible, part-time working and job share, always considering the operational needs of the department.
This post can be based in any location within England and Wales where a Crown Prosecution Service office is located. You are expected to travel to Crown Prosecution Service locations as part of this role, based on business needs. The Crown Prosecution Service is a Disability Confident employer and all reasonable adjustments are considered in line with Equality Act of 2010.
The Crown Prosecution Service is based in England and Wales. If you're applying for this role and live in Scotland or Northern Ireland, you must let us know when accepting this offer as you need permission to work from your home address if hybrid working is part of your role. There's no guarantee that we will grant this approval.
You must be aged 16 or over at the point of starting in this role. The expected start date is approximately 8-12 weeks after the application closing date. You are expected to commence employment as soon as possible following the expiry of your notice period. Requests for significantly later start dates may not be accommodated.
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Higher Executive Officer
B2
Permanent
CPS - HQ Digital Information Directorate (DID)
Analytical
Digital
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We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Apply before 11:55 pm on Friday 23rd October 2026
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
The recruitment process consists of an online application, assessment and interview.
You are asked to complete a statement of no more than 250 words for each of the following behaviours, setting out how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience match the specified behaviours and requirements:
In addition, you need to demonstrate the following experience/technical skills required for this role:
You also need to demonstrate the Crown Prosecution Service or Civil Service values.
The panel has the right to assess the lead behaviour 'Communicating and Influencing' first. If the standard on this behaviour isn't met, the other behaviours won't be considered and your application won't progress. The panel also has the right to raise the minimum standard pass mark. The panel may also refer to the lead behaviour at the interview stage to determine merit order.
CV
You're not required to upload your CV. However, when submitting your application there is a 'CV section'. You are required to provide information about your employment and/or academic history for the past three years, skills, and qualification details. The CV section will be assessed.
It's your responsibility to provide the specified information in the requested format to ensure that you're considered for the post.
If you're unable to cover three years through employment or academic history, you must provide a character reference for clearance purposes.
The interviews and assessments are expected to take place on 9 November 2026.
Your interview takes place online through Microsoft Teams. A member of our recruitment team will be in touch with guidance. If you have any queries about this, contact dimitra.siakavara@cps.gov.uk
You should keep this date free or notify us if you're not available. We'll make every effort to accommodate your date preferences but we can't guarantee it.
We ask you to complete an assessment as part of the recruitment process for this role. We will provide details immediately before your interview.
We use behaviours to help us understand your experience, to see if you're a good fit for the role. You are assessed against HEO in the Civil Service success profiles behaviours framework. We are assessing 4 behaviours at interview and assessment stage:
Essential Experience/Technical Skills - assessed at assessment
Strengths are tested at interview stage - the strengths tested are not shared before the interview.
If you're dissatisfied with the recruitment process and wish to make a complaint, please contact Strategic.Resourcing@cps.gov.uk with your concerns.
If you remain dissatisfied and wish to make a further complaint, please click on the following link to the Civil Service Commission complaints page Recruitment Complaints - Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles can be found at https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
If you're recommended by the selection panel but not appointed to the current vacancies, you're put on a reserve list for 12 months. You may be offered another Business Analyst post in the CPS if a vacancy comes up during this period. We may also approach candidates on the waiting list to fill other roles that require similar knowledge and experience.
The Crown Prosecution Service is passionate about ensuring that we're a top performing organisation and a great place to work. We're a committed equal opportunities employer, creating a culture where you can bring your whole self to work, and individuality is truly appreciated.
This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our staff networks covering disability, faith and belief, LGBTQI+, race, social mobility alongside our mental health first aiders programme and wellbeing sessions.
The Crown Prosecution Service commits to offer its employees the following experience.
Diversity at the Crown Prosecution Service is about inclusion, embracing differences and ensuring our workforce truly reflects the communities we serve. We want you to feel that you belong and can thrive, whatever your background, identity or culture. As a Disability Confident employer, we're happy to support requests for reasonable adjustments and improve your recruitment experience. If you'd like any reasonable adjustments made to our recruitment process, let us know within your application or contact dimitra.siakavara@cps.gov.uk
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
If successful, you are required to secure a Disclosure and Barring Service check, for which you must have a current valid UK address.
If successfully appointed, we ask you to complete a character enquiry form, and nationality and immigration questionnaire.
If you're a Crown Prosecution Service member of staff, you won't need to do a Disclosure and Barring Service check as you already hold this clearance.
The job you're applying for is covered by Article 3(a) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975, consequently Section 4(2) of that Act doesn't apply. You're required to disclose all previous convictions and cautions including spent convictions. Failing to make a full declaration will result in withdrawing your offer of employment if our checks reveal convictions that haven't been disclosed.
Successful candidates must undergo a standard (or equivalent) criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
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