Chief Data Officer and Statistics Lead

1 week ago

Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Jisc Full time
About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to lead our data infrastructure and statistics team at Jisc. As the Director of Data Infrastructure and Statistics, you will be responsible for bridging the gap between our data and our customers, making our data easy to access, understand, and use.

You will be the voice of HESA data and lead our official statistics, calling on you to be a public speaker, content publisher, and data commentator. You will also be responsible for transforming our outputs through investment programmes and ensuring the HESA website presents headlines, outputs, coding manuals, and other artefacts with user experience in mind.

About the Team

The Data Collection and Statistics directorate collect, assure, and disseminate data about higher education (HE) in the UK on behalf of public authorities who require it to carry out their statutory and/or public functions. As the trusted source of HE data and analysis, we play a key role in supporting and enhancing the competitive strength of the sector.

You will also lead the provision of innovative high-quality official statistics products and data output infrastructure and ensure Jisc compliance with:

  • the Code of Practice for Statistics
  • Pre-Release Access Orders
  • relevant data-related legislation as it relates to our data outputs
  • any National Statistician's and regulatory guidance

Providing strategic leadership to the team's delivery of the specification, development, and maintenance of our data infrastructure, including data engineering, AI and machine learning, DevOps, ETL, Storage, Modelling, data stewards, and coding manuals. Working in collaboration with our Group CTO function to ensure our infrastructure is optimised for security, reliability, performance, and the necessary compliance.

You will have a keen input in evaluating & implementing new technologies and approaches that enable Jisc to scale and evolve our data and official statistics offering to include more data science, automation & to deliver our content through channels which are most helpful to customers.

Key Responsibilities

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

  • Expertly bridging the gap between our data and our target audience, ensuring our data is easy to access, understand, and use.
  • Ensuring the combined needs of Jisc and our various statutory customers are met, as they relate to our statistical and other data outputs and uses.
  • Managing the staff of the Data Infrastructure and Statistics group, conducting/overseeing appraisals, identifying training needs, delegating work, and identifying and addressing any personnel issues.
  • Ensuring the delivery of data to other internal users across Jisc, providing Jisc level sponsorship for data stewardship, data engineering, and best practice supporting Jisc's use of data and metadata.
  • Being an advocate for the possibilities of data linking, and for a coherent, (cross-Government Statistical Service 'GSS', cross sector) approach to related statistics;
  • Making full use of the cross-Government Statistical Service and sector networks to benefit from the combined knowledge of peers to help overcome challenges in our organisation;
  • Taking shared ownership for the strategy of HESA line of business and the Jisc data strategy.
  • Brilliant communication skills – able to bridge the gap between data and user needs. Able to deliver value and insight personally, and to convey what the data is saying through presentation and written artefacts.
  • Understanding of the role of statistics and data in helping shape policy and delivering value for customers.
  • Ability to undertake 'Head of profession' role for official statistics, full understanding of and experience in developing high-quality UK national official statistics outputs and compliance.
  • Ability to create a customer-focused strategy and innovate to develop existing and new data-based products and services with an understanding of the future needs and demands of the sector.

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