Navy Command - Senior Data Analyst

At Navy Command, we lead, support, and sustain the Royal Navy across every theatre of operations. We coordinate the people, platforms, and missions that keep the Fleet ready for today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities. Together, we uphold centuries of naval tradition while driving innovation that ensures the Royal Navy’s readiness to protect our nation and secure our future.

As the authority for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarine capability, the Submarine Directorate oversees one of the most complex and critical elements of UK defence. Covering everything from in‑service management to long‑term fleet modernisation, the directorate ensures the Submarine Flotilla remains safe, reliable, and ready to meet national security requirements.

This position is a Reserved Post within the Civil Service, for which only sole UK nationals are eligible. Under the Civil Service Nationality Rules, UK nationals include British citizens, British subjects with the right of abode in the United Kingdom, and British Overseas Territories citizens.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Ready to dive into data and bring the bigger picture to the surface? As a Senior Data Analyst in the Submarine Directorate, you’ll join a small team turning complex information into clear insights.

This is data with a purpose: your insights will inform critical decisions, helping shape day-to-day delivery and where investment can make a difference for the future.

You’ll help shape a new function, connecting with subject matter experts, data owners, fellow analysts and digital professionals across Navy Command and the wider Defence Nuclear Enterprise, with external support where needed.

If you’re an experienced analyst with strong technical expertise and a knack for finding the story behind the numbers, bring your curiosity on board.

What you will do:

Data Analysis and Insight: Lead the development and delivery of high-quality analysis and management information products that support portfolio level decision making. Transform information from multiple sources into coherent narratives, identifying trends, risks and opportunities.

Data Management and Governance: Monitor and promote data management practices across the function, ensuring compliance with Navy data standards and analytical best practice. Standardise the use of data, assurance processes and confidence measures across routine reporting and ad-hoc analysis.

Data Visualisation and Reporting: Lead the development of dashboards, analytical products and visualisations that clearly communicate complex information to senior audiences. Ensure coherence across reporting products supporting governance.

Stakeholder Engagement and Technical Leadership: Build relationships with analysts, data owners and subject matter experts across Navy Command and the Defence Nuclear Enterprise. Provide technical advice, challenge data quality issues and influence the adoption of consistent analytical standards and methodologies.

Open to UK nationals only.

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

As part of Defence Reform, Navy Command continues to review and evolve its Target Operating Model to support more agile ways of working. In this context, the role and responsibilities of this role may develop over time to reflect changing business priorities and opportunities.

At Sift, you will be assessed against the following;

Experience

• Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history and qualification details.
• Candidates will be required to provide a Personal Statement. This should be a maximum of 500 words that sets out your motivation for applying and shows how your skills and experience meet the essential requirements for the role.

Behaviours:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service

Technical Skills

• You will be required to write a statement on the Senior Data Analyst - Level 3 - see attachment - Government Security Profession career framework

Please note if we get a high number of applications, candidates will be assessed on their Behaviours and Technical Skill only.

Please note feedback will not be provided on your application.

At Interview, you will be assessed against the following success profiles:

Behaviours

• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service

Technical Skills:

• Senior Data Analyst - Level 3 - see attachment - Government Security Profession career framework

Further information:

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.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

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