Details
Reference number
425434
Salary
£81,000 - £91,000
Standard Cabinet Office rules on pay will apply to civil servants appointed on level transfer or promotion. Their salary will increase to the minimum of the SCS PB1 range or by a promotion award of up to 10% more than their current basic salary excluding all allowances (whichever is the greater). Individuals appointed on level transfer will retain their existing basic salary excluding all allowances.
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP
Job grade
SCS Pay Band 1
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
HO - STARS - Home Office Analysis and Insight Team (HOAI)
Type of role
Analytical
Science
Senior leadership
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time, Job share
Number of jobs available
1
Contents
* Location
* About the job
* Benefits
* Things you need to know
* Apply and further information
Location
London, Manchester, Sheffield
About the job
Job summary
As Chief Statistician you will play a key role advising senior officials and ministers on high profile releases of information, as well as supporting the wider analytical community on developing and improving our releases and supporting processes.
You will be a strong leader comfortable with managing complex stakeholder relationships with policy makers, operational leads, the UKSA, and a range of Whitehall partners, including the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
You will be responsible for promoting the code of practice across all HO stats releases (e.g. crime/policing, migration and terrorism). You will directly oversee the analytical function responsible for Immigration system statistics, irregular migration statistics, and refugee resettlement/integration. You will work alongside other analytical units in HOAI covering the management of the Border, legal migration policy, and operation of the asylum and enforcement systems.
Job description
Key work of the unit includes:
* Developing and publishing the wide range of Immigration System Statistics produced quarterly, and providing advice to ministers, policy and comms colleagues on a consistently high-profile area.
* Liaison with Office of National Statistics and other departments on matters related to migration patterns and trends.
* Managing the production and development of statistics and the ongoing statistical advice in relation to irregular arrivals in the UK and the enforcement activity in the Immigration system.
* Producing a quarterly report on Irregular Migration trends in Europe and at the UK border, maintaining strong links with operational experts in Home Office agencies and other relevant departments as well as international data contacts.
* Providing research and statistical support for the new Border Security Command working across boundaries and providing advice on measurement and evaluation at a senior level.
* Overseeing a large social research programme on integration, resettlement and irregular migration, including the innovative Refugee Integration Outcomes (RIO) programme (working with HMRC and ONS), and a complex resettlement evaluation working with operational teams and local authorities.
* Developing new systems for published statistics including improved dissemination methods.
* Ensuring the UK can lead discussion of migration statistics and are represented in relevant international fora
More broadly you will be a key senior member of Home Office Analysis and Insight (HOAI). You will support the Director of Analysis and Insight, and the Chief Scientific Adviser, in transforming the way we use analysis to improve decision-making. You will build capability and be a dynamic leader for the whole analytical community & the wider Science, Technology, Analysis and Research (STAR) function.
Overall, the key challenges of this role are i) leadership of a large, multi-disciplinary analytical team working in a politically sensitive and challenging area and ii) managing the large (and increasing) demand for statistics, which will require our capability to continue to change and develop.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate their knowledge, experience, capability and behavioural approach to a high standard against the following key criteria:
* Strong leadership skills – including the ability to lead high performing teams, and to promote the effective use of analysis and evidence to senior stakeholders.
* Strong analytical technical expertise - including providing sign off on use of methodology and interpretation of findings, advising Ministers and Senior Officials on appropriate use of analysis and what is possible to answer key questions, as well as guiding team members in their own technical development.
* Strong communication skills – including articulating complex technical information to influence Ministers and other senior decision makers, and the ability to draw insights out of analysis.
* Experience of setting direction for analytical work programmes which directly support strategic organisational objectives, working across boundaries so that the right people are involved to deliver.
* The ability to deliver programmes at pace in complex, changing environments, whilst ensuring effective quality control and project management.
* The ability to build influential networks and professional working relationships with colleagues, customers, and a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
* Membership of the Government Statistical Service, due to the critical importance of the Immigration statistics and related outputs in this role
Desirable criteria
* Knowledge and experience in overseeing government social research.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £81,000, Home Office contributes £23,465 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
* Learning and development tailored to your role
* An environment with flexible working options
* A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
* A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Things you need to know
Selection process details
Online Application
Please follow the Job Advert instructions on the Civil Service Jobs website to apply online, no later than 23:55hrs on Sunday 28th September 2025.
Provide some basic personal information;
* A CV - setting out your career history, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant for this role, including details where budgets and numbers of people managed, relevant achievements in recent posts, together with reasons for any gaps within the last two years;
* A Statement of Suitability – (limited to 1250 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria in the person specification.
* Diversity Monitoring - as part of the online application process, you will be asked a number of diversity-related questions. If you do not wish to provide a declaration on any of the characteristics, you will have the option to select 'prefer not to say'. See the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy: 2022 to 2025 (HTML) - GOV.UK ) for more information.
It is essential that in your written application you give evidence, using examples, of proven experience. These responses will be developed and discussed with candidates invited for interview. Failure to submit both a CV and Supporting Statement will mean the panel only have limited information on which to assess your application against the criteria in the person specification.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.
As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.
Security
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .
See our vetting charter .
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
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)
* 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
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code 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 .
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.
Diversity and Inclusion
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 Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
* Name : Rosie Jonsson
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Further information
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Complaints should be sent in writing to:
Civil Service Commission, Room G8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ.