Evidence and Analysis Lead - Strategy, Delivery and Engagement Unit

Salary: INR 1,85,869 per month plus 12% Provident Fund and 6% Superannuation

Location: New Delhi (British High Commission)

Job type: Full-time, Permanent (Grade: Senior Executive Officer)

Closing date: 20 October 2026, 23:55 IST

The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow. The FCDO operates an agile workforce and to facilitate this, you may be required to undertake other duties from time to time, as we may reasonably require.

Note: All applicants are required to mandatorily fill the complete online application form including the employment, educational details, behavioural and technical/ professional skills questions. We will be thoroughly reviewing the application forms only with all the required details and the shortlisting is not basis CV/ cover letter. Forms that are incomplete in any respect will not be considered while shortlisting for the next stage.

Main purpose of job:

The Evidence and Analysis Lead will play a central role in strengthening the evidence base that underpins delivery of the India Network's strategic priorities and Vision 2035 objectives. Sitting within the Strategy, Delivery and Engagement Unit, the role will ensure senior leaders have access to robust evidence, insight and analysis to inform decision-making and prioritisation.

The postholder will provide expert advice to senior leaders and work through Economic, Political and sector teams across the India Network to drive a coordinated evidence and analysis agenda, ensuring analytical priorities are delivered, evidence gaps are addressed, and insights are translated into action.

They will be the Network's focal point for evidence and analysis, identifying knowledge gaps, commissioning and coordinating analytical work across teams, and bringing together economic, political, policy and operational insights into a coherent evidence base. The role will serve as an intelligent customer and coordinator, ensuring the right evidence is available at the right time to support effective decision-making and delivery.

The role will work closely with colleagues across the India Network, UK-based teams and wider stakeholders to improve the use of evidence and promote a culture of evidence-informed decision making.

We reserve the right to review, revise or amend the roles and responsibilities from time to time reflecting the changing needs of business.

Roles and responsibilities / what will the jobholder be expected to achieve:

Lead the India Network's evidence and analysis function (30%)

• Provide expert advice to senior leaders on the strategic application of evidence and analysis, ensuring that it effectively informs priority-setting, delivery decisions and resource allocation across the India Network.
• Develop and maintain a strategic overview of the evidence base supporting delivery of UK objectives in India.
• Identify critical evidence gaps, emerging issues and analytical requirements across strategic objectives, priority sectors and regions.
• Ensure evidence and insight are effectively embedded within business planning, delivery discussions and governance processes.
• Lead and undertake development of analytical products that support strategic decision-making and delivery across the India Network.

Commission and coordinate analytical work across the Network (30%)

• Work with Economic, Political, flagship teams and the Results and Evaluation adviser to commission, coordinate and quality assure analytical products and research.
• Develop clear analytical questions and requirements that support strategic decision-making.
• Act as an intelligent customer for evidence and analysis, ensuring outputs meet business needs and are delivered to high standards.
• Promote collaboration and reduce duplication of analytical effort across teams.

Strengthen strategic insight and horizon scanning (20%)

• Provide expert challenge and advice to governance forums and programme leads on the integration of evidence into business planning, strategic decision-making and performance discussions.
• Bring together quantitative and qualitative evidence from multiple sources to identify trends, opportunities and risks affecting UK interests.
• Support senior leaders with concise, actionable analysis and recommendations.
• Ensure political, economic and sectoral insights are integrated into strategic planning and delivery discussions.

Build strong stakeholder relationships (20%)

• Establish productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders involved in evidence generation and analysis.
• Work collaboratively across teams, professions and geographical locations to develop a shared understanding of delivery challenges and opportunities.
• Communicate complex evidence and analysis clearly and persuasively to senior audiences.

Resources managed (staff and expenditure):

May be responsible for direct line management of one staff member.

Learning and development opportunities:

May oversee commissioned analytical work, short-term projects and contributions from multiple teams across the Network.

## Essential qualifications, skills and experience

Essential on arrival:

• A minimum of three years of experience in a similar field is required.
• A graduate degree is the minimum educational requirement for this role.
• Experience using data, statistics and evidence, to support strategic decision-making and organisational performance.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to synthesise complex information from multiple sources.
• Strong ability to identify evidence gaps and translate business needs into analytical requirements.
• Experience coordinating, commissioning or quality assuring analytical products across multiple stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and experience working across organisational boundaries.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex analysis clearly to senior audiences.
• Experience driving continuous improvement through the effective use of evidence and performance data.

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience

Desirable:

• A post-graduate degree in any field.
• Experience in strategy, delivery, performance, monitoring and evaluation or organisational effectiveness roles.
• Knowledge of data visualisation and reporting tools such as Power BI or advanced Excel.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while delivering high-quality outputs to tight deadlines.

## Required behaviours

Start Date

15 November 2026

Other benefits and conditions of employment

For British High Commission candidates, the Country Based Staff BHC Terms & Conditions will apply.

