Senior Executive Analyst

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Executive Analyst to join our analytical function and play a key role in supporting evidence‑based decision‑making. Working in partnership with a G7 Team Lead, you’ll provide high‑quality analytical insight that supports a key area of the business, helping to drive continuous improvement and positive behavioural change across HM Land Registry.

As an SEO Senior Executive Analyst, you’ll work closely with leaders at all levels of the organisation to develop robust management information systems and deliver impactful analysis. You’ll use a range of analytical techniques to turn complex data into meaningful insight, ensuring it is clearly communicated to both analytical and non‑analytical audiences. Alongside this, you’ll help shape analytical best practice and contribute to the development of a skilled and confident analytical team.

Main duties

Work with the G7 Team Lead and other sub‑team leads to build and enhance analytical capability, including:

• making effective use of existing data and developing new data flows to deliver high‑quality analytical insight
• championing analytical best practice, applying a range of analytical techniques and supporting the development of a strong quality assurance culture
• understanding a variety of data structures and using relevant programming skills to interact effectively with management information databases

Act as the senior analyst on complex analytical work, including:

• delivering high‑quality insights that meet the needs of a diverse range of stakeholders
• managing analytical projects to agreed timescales, ensuring work is fully documented, prioritised appropriately and delivered to a high standard
• communicating analysis and its context clearly and with impact to different audiences, including those without an analytical background

Contribute to the development of a highly skilled analytical sub‑team, including:

• line management of a small team of analysts (up to three HEOs)
• motivating and empowering colleagues to deliver high‑quality analytical insight
• ensuring team members have the right skills, tools and support to succeed in their roles

Key role benefits

This role offers the opportunity to work within a strong analytical and modelling function, with a clear focus on improving how data is used to drive continuous improvement. Supported by an engaged and collaborative senior leadership team, you’ll use your expertise to develop high‑quality management information systems and deliver insight that makes a real impact. You’ll work on high‑profile priorities, maximise the value delivered by your sub‑team and collaborate closely with other analytical teams across the organisation.

Resource management

• Staff: The post holder will be required to line manage staff, with responsibility for supporting, developing and overseeing the work of their team.
• Budget: This role does not have direct budgetary responsibility.

Working arrangements

We are committed to supporting flexible ways of working and welcome applications from people who require flexibility.

• Working pattern: Full‑time, part‑time, flexible working and job‑share arrangements will be considered.
• Hours: minimum of 30 hours per week

Travel and flexibility

Attendance at meetings and events across the HM Land Registry estate, and occasionally at external locations, will form part of this role. This may include occasional overnight stays and will be in line with government guidance. You will need to be flexible in your approach to working hours to meet business 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

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

How to apply:

Please complete the first stage of the online application form and the complete the Civil Service Numerical test. If you pass the Numerical test, you will then be invited to complete the Civil Service Verbal Test. If you pass the Verbal test, you will then be invited to complete the full online application form, in which you will need to complete a CV, Technical Statement and Personal Statement.

The closing date for the test and full application form is 11:55pm on 26th October 2026. You must ensure you build in sufficient time to complete the full application form if you pass the online test. It is recommended that you complete the practice test first. For more information about preparing for the Civil Service Numerical and Verbal test and access to the practice test, please follow this link:

• Preparing for the Civil Service Verbal and Numerical tests - GOV.UK

Please complete your CV to include your work history and qualifications. We will be scoring your CV against the following essential technical and experience criteria:

• One or more of:
• Relevant skills, knowledge, and application of Operational Research (OR), data science or data analysis techniques;
• Qualifications to allow 'badging' to join GORS (Government Operational Research Service) in an analytical profession. Qualifications are a 2:1 in a numerate subject, and substantial experience of applying operational research or for Government Statistical Service (GSS), a 2:1 in a numerate subject and substantial experience of applying statistics; for Government Digital Service (GDS), a 2:1 in a numerate subject and substantial experience of data science.

This should include:

a) Experience of developing MI reports and/or analytical insight including use of spreadsheets or other analytical software

b) Either

1.Experience of using complex data to build dashboards in Power BI alongside an understanding of coding and databases (one or more of: SQL, R, Python)

or

2.Experience of statistical analysis

c) Knowledge of specific analytical and problem-solving techniques

d) Evidence of at least one high profile analytical project you have managed

• Proven track record of presenting evidence and communicating complex analysis with impact to support decision-making;

Technical Statement

Then complete the Technical Statement section (in no more than 250 words), detail how you meet the below essential Technical Skills and Qualification criteria:

One or more of:

• Relevant skills, knowledge, and application of Operational Research (OR), data science or data analysis techniques;
• Qualifications to allow 'badging' to join GORS (Government Operational Research Service) in an analytical profession. Qualifications are a 2:1 in a numerate subject, and substantial experience of applying operational research or for Government Statistical Service (GSS), a 2:1 in a numerate subject and substantial experience of applying statistics; for Government Digital Service (GDS), a 2:1 in a numerate subject and substantial experience of data science.

This should include:

a) Experience of developing MI reports and/or analytical insight including use of spreadsheets or other analytical software

b) Either

1.Experience of using complex data to build dashboards in Power BI alongside an understanding of coding and databases (one or more of: SQL, R, Python)

or

2.Experience of statistical analysis

c) Knowledge of specific analytical and problem-solving techniques

d) Evidence of at least one high profile analytical project you have managed

Personal Statement

When prompted please provide a Personal Statement in up to 750 words detailing how you meet the below Essential Experience criteria:

• Proven track record of presenting evidence and communicating complex analysis with impact to support decision-making;
• Experience of line management and/or developing self or others to increase skills and team flexibility;
• The ability to prioritise work and manage projects effectively against a changing strategic background with limited resources, while managing stakeholder expectations;
• Experience of analytical quality assurance under time and resource pressure.

Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ – once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications – this is 11:55pm on the advertised date.

Sift

The sift will take place shortly after the closing date.

In case of a high volume of applications, we will complete a pre-sift on your technical question:

One or more of:

• Relevant skills, knowledge, and application of Operational Research (OR), data science or data analysis techniques;
• Qualifications to allow 'badging' to join GORS (Government Operational Research Service) in an analytical profession. Qualifications are a 2:1 in a numerate subject, and substantial experience of applying operational research or for Government Statistical Service (GSS), a 2:1 in a numerate subject and substantial experience of applying statistics; for Government Digital Service (GDS), a 2:1 in a numerate subject and substantial experience of data science.

This should include:

a) Experience of developing MI reports and/or analytical insight including use of spreadsheets or other analytical software

b) Either

1.Experience of using complex data to build dashboards in Power BI alongside an understanding of coding and databases (one or more of: SQL, R, Python)

or

2.Experience of statistical analysis

c) Knowledge of specific analytical and problem-solving techniques

d) Evidence of at least one high profile analytical project you have managed

Then we will complete a second pre-sift on your CV.

Interview

If successful at shortlisting stage, you will be invited to attend a blended virtual interview and deliver a pre-prepared presentation. The blended interview will test the essential experience and behaviours listed in the Job Description.

We expect interviews to take place during the week commencing 9th November 2026.

Candidates can refer to notes within their interview, but they should be used as a prompt only.

HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confident Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people.

If you require the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else you would like the panel to take into consideration, you are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.

Visa Sponsorship

Please note that we will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa where a role is in a certain business critical category. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a skilled worker visa.

You must ensure you have the appropriate right to work in the UK before applying.

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