Data Analyst
Job Title: Data Analyst
Salary: The starting salary is £38,926, which includes allowances totalling £2,928.
The salary is broken down as £35,998 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £38,523 Plus, a location allowance of £1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: Central London
Learning & Development Command
Learning & Development (L&D) Performance & Assurance team is a new function within the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) that has been created to deliver analytical support to enable the organisation to manage its L&D performance. Through the New Met for London plan the team will look to deliver data-driven decision making to enable more trust, less crime and high standards. This means treating our data in the same way we treat our people, methods and technology, as a strategic asset.
The Learning & Development Command function covers the following areas:
- Foundation academy (new recruits) analytical support,
- Crime Academy (investigative) analytical support,
- Safety Academy (PPST and ELS) analytical support,
- Leadership Academy (FLLP, MLLP and SLP) analytical support,
- Driving School (ERPT etc.) academy analytical support.
The role:
As a Data Analyst in the L&D Performance & Assurance team, you will work with a range of stakeholders (ranks of Superintendent and above and police staff equivalents) and guided and lead by your Performance Analyst (Band C) to deliver evidence based, high quality, and insightful analysis to support the delivery of MPS objectives. It includes using analytical findings to spot trends, forecast future implications and highlight areas of good or poor performance. You’ll look to enable and support data-driven decision making across the MPS.
Data Analysts will help to embed approaches and frameworks that underpin and enable the effective delivery of a Learning & Development Command, which will recognise emerging risks, steer organisational direction, inform decision making at all levels and provide data assurance.
Key Role Responsibilities:
You will be responsible for:
- Undertaking analysis; this will include analysing diverse datasets to make best use of the evidence base and produce high quality analytical products. This may include:
- Ensuring datasets are used consistently across Learning & Development Command to deliver accurate and reliable analysis and uphold credibility across the organisation,
- Understanding and manipulating data using appropriate systems and languages including but not exclusive Structured Query Language (SQL), Excel, MPS systems and PowerBI.
- Providing analysis to support and enable the discussion of policing issues and offer improvement recommendations,
- Using information and a range of techniques to review the success of day-to-day Policing activity.
- Ability to present effectively and own regular meetings with key stakeholders to assess and identify issues to enable data-driven decisions,
- Produce high quality analytical products that communicate findings in a meaningful way for the intended customer using a range of presentational styles,
- Building and maintaining effective internal relationships with staff and external stakeholders to ensure we understand their needs and deliver the right products,
- Embracing change and striving to deliver continuous improvement,
- Support the development of analytical processes, tools and techniques to ensure the production of insightful products that enable decision making, learning and provide assurance,
- Supporting the approach to evidence-based policing, which will help to shape how policing in London should operate in the future,
- Ability to balance and manage competing priorities,
- Undertake ad hoc reporting.
Additional Information
You may be based at either NSY, Hendon or Marlowe House
- Successful candidates will be expected to remain in their initial role for 2 years before applying for any other internal roles.
- The expectation is you will travel into the office 3 times per week.
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply now" button below. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experiences make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and/or Personal Statement.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 3rd September 2025.
Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager. The application review for this vacancy will commence w/c 1st week of September.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates will commence w/c 15th – 30th September.