For other than BHC Candidates, salary will be all-inclusive of INR 1,85,869 per month plus 12% Provident Fund and 6% Superannuation.

Additionally, the BHC offers a great benefits package that includes annual domiciliary medical cover, plus a Group Hospitalisation Scheme with INR 500,000 floater cover for your immediate family which includes self, spouse/partner and children up to an age of 25 years and irrespective of age, only if with, physical or mental disability.

No relocation or any other related costs or assistance will be provided. FCDO does not pay for any travelling, accommodation & relocation expenses incurred and/or accept any financial risk, including cancellation or reschedule costs

Please note - BHC does not deduct tax at source and employees are required to ensure that any requirements of local income-tax law are complied with in full. Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary, e.g., some non-local national staff and some spouses or partners of UK diplomatic staff, will have their salaries abated by an equivalent amount.

FCDO operates an agile workforce. To facilitate this, you may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as we may reasonably require. The BHC is recognised as a good employer, with a robust, fair and transparent performance management & appraisal system linked to increments and staff bonuses. We have a 5-day working week, plus annual leave, public holidays, maternity leave provision, special leave, paid sick leave provision; ample development opportunities, travel opportunities, a good organisational culture, and excellent work/life balance.

Around half of our work forces are women. We treat people with respect and equality and have a policy of zero tolerance for any form of discrimination, bullying, or harassment.

This is a good opportunity to be part of a strong, diverse team, working in the biggest network that FCDO has anywhere across the globe. We are aiming to make it the best.

Additional information

Note: All applicants are required to mandatorily fill the complete online application form including the employment, educational details, behavioural and technical/ professional skills questions. We will be thoroughly reviewing the application forms only with all the required details and the shortlisting is not basis CV/ cover letter. Forms that are incomplete in any respect will not be considered while shortlisting for the next stage

Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card holders will need have, or be able to obtain, a valid special work permit issued from Government of India (GOI) to work in the British High Commission (BHC). BHC will not be able to sponsor work visas or obtain/ assist with the special work permit from GOI. Offers of employment made to OCI card holders will be conditional upon candidates obtaining a special work permit.

Note: For requisite special permission to take up employment in any foreign Diplomatic Missions in India, OCI Cardholder must visit https://ociservices.gov.in

Please note – successful applicants will be offered employment on Country Based Staff (CBS) terms and conditions. This is not a permanent UK Civil Service position and does not attract diplomatic immunities and privileges (other than what an individual may already hold if they are a recognised partner/family member of a serving diplomat).

To Apply:

Please note applications without (a) and (b) will not be considered.

• a) Complete the Online Application Form
• b) Complete the Experience, Professional Skills and Behaviour based Segments in the Online Application Form

Please ensure that your application is authentically written based on your own experiences. If AI tools are used, their usage must only be limited to specific tasks such as ensuring formatting consistency and keyword relevance. The core content, personal narratives, and responses to behaviour and skill-based questions must genuinely reflect your professional journey, experiences, and achievements. We place great importance on originality and individual effort throughout the application process. Any form of plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.

To ensure a successful application it is important that you explain how you demonstrate behaviours and technical / professional skills, basis your experience. You are strongly advised to read the Success Profiles Civil Service Behaviours Framework, which provides a detailed guidance on how these behaviours are defined for each position.

Applicants are encouraged to use the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) technique to prepare specific examples of when and how you have demonstrated these behaviours in your application, by evidencing a structured response, including your skills and experiences. You briefly describe the situation in which you demonstrated the behaviour, and then explain your task in addressing the situation, what action you took and the result of this.

Internal staff applying for this position must have prior approval from their current line manager and should not be on an active formal written warning, else the application will not be considered.

We will accept only online applications by 20 October 2026 (latest by 23:55 hours IST).

Please note that all the applicants will be required to strictly adhere to the security guidelines for British High Commission.

Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary may have their salaries reduced by the equivalent local income tax amount.

Please note – “Provident Fund Transfer in and out from EPFO is not possible as BHC PF is managed by a private PF trust governed by Indian Income Tax Act, 1961. The staff still has the option to transfer out and in from a privately held PF trust which are not governed by EPFO. Any tax deduction on EPF will be in compliance with local income-tax law and must be complied with in full.”

Applicants who do not have the required qualification & experience should kindly abstain from applying, as their applications will not be considered.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, and no telephone enquires will be dealt with. Basis the scores, the candidate/s who did not score as highly as the successful candidate, might be placed on the reserve list. If during the reserve period of 12 months, the same or largely similar role becomes available, the role may be offered to the second or subsequent appointable candidates.

" The start date mentioned in the job advert is tentative and the appointment will be subject to successful clearances including police verification, references, medical, educational, and professional checks. "

We welcome all applications irrespective of age, race, colour, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, caste, or creed. We are also open to applications from people who want to work flexibly.

Required behaviours

Communicating and Influencing, Making Effective Decisions, Seeing the Big Picture, Working Together