Database Team Leader

5 months ago


Chilton, United Kingdom UK Health Security Agency Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 355952**Salary**:

- £40,721 - £46,231- per annum- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer- SEO Outer London**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Science**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Homeworking**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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- UKHSA Chilton, OxfordshireAbout the job

**Job summary**:
**Database Team Leader - Unlock Your Data Wizardry**

Do you have the technical skills to manage complex data on a modern database system? Do you enjoy solving problems, spotting and fixing bad data, striving for perfection? Could you lead and manage a small team dedicated to providing the highest quality of data to our analysists?

The National Registry for Radiation Workers (NRRW) is a 50 yearlong study of the health effects of exposure to ionising radiation. We are preparing to undertake the fourth major analysis of the NRRW - this will be the most important in the history of the study and the results are of greatly anticipated by the radiation protection community worldwide.

As the Database Team Leader, you will play a pivotal role in managing the database system, which houses the NRRW and the Nuclear Weapons Test Participants Study (NWTPS).

You will lead a team of three collecting, processing, and auditing data for the NRRW and NWTPS. Your main focus initially will be leading the database team to undertake the work necessary to create the dataset that will be used for the fourth analysis of the NRRW.

**Key Responsibilities**
- ** Leadership**: Lead a dedicated team of database professionals, fostering collaboration and ensuring efficient data management.
- ** System Management**: Oversee the maintenance, security, and ongoing development of our database system.
- ** Data Management**:Manage the ongoing process of addressing known data quality problems and support the development of long-term strategies to ensure the largest quantity of high-quality data are available for analysis.
- ** Collaboration**: Work closely with our group’s analysts to support internal and external projects based on NRRW and NWTPS data.
- ** Evidence Generation**: The analysis of data from the NRRW cohort forms the basis of most of our published evidence. Your leadership will directly impact our scientific contributions.

**Qualifications and Skills**
- ** Experience/Qualification**: Undergraduate degree and/or qualification or equivalent experience demonstrating an ability to handle and manage large datasets.
- ** Experience** of using SQL including SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) working with tables, views, stored procedures, and functions.
- ** Basic knowledge** of data security, information governance including GDPR and confidentiality issues.

**Job description**:
**Location**

Your primary base will be at our Radiation Chemical and Environmental Hazards Division site in Chilton, Oxfordshire. However, we offer flexibility to incorporate remote work as needed.
- *Please be aware that this role can only be worked from within the UK and not overseas. Relocation expenses are not available.*_

**Working Pattern - **Full Time, Flexible Working, Hybrid Working,

**Responsibilities section**:
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
**Database management**
- Takes responsibility for the overall data management, overseeing data collection methods and practices and support the development of long-term strategies to maintain high quality data standards for the NRRW and the Nuclear Weapons Test participants cohort study.
- Takes responsibility for the maintenance and ongoing development of the database system to ensure it is fit for purpose including working with specialist external code developers
- Manage the ongoing process of addressing known data quality problems with the NRRW and NWTPS cohorts to ensure the largest quantity of high-quality data are available for analysis.
- Promoting good working practices within the team - developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), metadata, version control, code reviews, project management, agile working, knowledge sharing, information governance and data protection aligned to policies and processes.
- Supporting the maintenance of a secure and robust Information Governance framework for the storage and handling of data for NRRW and NWTPS cohorts.

**Support for epidemiological research projects**
- Supports the management and ongoing development of data extraction code for provision of data from the NRRW and NWTPS cohorts for statistical analysis.
- Undertake basic analyses of data from the NRRW and NWTPS cohorts.
- Provide support for group participation in international collaborative projects.

**Stakeholder liaison**
- Liaises with external data suppliers to build and maintain strong relationships to ensure



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