Details
Reference number
425661
Salary
£42,893 - £50,220
Based on capability. The base salary of this grade is £46,169 for London and £42,382 for other locations. Offers made above this will be made up with a specialist pay allowance (£46,725 - £50,220) for London and (£42,893 - £45,653) for national locations.
GBP
Job grade
Senior Executive Officer
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
GDS - GOV.UK
Type of role
Digital
Information Technology
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed hours
Number of jobs available
2
Contents
* Location
* About the job
* Benefits
* Things you need to know
* Apply and further information
Location
Bristol, London, Manchester
About the job
Job summary
The Government Digital Service (GDS) is the digital centre of government. We are responsible for setting, leading and delivering the vision for a modern digital government.
Our priorities are to drive a modern digital government, by:
* joining up public sector services
* harnessing the power of AI for the public good
* strengthening and extending our digital and data public infrastructure
* elevating leadership and investing in talent
* funding for outcomes and procuring for growth and innovation
* committing to transparency and driving accountability
We are home to the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (I.AI), the world-leading GOV.UK and at the forefront of coordinating the UK's geospatial strategy and activity. We lead the Government Digital and Data function and champion the work of digital teams across government.
We're part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and employ more than 1,000 people all over the UK, with hubs in Manchester, London and Bristol.
The Government Digital Service is where talent translates into impact. From your first day, you'll be working with some of the world's most highly-skilled digital professionals, all contributing their knowledge to make change on a national scale.
Join us for rewarding work that makes a difference across the UK. You'll solve some of the nation's highest-priority digital challenges, helping millions of people access services they need
Job description
As a Performance Analyst you :
* are proficient in a wide range of tools and ensure that the team is equipped with the required skills according to the strategy set out by the Lead Performance Analyst
* are skilled and experienced at carrying out the day-to-day activities of a performance analyst, including visualising and communicating insight, while also carrying out increasingly complex analysis working with other teams where necessary
* are actively contribute to the performance analysis community within their department or organisation, while forging links with other analytical disciplines and up-skill others in analysis where possible and appropriate
* have experience of working on GA4 data layer implementations from start to finish, including planning, designing schema, deployment, and ongoing optimisation.Good working understanding of GA4's architecture, event tracking, and custom dimensions/metrics
* have good technical skills in Google Tag Manager (GTM) and SQL, enabling you to implement and troubleshoot GA4 tagging, and an awareness of JavaScript, HTML
* have experience feeding into data architecture plans that ensures accurate and reliable data collection. Experience in setting up and maintaining data validation processes specific to GA4, with the ability to contribute to data processing pipelines that create clean, and useful analytics outputs
Person specification
We're interested in people who:
* can demonstrate strong proficiency with digital analytics platforms, such as Google Analytics (specifically GA4) working with high volumes of data
* are experienced using analytical environments to evaluate and analyse data, especially in GCP (Google Cloud Platform), for example tools such as Google BigQuery, Dataform, and other APIs
* possess experience of working in an agile, project-based environment, focussed on delivering user needs
* succeed in developing implementation strategy, roadmaps, measurement frameworks, instrumentation, quality assurance, administration and analysis
* understand and have practical experience of using different data tools to transform and analyse different data sets. Understanding of and practical experience with data analysis and visualisation tools, e.g. Looker Studio or Tableau and languages e.g. SQL or python.
* can gather and understand technical requirements. Is able to work collaboratively with developers and other data professions to support building suitable technical solutions such as analytics tracking or data pipelines
* demonstrates strong attention to detail when working with data to ensure accuracy and reliability
Benefits
The benefits of working at GDS
There are many benefits of working at GDS, including:
* flexible hybrid working with flexi-time and the option to work part-time or condensed hours
* a Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
* 25 days of annual leave, increasing by a day each year up to a maximum of 30 days
* an extra day off for The King's birthday
* an in-year bonus scheme to recognise high performance
* career progression and coaching, including a training budget for personal development
* paid volunteering leave
* a focus on wellbeing with access to an employee assistance programme
* job satisfaction from making government services easier to use and more inclusive for people across the UK
* advances on pay, including for travel season tickets
* death in service benefits
* cycle to work scheme and facilities
* access to children's holiday play schemes across different locations in central London
* access to an employee discounts scheme
* 10 learning days per year
* volunteering opportunities (5 special leave days per year)
* access to a suite of learning activities through Civil Service learning
Any move to Government Digital Service 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. Determine your eligibility at
Office attendance
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.
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).
Things you need to know
Selection process details
The standard selection process for roles at GDS consists of:
* a simple application screening process - We only ask for a CV and two role specific questions
* Initial Screening - 30 minutes video call to discuss application
* 60 minute interview by video call, this includes a task. The information of the task will be sent to all selected candidates in advance
Depending on how many applications we get, there might also be an extra stage before the video interview, for example a phone interview or a technical exercise.
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.
In the event we receive a high volume of applications, we will conduct the initial sift against the lead criteria which is:
* can demonstrate strong proficiency with digital analytics platforms, such as Google Analytics (specifically GA4) working with high volumes of data.
In the Civil Service, we use Success Profiles to evaluate your skills and ability. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, increases performance and improves diversity and inclusivity. We'll be assessing your technical abilities, skills, experience and behaviours that are relevant to this role.
For this role we'll be assessing you against the following Civil Service Behaviours:
* working together
* changing and improving
* delivering at pace
* communicating and influencing
We'll also be assessing your experience and specialist technical skills against the following skills defined in the Government Digital and Data Capability Framework for the Performance Analyst role:
* Analysis and insight
* Communicating analysis and insight
* Performance measurement
* Technical understanding (performance analyst)
* User-centred analysis
Recruitment Timeline
Sift completion: 18/09/25
Phone Screening: commencing from 25/09//25
Interviews: commencing from 07/10/25
Candidates that do not pass the interview but have demonstrated an acceptable standard may be considered for similar roles at a lower grade.
A reserve list will be held for a period of 12 months, from which further appointments can be made.
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.
Sponsorship
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.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
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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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.
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Further information
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact GDS- in the first instance.
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commission by email: Or in writing: Civil Service Commission, Room G/8 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ.