Head of Commercial Data Analysis

1 month ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Michael Page (UK) Full time

The Government Property Agency is changing the way the Civil Service works and is at the forefront of Government's transformation agenda; The Agency is central to the delivery of key Government policies including moving 22,000 Civil Service roles out of London by 2030 and tackling climate change by contributing to the Net Zero agenda. Through programmes like Hubs, Whitehall Campus and Smart Working you will be in the vanguard of creating model working environments and promoting flexible working practices.
This is an ambitious and exciting task, for which we need innovative people, with strong commercial acumen, who are passionate about visualising and implementing customer needs. Launched as an Executive Agency of the Cabinet Office in 2018, we're a relatively new department and we are growing fast so we also need people who thrive in ambiguity, can adapt quickly to change and are comfortable stepping outside of their remit to drive outcomes.
There is also a potential Recruitment and Retention Allowance of £5,000 which is non-pensionable.
GPA is also committed to recognising and rewarding where our staff hold the "Gold Standard' accreditation relevant to their Specialism and offer a specific non-pensionable allowance to staff who have achieved this' - This amounts to an EXTRA £5,000 which is also non-pensionable. GPA's data ambition is to deliver high quality, standardised, easily accessible data systems across all GPA functions that enable data flows across business processes. Data will be clearly owned, managed and maintained, it will be secure and assured, and will be created with the purpose of enabling earlier, better decisions to drive value for money. The Head of Bi & Data will be integral to helping delivery this strategy. Overseeing data governance and quality, information management, data maturity, data analytics, data architecture, data management, data integration and data engineering and platforms. The individual will have 3 direct reports in areas of Data Governance, Data Platforms & Integrations and Data Analytics, also supporting a wider team of professionals including Data Engineers, Data Architects and Data developers. Support the delivery of GPA's Information & Data Strategy
Be responsible for the definition of the organisation's data strategy
Champion data architecture across GPA
Set the standards and ways of working for the data architecture community
Oversee the design of multiple data models and have a broad understanding of how each model fulfils the needs of the business
Provide advice to project teams and oversee the management of the full data product life cycle
Be responsible for ensuring that GPA's systems are designed in accordance with the data architecture
Data operations & integration - Support the wider team that will provide all sourcing, extraction, reference, and onboarding of key data into GPA's data warehouse and between source systems.
Data analysis and synthesis - lead on the vision to embed new analytics initiatives that enhance user experience and decision making and be actively involved in the delivery.
Data Governance and Quality - provide strategic direction and support to focus on delivering the highest quality data in a timely manner, supported by governance processes including data security.
Data Platforms - able to support and understand the operations of AWS Redshift Data Warehouse as well as other industry leading data platforms to support master data management, governance, architecture and quality.
Data Standards - Strong understanding of standards across Government and \ or within similar sectors and experience of adoption and integration.
Data Architecture & Integration - strong understanding of data integration between systems, transactional and reference data, and leading on the design and mapping.
Data modelling and engineering - able to produce data models and understand where to use different types of data models. Understands different tools and is able to compare between different data models.
Programming and build (data engineering) - be able to lead by example and design, write and iterate code to support data operations. Can use a range of coding tools and languages.
Business engagement - Facilitate interactions between business divisions to optimize data usage and optimisation.
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities and wider society that we serve. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a sense of belonging in a workplace where everyone feels valued.
Data Integration - ETL design & development
Data Engineering - Implementation of performant models within an AWS and Azure data warehouse environment
Data Modelling - Conceptual, logical and physical data modelling
Strong experience of Data Governance & Quality
Strong understanding of Data Architecture & Integration
Strong experience of data analytics and business intelligence platforms
Alongside your salary of £62,900, GPA contributes £13,959 towards you being a member of the CS DBP Pension scheme.
Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides here:
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Generous annual leave

This vacancy is using Civil Service Success Profiles:
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities and wider society that we serve.
The Civil Service Code () sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme (RIS) to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction.
At interview, applicants will be scored against 4 behaviours - Managing a Quality Service, Seeing The Bigger Picture, Changing & Improving and Leadership)
24 and will be a virtual interview.



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