Data Standards Officer - West Brompton, United Kingdom - Metropolitan Police

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3 weeks ago

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Job Title:
Data Standards Officer - Counter Terrorism Policing HQ**
Salary: The starting salary is £45,073, which includes allowances totalling £2,841.

The salary is broken down as £42,232 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £50,385. Plus, a location allowance of £1,841 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Location:
West Brompton**
Change how we do what we do

Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) keeps the nation and everyone in it safe from all manner of threats. As those threats evolve, so do we. And in this fast-paced role, you will have every chance to enable data interoperability for the future and make real change.


Passionate about data, technology and public service delivery, you'll be adept at developing, setting and monitoring data standards, communicating the business benefit and championing standards across the organisation.


You'll also bring us a talent for building relationships with data standards communities across the public sector and wider industry, and a creative approach to setting standards within a networked organisation like ours.

You will need a good understanding of data governance, and a drive to explore new ways of deriving value from data.


In return, you can look forward to benefits including substantial annual leave, Civil Service pension arrangements, interest free season ticket loans, flexible working conditions and more.


The Team
The data team is a multidisciplinary team within the Data and Analysis Pillar that provides a range of services to the HQ and wider network


We:

  • Define the strategic vision and priorities for data and technology
  • Enable decisionmaking on all things digital, data, analysis and technology through coordination of a range of senior boards
  • Lead the development of datarelated policy and standards for CTP users, and influence wider government policy and data legislation
  • Deliver an assurance process which ensures that any data tools or techniques we adopt are feasible, effective, reliable, ethical and legally compliant
  • Deliver technology that continues to meet the evolving data needs of our users

Job Summary

As a Data Standards Officer you will:

  • Develop data standards and a common data model for Counter Terrorism Policing with the aim of aligning these with our strategic partners and the wider law enforcement data landscape.
  • Investigate patterns and trends to identify where data standardisation can contribute to resolving problems.
  • Review and update existing data standards maintaining a data standards catalogue
  • Considers requests for new data standards.
  • Write new data standards and contribute to the development of data strategy and policies.
  • There will be an opportunity to specialise and flex between common data models and data quality analysis

Key Skills
We're looking for people who are passionate about data, technology and/or public sector digital delivery.


Your key skills will be:

  • Able to develop, set and monitor data standards for an organisation.
  • Communicating the business benefit of data standards, and championing and governing them across the organisation.
  • Building relationships with data standards communities across the public sector and wider industry.
  • Identifying best practice and new opportunities for introducing data standards to CTP.
  • A creative approach to setting data standards within a networked organisation such as Counter Terrorism Policing.
  • Understanding data governance, how this applies to data architecture and how it works in relation to other organisational governance structures.
  • An ability to explore new, more efficient and effective ways of deriving value from data.
  • An ability to optimise and design data to support business opportunities.
  • Identifying opportunities for innovation with new tools and uses of data.
  • Working within a strategic context and communicating how data initiatives meet strategic goals.
  • Familiar with data analytical software and experience of identifying data quality issues.

Vetting
This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis.

Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Developed Vetting (DV) level before taking up the post.

Additionally, this material is of particular sensitivity to the UK and its distribution must be restricted to UK nationals. In approved circumstances dual nationals (of which one element is British) may also be granted access.

However, in the event that potential conflicts of interest cannot be managed the post holder will not be able to see the intelligence material and will not be able to perform their duties.

For the purpose of safeguarding national security and in line with Cabinet Office Policy, supported by Section 82(2) to (4) of the Police Reform Act (2002), applicants who do not hold or acquire Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e)) or Developed Vetting (DV)
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