Data Governance Adviser

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

- 291803**Salary**:

- £34,561 - £44,979**Job grade**:

- Other- Digital
- 9- Lead Associate**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- Digital, Data and Technology**Type of role**:

- Digital**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Brighton, South East England, BN1 3DWAbout the job

**Job summary**:
**About us**

More than half the UK working population rely on The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to regulate their retirement savings. With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation that will impact on millions of lives for decades to come.

Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2trn of savings safe. We’re committed to bringing people into TPR who are ready to make a difference and put UK savers at the heart of what we do.

It is important to us that TPR remains a great place to work. We do all we can to help our people reach their full potential with learning, secondment, and development opportunities. We put our 900+ employees first, supporting flexible working and offer a diverse, lively, and inclusive environment. This includes our Disability Network, Family Network, LGBT+ Network (Proud), Minority Ethnic (ME) Network and Women’s Network, which offer spaces to connect.

Our new corporate strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the industry. We are at the start of that journey. Join us to find out what part you can play.

**Job description**:
**Role**

We’re looking for someone who can support the establishment and maintenance of data governance across the data estate. To leverage opportunities to optimise data use and to provide assurance that TPR data is compliant with relevant law, regulations and policies.

**Responsibilities**

You will:

- Champion data governance strategic and operational objectives and promote data governance excellence across TPR
- Lead business areas through the change and transformation that is required to ensure TPR data is optimised and protected in line with law, regulation and policies
- Support the Data Governance Lead in a program of work to manage and mitigate data risks
develop and maintain data governance policies, principles and standards and work to ensure these are embedded across the organisation
- Provide advice and support to business stakeholders at all levels and assist them in developing data skills and governance standards within their areas
- Design and implement data governance solutions and preventative measures and manage business owners to resolve their data governance issues

**Person specification**:
**Essential and desirable criteria**

**Essential**
- Experience working within a regulated environment and capability to understand and interpret laws and regulations including UK GDPR.
- Excellent communicating, negotiating and influencing skills with stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to work independently and proactively and to use own initiative to problem solve.
- Knowledge or experience of how data is used in a business context.

**Desirable**
- Knowledge of Data Governance theory, principles and approaches.
- Experience providing assurance against risks, auditing accountabilities, or working with the
- Data Protection Officer function.
- Experience working in a regulated environment.

**Person specification**
- Analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Assimilation of information.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong IT skills, word, power point and excel.

**Benefits**:
**Salary and benefits**

As well as a salary between £34,561 and £44,979, we offer:

- Civil Service Pension arrangements, which are recognised as some of the best in the pensions world
- discretionary bonus arrangements
- access to performance related pay progression
- 25 days annual leave provision
- flexible working arrangements
- development opportunities
- enhanced parental leave arrangements
- a free employee assistance programme
- an excellent office location in Brighton

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**Selection process details**:
**How to apply**
- a covering letter with details of how your skills and experience meet the role requirements
- a copy of your CV
- details of your notice period

Applications will be considered on a part time and job share basis.

Please be aware, as we work within a hybrid environment, unless specified we will be holding interviews through Microsoft Teams for the foreseeable future.

The Pensions Regulator is an arm’s length government body and part of the public service.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) check