Data Analytics Specialist

Job summary

The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) is driven by its unparalleled access across government to build ‘better insights, better outcomes’ for our clients.

This role offers a strong platform for career progression within the Agency and the wider civil service, providing opportunities to develop leadership, stakeholder engagement and strategic relationship management skills across government.

The Agency’s unique access across the public sector exposes you to different risk and control environments, allowing you to gain insights, apply experience, contribute meaningfully, and continue developing professionally.

This role is to be a specialist in the application of data analytics in our Data Analytics team. You will develop scripts and applications using R and Python to prepare data, run advanced data analytics and report findings to auditors and investigators using impactful visualisations. You will use LLMs and AI models in your analysis and develop tools to enable colleagues and external customers to safely and effectively use AI.

You will provide training and support to increase data analytics capabilities across the organisation. You will also engage with data teams across government and in the private sector, and support research and development activities to learn the latest innovative techniques in data analytics. As you apply these to GIAA activities, you will improve the efficiency of our organisation.

Job description

• Develop scripts and applications using R, Python, and various web application frameworks like Shiny and Django, to carry out advanced data analytics to support internal audit and counter fraud and investigation (CF&I) activities across many government organisations.
• Produce and present reports detailing analysis outputs and visualisations for GIAA colleagues and customers.
• Document, maintain and collaborate on code using tools such as DevOps and git.
• Suggest and implement improvements to our current scripts, packages, data pipelines, applications and quality assurance processes, to incorporate coding best practices and quality standards.
• Lead activities to upskill members of the GIAA data analytics network and promote the benefits and use of data analytics across the agency.
• Engage with data teams across government and the private sector to investigate new data analytics approaches suitable for internal audit and CF&I activities.

Person specification

• Experience in interpreting customer needs and conducting advanced data analytics using R or Python to deliver services to meet their expectations.
• Communicate clearly and effectively the results of complex analysis to colleagues and customers who are not experts in data analytics.
• Demonstrate an aptitude for connecting business problems to analytical solutions, proactively working with others to implement them and researching and horizon scanning to identify new methods and opportunities.
• Strong organisational skills, experience leading and managing multiple ongoing projects at pace and building strong relationships with stakeholders and customers.
• Experience of two or more of the following areas: generating outputs using quarto; developing web applications in R or Python frameworks; building AI products; maintaining Azure environments; building and reviewing business critical models.

To apply for this role, you will need to submit your employment history, personal details and provide a statement of suitability of no more than 750 words, referring to the person specification.

Please note only your statement of suitability will be assessed at the sift stage.

Interviews will be held on Teams.

Candidates invited to interview will be required to give a short presentation to the interview panel followed by questions. At interview you will be assessed on experience, strengths and the following technical skills: Delivering advanced analytics, Understanding product delivery, and Coding.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this role

Qualifications

A degree in a discipline that has an analytical or statistical element with demonstrated experience in the use of data analytics, or equivalent extensive work experience, evidencing use of data and analytical skills.

Technical skills

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

• Delivering advanced analytics
• Understanding product delivery
• Coding

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £60,468, Government Internal Audit Agency contributes £17,517 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and in-year rewards
• Flexible working
• A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Discount on big brands
• Volunteering days
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Schemes
• Free eyesight tests
• Family-friendly HR policies
• 25 days’ annual leave increasing by one day per year of service to 30 days after 5 years’ service
• Geographically based Agency

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 Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.

Recruitment Timeline

• Closing date: 09 November 2026
• Shortlisting: w/c 09 November 2026
• Interviews: w/c 30 November and 07 December 2026

This timeline is indicative and may be subject to change. We will inform you if there is a substantial change to the recruitment timeline.

If your contact details change at any time during the selection process, please ensure you update your Civil Service Jobs profile.

Please note that only applications submitted through Civil Service Jobs will be accepted.

Eligibility Statement

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role in the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government. Checks will be performed as part of pre-employment checks in line with this. Please refer to the Candidate FAQ document attached to the advert for more information.

Everyone working with government assets must complete Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks. Additionally, individuals appointed to the Treasury group will be subje