Senior Data Quality Specialist

**Job Summary**

As the Senior Data Quality Specialist, you will be part of the Government Data Quality Hub - a multi-disciplinary team of analysts, data and quality specialists with a cross-government remit. You will work with other members of the team to establish and maintain world-leading approaches to quality of data and analysis across government, while ensuring that knowledge and expertise are shared effectively.

Our goal is to help anyone in the public sector in managing their data and analysis quality, so that quality is known and continuously improved. Your role provides scope for a variety of work, managing projects, collaborating with colleagues at all levels and gaining a big picture view of the work of analysts and data specialists across the public sector.

You will have experience of working with data and improving data quality. You will have an understanding of good data management principles and how quality can impact on outcomes. You will be passionate about improving data quality for the benefit of government, business and members of the public. Ideally but not essentially, you may have experience of working with government data.

**Job description**

Reporting to one of our two Data Quality Leads, you will part of a collaborative team of 8, where some line management responsibility may be assigned. Your activities will focus on driving lasting change through collaboration across government, and may include:
Promoting a culture of good data quality management across government through collation of best practice, the sharing of expertise, and supporting others to embed good practice within their own work.

Building capability across government on measuring, communicating and improving quality including providing free support services, courses, workshops and seminars; Develop strong relationships with data management professionals across government to ensure delivery of common objectives on quality;
Leading on designing and publishing to support the implementation of data quality practices across government; Supporting direction-setting across government on quality, aligning to the strategic priorities of groups including the Data Advisory Board and Data Leaders Network, and the National Data Strategy.

**Person specification - Essential criteria**

In your personal statement please evidence that you have:

- Experience in data management, data analysis, statistical analysis, or data engineering that can be applied to assessing and improving data quality, delivering high quality outcomes in a way that meets customers’ needs.
- Experience of working with a range of stakeholders across organisational and professional boundaries, building positive collaborative working relationships.
- An understanding of how your work fits into the wider picture, seek out opportunities to generate positive change and maximise impact.

**For a full Job description and details of the skills and experience we are looking for, please follow the APPLY button to our advert on Civil Service Jobs.**

In return we offer you:
✔Hybrid working in an organisation voted top in the UK for work-life balance

✔A market leading pension scheme - our employer contribution rate is around 27%

✔A choice of working patterns *for every role*: full-time, part-time, job-share.

✔Upskilling Opportunities - Staff development is taken seriously with your right to learn protected and invested in through courses, certifications and e-learning provided or paid for by ONS

✔Employee Assistance Programmes

✔Diversity Network Groups

✔Mental Health Allies

✔Civil Service Sports and Social club

✔Generous holiday allowance - 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years service in addition to 9 public holidays

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £39,188.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexitime
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Wellness programme
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Darlington, DL1 5AD