Deputy Director, Research Insight and Analysis

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.

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.

Additional Information

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.

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: .

• Job description
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Working Pattern

Full Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working

Vacancy Approach

External

Location

National

Region

National

Closing Date

06-Sep-2026

Post Type

Permanent

Civil Service Grade

SCS 1

Number of jobs available

1

Reserve List

12 Months

Job ID

21075

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Evidence of Experience

Interview Dates

Week commencing 5th October 2026

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