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Digital Inclusion and Skills Analyst

Hybrid in London·Added today (last checked 10 Nov)

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

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Our summary

Salary
£45,740 - £53,970 a year

About £3,040 - £3,490 a month after tax.

Work mode
Hybrid, London
Closing date
Apply by Sunday 22 November
Holiday
25 days holiday
Pension
28.97% employer pension

Skills

Nice to have

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Ability to lead high-quality quantitative analysis from an initially unstructured question through to interpretation of results and evidence-based recommendations, using appropriate analytical tools, theory and techniques.
  • Experience of using a coding language or statistical software, such as R, Python or Stata, to analyse large and/or complex datasets.
  • Ability to communicate complex analytical evidence clearly to non-analytical audiences, both verbally and in writing, and use it to inform decision-making.

Nice to have

  • Experience of applying advanced analytical methods to large or complex datasets, such as econometric, machine-learning or coding-based survey analysis.
  • Experience of developing reproducible analytical products, data pipelines, dashboards or interactive visualisations.
  • Experience of managing analytical projects, commissioned research, external suppliers or the delivery of analytical products involving multiple stakeholders.

Education & certifications

Must be a member of at least one analytical profession or meet the minimum entry requirements to one of those professions and is willing to join one as part of the application process

GES:
To apply for full and associate GES membership, you must:

  • have a first or upper second-class honours degree in economics (or international equivalent), or a postgraduate degree in economics. If it is a joint degree, at least 50% of the course modules must be in economics.
  • have studied both macroeconomics and microeconomics.

GSG:
A first- or second-class honours degree (2:2 minimum) in a numerate subject containing taught statistical content (e.g. Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Economics, Sciences, Psychology, Geography,) or a higher degree, for example MSc or PhD, in a subject containing formal statistical training (e.g. Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Economics, Sciences, Psychology, Geography)
Or you can apply if you have achieved a Level 6 Data Scientist Degree Apprenticeship or have achieved a Level 4 Data Analytics apprenticeship and are able to demonstrate Continuous Professional Development via a logbook that has been signed off by an existing member of the GSG profession in the role of manager or mentor, covering 2 years in a statistical/data analysis field in government
Or you can apply if you have worked in a statistical or data science field and are able to demonstrate Continuous Professional Development (via a logbook) covering a minimum of two years. You will need to evidence how you applied statistics or data science at the same level as a foundation degree or HND (level five) and demonstrates the expected skills as outlined in the GSG Competency framework.

GSR:

  • For qualification route, must hold an undergraduate degree at a minimum of 2:2. The degree must contain substantial social research methods training (comprising around one-third of modules taken in the course).
  • For professional experience route, must hold an undergraduate degree at a minimum of 2:2, in any subject, or a degree equivalent, plus have at least 4 years' social research practice experience. Social research practice experience consists of experience working in a research agency, market research agency or specialist research team.

GORS:

  • You must have, or expect to have, a 2:1 or higher degree or degree apprenticeship in a highly numerate degree subject; or you must have, or expect to have, a 2:2 or higher degree and a highly numerate postgraduate degree.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

£45,740 - £53,970

National: £45,740 - £50,835
London: £48,540 - £53,970 (pro rata for part-time working). This post also attracts an analyst allowance of £4,585, or £6,475 for those with a relevant Master's degree as approved by the Head of Profession.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Alongside your salary of £45,740, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology contributes £13,250 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).

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology offers a competitive mix of benefits including:

  • A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
  • Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
  • A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
  • An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
  • Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.

Visa & relocation

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

The role

At DSIT we're all about improving people's lives by maximising the potential of science & technology.

We accelerate innovation, investment and productivity through world-class science, research and development.

We use technology for good by ensuring new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK, with the benefits more widely shared.

We are driving forward a modern digital government which gives citizens a more satisfying experience and their time back.

We do all this to enable the Government's 5 national missions: kickstarting economic growth, making Britain a clean energy superpower, taking back our streets, breaking down barriers to opportunity and building an NHS fit for the future.

Above all, we focus on improving people's lives. Whether it's researching new treatments for disease, developing better batteries, reducing burdens through better public services, keeping children safe online, and much more, outcomes for citizens are at the heart of what we do.

The Digital Inclusion and Skills (DIS) directorate ensures that people and communities across the UK can benefit from technological change, rather than be left behind by it.

The current priorities are:

1. Closing the digital divide so that everyone can access the services, opportunities and support they need to participate in an increasingly digital modern life. Tackling barriers such as internet and device affordability and access, essential digital skills and confidence, while recognising that some people will continue to need non-digital support.
2. Building clearer, employer-backed routes into digital and tech careers with a focus on where the system underperforms most: gender diversity, social mobility and regional opportunity. Helping people enter, progress and lead in digital and tech roles.
3. Ensuring the UK has the talent it needs in AI, cyber and other frontier technologies to compete, attract investment and lead. Working with employers, educators and partners to understand changing skills needs and strengthen pathways into priority roles.

The DIS Analysis Team provides analytical support to the DIS directorate. We are a multi-disciplinary team, with members across the Government Economic Service (GES), Government Social Research Service (GSR), and Government Statistics Group (GSG) of analysts. Our responsibilities include: survey ownership (of the Essential Digital Skills Survey) and co-development (for the Public Engagement Survey); Monitoring and Evaluation of the directorate's programmes; economic appraisal to support policy development (including Business Cases and Impact Assessments); evidence synthesis; and management of commissioned research.

We have two SEO level roles available in the team, one leading on data and systems analysis for the department's 'TechFirst' programme, a £230 million suite of interventions to improve workforce skills and employment outcomes; and another leading on analytical support to the digital inclusion policy team, a fast-paced and high-profile area focused on tacking digital exclusion and ensuring that everyone can benefit from the opportunities created by technological change.

What you'll do

TechFirst
We are looking for a proactive analyst to help establish and improve the TechFirst evidence base. The successful candidate will be responsible for a broad portfolio of work, including:

  • using systems thinking to understand interactions between different strands of the TechFirst programme, generating recommendations for policy design and data collection
  • leading new analysis of large, semi-structured datasets e.g. webscraped job vacancy data, to identify skill demand, wage premia, and other measures of interest for frontier tech roles
  • supporting the statistical lead to build a data pipeline for management information from all TechFirst suppliers (ca. 50 organisations). This includes collection, collation, processing, and visualisation.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on a high-profile and high-priority programme, influencing how government invests in skills and talent across the UK's frontier technologies.

Digital Inclusion Senior Analyst
We are looking for a motivated analyst to lead analytical support for the digital inclusion policy team. This is an exciting opportunity to shape evidence and analysis in a high-profile area, helping to inform decisions that affect millions of people across the UK and influence how government supports participation in an increasingly digital society.

The successful candidate will be responsible for a range of rewarding and high-profile analytical projects, including:

  • Providing analytical and economic advice to policy colleagues, senior officials and ministers - translating complex evidence into clear and actionable recommendations.
  • Leading quantitative analysis of large survey and administrative datasets to improve understanding of digitally excluded populations and barriers to participation. Including using coding tools, econometric and statistical techniques to analyse microdata.
  • Developing and applying economic analysis to support policy decisions, including business cases, cost-benefit analysis and wider appraisal products consistent with HM Treasury Green Book principles.
  • Supporting the design, commissioning and management of research projects to strengthen the evidence base for digital inclusion interventions.
  • Working across analytical professions and with external stakeholders to develop innovative approaches to measuring digital exclusion.
  • Supporting the development of junior analysts through task management and potentially line management responsibilities.

How you'll work

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

The Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK. The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period.

Apply before

Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 22nd November 2026

Reference number

489626

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Analytical
Economist
Operational Research
Social Research
Statistics

Number of jobs available

2

Bristol, London, Salford

TechFirst

The TechFirst programme covers the six frontier technologies prioritised in the Digital and Technologies Sector Plan in the government's Industrial Strategy: Artificial Intelligence (AI), cyber security, quantum, advanced connectivity, engineering biology and semiconductors and provides support to learners and job seekers from age 11, throughout tertiary education and into the job market.

Its three key aims are:

1. to reach at least one million young people aged 11-18 in schools and colleges across the UK;
2. to support over 4,000 domestic graduates, researchers and innovators to develop advanced and specialist skills;
3. to support at least 1,000 people into tech jobs.

Behaviours

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

  • Changing and Improving
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • GES: Application of Knowledge, GORS: Knowledge and application of OR, GSG: Acquiring data and understanding customer needs, GSR: Identifying research needs, designing & specifying research

Job contact

  • Name : Lawrie Morgan
  • Email : Lawrie.morgan@dsit.gov.uk

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Hiring process

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, behavioural statements and any technical skills required. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the technical skills statement only.

Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.

The interview will consist of behaviour and technical questions.

Interviewees will be asked to deliver a presentation at interview, further details will be provided nearer the time.

Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

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We offer flexible working benefits, employee well-being support and a great pension. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below.

  • Email : dsitresourcing.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Additional information

Former DSIT recruitment campaigns are continuing as usual, but candidates should be aware that following the Government's announcement on the changes to some civil service departments, roles will be subject to the machinery of government moves and will ultimately be in one of the new departments. We will provide more information if you are selected for a role. This work remains of high importance to the civil service, and we thank you for your continued interest.

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.

We are proud to be a disability confident leader and we welcome applications from disabled candidates and candidates with long-term conditions.

Information about the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and some examples of adjustments that we offer to disabled candidates and candidates with long-term health conditions during our recruitment process can be found in our DSIT Candidate Guidance. A DSIT Plain Text Version of the guidance is also available.

We encourage candidates to discuss their adjustment needs by emailing the job contact which can be found under the contact point for applicants section.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

A location based 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.

Candidates who meet the minimum benchmark may be placed on a Reserve List for consideration for similar roles, including those at a lower grade. Candidates who narrowly miss the benchmark and are not placed on the Reserve List may still be considered for an offer in a similar role at a lower grade.

Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

Any move to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 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; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.

DSIT does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).

DSIT cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. DSIT holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.

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.

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.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (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.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance DSITrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Click here to visit Civil Service Commission/Complaints.

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