21075 - Deputy Director, Research Insight and Analysis
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HM Courts and Tribunals Service is recruiting a Deputy Director to lead the Research Insight and Analysis Division, delivering strategic leadership for modelling forecasting and research across crime, civil, family and tribunals, and ensuring robust evidence to underpin resource allocation and planning. The role requires visible cross agency influence, developing advanced techniques for data science and behavioural insight, and owning HMCTS’s evaluation portfolio. In your application, focus the Statement of Suitability on essential experience such as leading social research portfolios, driving policy relevant analyses and building high performing teams; use concrete, STAR based examples. Check the Candidate Information Pack, expect SC security checks, the week commencing 5 October 2026 for interviews, and a presentation. Closing date 6 September 2026. Location National; Grade SCS 1; Permanent.
General Information
Descriptions & requirements
The Role
HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is seeking an outstanding Deputy Director to lead the Research Insight and Analysis Division within the Strategy and Analysis Directorate.
This Deputy Director role provides strategic leadership and delivery oversight for HMCTS’ modelling, forecasting, and research (social, behavioural, operational and evaluation), insight capability. The DD will ensure that HMCTS has robust, evidence-based insight to underpin critical decisions on resource allocation, judicial planning, operational performance, and service design.
Key Responsibilities
The post-holder will:
- provide visible leadership across HMCTS and MoJ, in particular leading HMCTS’ social research portfolio across crime, civil, family, and tribunals, fostering collaboration between analytical teams and with others in different professions including strategic finance, service teams, central operations, and policy colleagues.
- lead the research, evaluation, modelling and analysis HMCTS will need when developing and implementing key policy and legislative changes, including to housing dispute resolution, immigration and asylum, employment rights and the agreed recommendations from the Independent Review of Criminal Courts (IRCC).
- oversee the development and application of sophisticated techniques to create modelling that will support annual allocations, in-year organisational performance management, and judicial capacity forecasting.
- develop innovative and advanced methods for embedding evidence into HMCTS services, including speech and survey analytics, data science, and behavioural insight.
- own HMCTS’ evaluation portfolio, ensuring HMCTS is learning from past initiatives and is set up to learn from future programmes.
- help lead the Strategy and Analysis Directorate, setting coherent strategic direction, maintaining a high-capability team and creating the conditions for a supportive team culture that prizes curiosity and collaboration.
Please view our candidate information pack for full details about the role, key responsibilities, person specification, and the criteria you will be assessed against throughout the recruitment process.
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Job Description Attachment
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Candidate Information Pack - DD Analysis HMCTS.pdf (Job Description Attachment)
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