Data Quality Lead - Cardiff, United Kingdom - Companies House
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Salary:
- £46,588 - £51,513
- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade: - Senior Executive Officer
- Band E (IT)
Contract type: - Permanent
Business area: - CH
- Digital Services
Type of role: - Analytical
- Digital
- Information Technology
Working pattern: - Flexible working, Fulltime, Homeworking, Parttime
Number of jobs available: - 1Contents
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- Cardiff, Wales, CF14 3UZAbout the job
Job summary:
We are looking for an experienced analyst with excellent communication skills to join the Data Directorate at Companies House as our Data Quality Lead.
As Data Quality Lead, you will be responsible for leading a programme of work improving understanding and measurement of data quality.
You will also work on supporting data transformation projects and contribute to business improvements to support Companies House in achieving its strategic goals.
This is an exciting time. Companies House are in a period of organisation wide transformation.The use and interpretation of data is key to the success of this delivery and as such this role provides the post holder with a fantastic opportunity to help shape this.
This role reports to the Head of Data Strategy and is pivotal in progressing the organization on its data maturity journey.
- Shape the conversations around what good looks like for the organization in data quality terms.
- Develop consultancy skills to make improvement to quality throughout the CH data estate.
- Utilise skills in managing internal and external stakeholder relationships, to align goals, understand and resolve technical issues and ensure delivery.
- Work in an organisation committed to the development of all staff as part of a blended team of Data Professionals.
Job description:
The use of effective analysis within operational services and policy areas has been growing over recent years.
Companies House are now moving into a place where more sophisticated analytical methods are being used to develop our services and inform our strategic decisions.
You will play a key role in understanding and influencing the quality of that data.
Working with other parts of the wider team and across the organisation, you will work to develop Companies House understanding of our data quality and develop measurement and monitoring pipelines.
You will lead the way in improving data quality at Companies House through focused data quality initiatives and long-term strategic changes.
You will have the opportunity to;- Shape the embedding of a framework to standardise our approach to assess and report data quality in the organisation.
- Help set the direction across Companies House on data quality, aligning to the strategic priorities of the organisation.
- Work with project teams to create a baseline quality assessment for new projects.
- Create and influence internal and external stakeholder relationships, to align goals, understand and resolve issues and ensure delivery.
- Work in an organisation committed to the development of all staff.
Person specification:
We are looking for someone who:
- Will enjoy investigating and solving problems through both discussion and technical investigation.
- Will work to understand the current organisational data landscape, identify future needs and create solutions around data quality to enable our corporate vision to be achieved.
- Be capable of working in the detail to understand challenges around Data Quality but also drive strategic improvements in this area.
- Will inspire your team to creatively solve problems and collaborate to find strategic solutions.
- Will be familiar with data quality frameworks and how they are implemented.
- Will have the ability to think analytically about data identifying key trends and communicating findings to nontechnical colleagues.
- Will be confident communicating and working with colleagues across and at all levels of the organisation.
- Will work collaboratively with cross government data communities to ensure Companies House's strategic direction is aligned with the National Data Strategy.
- Will occasionally deputise for the Head of Data Strategy.
To be successful in this role, you are required to have and will be assessed on, the following Technical Skills:
- Applied understanding of data quality practices and approaches.
- Applied understanding of data quality dimensions.
- Good data analysis skills.
- Good coding skills e.g. Python / Java / SQL.
- Familiarity with data profiling and cleansing methods and tools.
- Familiarity with reproducible analytical pipelines
- Relational databases.
- Excellent problemsolving/criticalthinking skills.
- Excellent communication & stakeholder management skills.
- Strong enthusiasm for drivi
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