Senior Benefit Realisation Analyst

Job summary

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.

Our Inclusive Environment

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.

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.

Find Out More

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Job description

This is an opportunity to join the Benefits Realisation and Evaluation team, part of the Analytical Community in Building Digital UK (BDUK), a directorate within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). BDUK’s analytical community includes around two dozen analysts who support the effective investment of over £5 billion in UK digital infrastructure through analysis, evaluation, modelling and reporting.

The Senior Benefit Realisation Analyst plays a central role in how BDUK understands, tracks and uses evidence on programme benefits. Benefit realisation is the process of translating what is known about the value and impacts of a programme into timely, practical insight on delivery performance, enabling informed decisions to optimise outcomes while programmes are live, and ahead of formal evaluation evidence. The role requires sound analytical judgement, confidence working with uncertainty, and the ability to provide clear, trusted advice in a fastmoving delivery environment.

The role offers a genuine opportunity to shape and embed a leading, best in class approach to benefit realisation. It combines delivery of benefits governance and evidence with hands on analytical work. This includes maintaining BDUK’s benefits framework and evidence base, reviewing assumptions underpinning programme business cases, producing regular benefit insight for senior decision making, and leading proportionate analytical or research projects to address evidence gaps and emerging risks. The role is suited to analysts from social research, economics, statistics or data science backgrounds motivated by high impact work at the intersection of evidence, delivery and decision making.

Person specification

• Lead delivery of BDUK’s high‑quality benefits function that brings together managing an evidence base and its framework, reporting mechanisms and application evidence to support major programme and business‑case decisions. Ensure benefits work is well‑structured, productive and continues to improve as delivery, data and evidence evolve.
  
• Interpret evidence to explain progress, risk and impact. Analyse and synthesise delivery, operational and analytical evidence to produce a regular clear view of how benefits are progressing, where risks or opportunities are emerging, and what this means in practice. Make confidence, uncertainty and limitations explicit so conclusions can be used responsibly.
  
• Strengthen the evidence where confidence is weakest by identifying priority evidence gaps or fragile assumptions that matter most for delivery decisions and lead proportionate data analysis or research projects to address them. Use inquisitive thinking to understand how conclusions and benefits vary under different conditions.
  
• Apply benefit insight to delivery and investment decisions by ensuring evidence and updated assumptions inform sequencing and prioritisation (and business‑case justification and options) at the points where decisions are taken. Situate BDUK benefits within wider government objectives such as regional growth, digital inclusion, net zero and public service reform when informing challenge and advice.
  
• Connect benefit realisation, evaluation and wider analysis: Work with evaluation colleagues to ensure benefit insight shapes evaluation design and that evaluation findings feed back into benefit pathways, assumptions and conclusions. Maintain coherence between benefits, evaluation, business‑case evidence and wider analytical work. Draw on, and contribute to, relevant analysis and evidence across DSIT, wider government and external expert communities to sense check findings and strengthen confidence in benefits.
  
• Maintain professional standards and deliver across priorities: Maintain high analytical standards across benefit realisation work, balancing regular cycles with deeper analytical activity using sound judgement on proportionality and feasibility. Contribute analytical expertise to wider BDUK priorities where required and provide quality assurance and, where needed, line management.

Essential Criteria

• Strong analytical experience, demonstrated through applied work using quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods to address complex policy or delivery questions.
  
• Experience working with imperfect, evolving or incomplete data and evidence, and making proportionate, transparent judgements about assumptions, uncertainty and risk.
  
• Experience of applying descriptive and inferential statistical techniques (such as regression analysis) to explore trends and patterns in complex data and translate these into insights.
  
• Ability to synthesise evidence from multiple sources (programme data, modelling outputs, research, external statistics) into clear, decision focused insight.
  
• Experience communicating analysis to a range of audiences, including senior decisionmakers, in written and verbal formats.
  Experience working collaboratively with policy, delivery, commercial or strategy colleagues in a complex organisational environment.
  
• The role is open to badged government analytical professions: Government Statistician Group (GSG), Government Economic Service (GES), Government Social Research Service (GSR), Government Operational Research Service (GORS). The role is also open to external applicants, but with profession badging available via the recruitment process for GSR, GSG and GORS only. For GES, external applicants can only become badged through the GES central recruitment campaign.

Desirable Criteria

• Proficient in coding languages such as SQL, R, and Python (training can be provided).
  
• Experience related to benefits management, value for money, appraisal or evaluation in government or large programmes.
  
• Experience working with place based data, infrastructure programmes or regulated markets.
  
• Experience designing or delivering rapid inhouse analytical projects to inform live decision making.
  
• Familiarity with Green Book, Magenta Book, or IPA guidance in practice.
  
• Knowledge of the UK telecoms market.
  
• The postholder may be required to take on line management responsibilities in the future.
• Desirable skills will not be scored unless in a tie-break scenario.

Behaviours

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills

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

• Depending on the profession, the competency assessed will be:GSR = Leadership in social researchGORS = Achieving impact with analysisGSG = Presenting and disseminating data effectivelyGES = Synthesising the evidence

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £40,415, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology contributes £11,708 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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.

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.

Things you need to know

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 (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

Applications will be sifted on CV, a behavioural statement, personal statement, and any technical skills required.

In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the lead behaviour statement (Making Effective Decisions) only.

The interview will consist of behaviour, technical and strength-based questions.

The links to the relevant technical/professional competency frameworks that candidates will be assessed against, for their reference:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-government-social-research competency-framework

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gors-technical-framework

https://analysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk/policy-store/competencyframework-for-the-government-statistician-group-gsg/

https: //www.gov.uk/government/publications/ges-technical-framework 2022

A reserve list of candidates may be kept for up to 12 months.

Sift and Interview dates to be confirmed.

Further Information

Existing Civil Servants and applicants from accredited NDPBs are eligible to apply and can be considered on loan basis (Civil Servants) or secondment (accredited NDPBs). Prior agreement to be released on a loan basis must be obtained before commencing the application process. In the case of Civil Servants, the terms of the loan will be agreed between the home and host department and the Civil Servant. This includes grade on return.

Reasonable Adjustment

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/Disclosure Scotland 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.

For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk

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.

Please be aware the levels of national security clearance are changing which may impact on the level needed for this role by the time of appointment. All efforts will be made to keep candidates informed of any changes and what that will mean in terms of vetting criteria. For more information please See our vetting charter

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.

Feedback

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).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) (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)

Working for the Civil Service

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

Apply and further information

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.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Rich Keyte
• Email : richard.keyte@bduk.gov.uk

Recruitment team

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

Further information

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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