Job Description
Business Analyst
Location: National*
Closing Date: 23rd June 2026
Interviews: Rolling – from 8th June to 10th July
Grade: SEO
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary**: London: £49,325 – £53,081
National: £42,914 – £46,182
Working pattern: Full-time/Flexible working
Contract Type: Permanent
Number of vacancies: 16
Vacancy number: 18005
*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP
Please note that unless you are an existing member of staff at Justice Digital, Data and Science, the only London location being recruited to is 10 South Colonnade, E14 4PU. We are no longer recruiting to 102 Petty France, SW1H 9AJ.
The Role
Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. Please click on the link for details.
This is a great opportunity to join our warm and collaborative multidisciplinary agile teams and become part of our established business analyst community, with over 140 members across Justice Digital, Data and Science. You will play an integral role in delivering high quality, user focused solutions, working in a dynamic organisation that is exciting and innovative. At Justice Digital, Data and Science you will have the opportunity to work across a range of different services, progress your career and make a difference.
We are recruiting for several vacancies across the business, including roles within Probation Digital, Prisons Digital, Technology Services and the Legal Aid Agency Digital.
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team, please read on and apply!
This role aligns against Business Analyst from the Government Digital and Data Framework.
To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025.
Find out more about the role
Want to find out more?
We’re hosting an informal virtual session where you can learn more about what it’s like to work as a Business Analyst in Justice Digital, Data and Science.
Whether you’re interested in exploring how your skills might align with our roles, or you’re simply curious about the Civil Service application process, we’d be delighted for you to join us.
During this event, you will have a chance to chat with one of our tech leaders, who will all be happy to answer any questions you have.
More details below!
Dates:
Tuesday 2nd June 2026: 11:30am – 12:30pm
Friday 12th June 2026: 10am - 11am
Please register for the free, virtual event here on Tuesday 2nd June
Please register for the free, virtual event here on Friday 12th June
You’ll receive a range of excellent benefits when you join our department, including:
A generous employer pension contribution of 28.97% through the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
25 days of annual leave, (increasing to 30 days once you have reached 5 years of service), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
Flexible working arrangements including hybrid working, working part time or compressed hours. Designed to support a positive work–life balance.
Employees are allocated 10% of their working time for personal and professional development.
A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best-in-class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms.
Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
You can find more details of the Benefits we offer here. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital, Data and Science please take a look at our blog.
Key Responsibilities
As a Business Analyst in Justice Digital, Data and Science you’ll work within a multi-disciplinary product or service team, either independently or contributing to large scale transformations.
Business Analysts typically:
Undertake analysis to understand how a business area works, considering the people, organisation, processes, information, data and technology
Identify and elaborate user and business needs to enable effective design, development and business change
Ensure new products and services meet business and user needs, and are aligned with organisational goals
Understand any business and policy constraints that need to be considered, and assess the implications
Collaborate on prioritisation to agree minimum viable product and sprint features
Identify areas for improvement, explore feasible options, analyse the effects of change and define success measures
Manage stakeholder relationships and have a good understanding of your work area
Contribute to the business analysis community including sharing best practice and mentoring others
Take ownership for improving your own knowledge of business analysis and agile principles, methods and tools and play an active role within the Business Analysis community in sharing knowledge and supporting other members
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!
Person Specification
Essential
Delivering analysis within different delivery approaches – assessed at pre-sift and sift
You have experience delivering business analysis within a digital, multidisciplinary team using different delivery methodologies, such as Scrum or Kanban. You understand how products and services are delivered through these approaches and can adapt how you work and the outputs you produce to suit your team’s delivery method. You work effectively with other roles, adjusting your approach to ensure value is delivered at pace. (Adapting to delivery methodologies)Understanding systems and data – assessed at interview
You analyse how digital systems and data work, including what they currently do and what they need to do in future. You create clear models and documentation to support shared understanding across the team. Working with others in a multidisciplinary team, you identify gaps in functionality and user experience and explain the impact of these to support better decisions. (Digital and data systems analysis)
Defining and managing business and user needs – assessed at interview
You can elicit, analyse, challenge and validate business and user needs, working through areas of conflict where they arise. You can define and manage a range of requirements artefacts, such as problem statements, epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria and non-functional requirements, to clearly communicate needs. You ensure requirements are managed and traceable in line with agreed approaches, and you can facilitate the prioritisation of needs with minimal supervision. (Defining and managing business needs, user needs and requirements)Using business modelling to support understanding and decision making – assessed at interview
You can select and apply appropriate business modelling techniques to support analysis, decision making and stakeholder understanding. You can elicit the right information and create clear models and diagrams that represent processes, relationships, information and interactions across the organisation. (Business modelling)Communicating clearly and influencing effectively – assessed at interview
You communicate in a clear, honest and engaging way, adapting your style and methods to suit different audiences, including senior stakeholders. You ensure communication has a clear purpose, check understanding and encourage the use of appropriate digital and non-digital channels. You share information respectfully and positively, taking account of different perspectives and needs. (Communicating and influencing)Working collaboratively with others – assessed at sift and interview
You work collaboratively within your own team and across professions, building strong professional relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. You actively share information, encourage joined-up working and contribute to a positive team environment where people feel valued, supported and respected. You are comfortable working independently when required, while remaining connected to wider team goals. (Working together)Improving services and processes – assessed at interview
You work with others to identify where services and processes can be improved and made more efficient. You use technology and new ideas to simplify ways of working, encouraging suggestions from a wide range of people. You explain changes clearly and support colleagues to adapt, creating an environment where people feel comfortable sharing ideas and challenging how things are done, while considering the impact of changes on different users. (Changing and improving)
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for SC clearance.
We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor.
Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace.
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 and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.
Salary Information**
Base salary for this role is from £49,325 – £53,081 (London), or £42,914 – £46,182 (National)
New entrants to the Civil Service joining the MoJ are expected to start at the minimum of the pay band.
Existing Civil Servants moving on a level transfer will retain their current base salary or move to the minimum of the pay band for the role, whichever is higher.
Existing Civil Servants who are promoted will either move to the bottom of the new grade’s pay band or receive a 10% uplift, whichever provides the greater increase.
How to Apply
In Justice Digital, Data and Science, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We shall assess a combination of your Technical skills and Behaviours during the assessment process.
Stage 1 - Application and sift:
To apply for this position, you must submit the following as part of your application:
A CV detailing your career history (including any relevant qualifications and company names). Your CV will be assessed against the essential criteria outlined within the Person Specification of this advert.
A Personal Statement (no more than 500 words) which should outline your experience and skills, giving clear examples of work undertaken. It should specifically address the following 2 criteria listed below, using a separate paragraph for each.
Tell us about a time you have had to work in a multidisciplinary team and have adapted your ways of working to enable iterative delivery of value. Your answer should be no more than 250 words and should include what you did, how you did it and why you took the action you did.(Adapting to delivery methodologies)
Tell us about a time when collaboration within your team was not working effectively and you took action to improve it. Your answer should be no more than 250 words and include what you did, how you did it and why you took the action you did. (Working together)
A diverse sift panel will review the information in your CV and Personal Statement to assess the sift criteria specified above. We operate an anonymous shortlisting process. Please ensure your CV and Personal Statement do not include your name or any other identifying details, but please still include relevant company names for employment history.
Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift, before the initial panel sift, will be undertaken. This will be based on your evidence of managing requirements in an Agile setting, which is related to the ‘Delivering Analysis Within Different Delivery Approaches (Adapting to delivery methodologies)’ essential criteria.
Please access the following link for guidance on how to apply - Application Guidance
Stage 2 - Interviews:
Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a panel interview held via Microsoft Teams. At interview stage, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements - Experience, Technical skills and the following Behaviours:
Communicating & Influencing – at SEO level
Changing & Improving – at SEO level
Working Together – at SEO level
As part of your interview, you will be asked to deliver a presentation that will assess the following criteria:
Business Modelling – Working level
Digital and data systems analysis – at Working level
Defining and managing business needs, user needs and requirements – at Working level
Communicating & Influencing – at SEO level
Further details will be provided if successful at sift.
Appointments are made strictly in merit order. In the event that two or more candidates receive identical interview scores, the Communicating and Influencing Behaviour will be applied as the primary lead criterion to determine the final merit order.
Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.
A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.
Use of Artificial Intelligence
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 for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Terms & Conditions
Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact digitalanddatarecruitment@justice.gov.uk
