Data Quality Manager -Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills-HEO
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Data Quality Manager
Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 28th July 2024
Details
Reference number
361899
Salary
£34,280 - £34,623
£34,280 per annum. Rising to £34,623 per annum on successful completion of probation.
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade
Higher Executive Officer
B2 HEO
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
Digital and Operations
Type of role
Digital
Quality
Other
Working pattern
Full-time
Number of jobs available
1
Contents
Location
This role can be based at either one of these offices: 23 Stephenson Street, Birmingham or 2 Rivergate, Bristol or Piccadilly Gate, Manchester or Agora, Nottingham
About the job
Job summary
We are hiring a Data Quality Manager to join our Digital Change team.
The Data Quality Manager will lead the activity to manage the quality of data held and shared through the Common Data Platform. They will baseline data quality and report on progress towards improving it. They will engage with stakeholders to understand the impact of poor data quality and options for improving it. They will propose programmes of work to focus on high profile problem areas.
This is a fantastic opportunity to further your experience in Ofsted’s well-established team. The post holder will work with high-achieving professionals at all levels, surrounded by a friendly and supportive team. They will have access to amazing benefits, such as flexible working hours, the Civil Service Pension Scheme, and 32.5 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays. We offer a hybrid working model, so you may also choose to spend a proportion of time working from home.
Job description
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Person specification
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Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Changing and Improving
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Experience baselining current data quality, defining quality measures and targets and designing a programme of improvement activity.
- Experience of developing tools to pinpoint poor data quality and working with stakeholders to improve it.
- Ability and experience to explain the impact of poor data quality and the benefits of improving it.
- Has a methodical and organised approach to their work and to prioritise effectively.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £34,280, Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills contributes £9,256 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Full details of the benefits available can be found in our Ofsted Offer brochure.
Ofsted is devoted to equality, diversity and inclusion. Within our Ofsted Strategy 2023-2027 we have stated that we will improve the representation of under-represented groups across the organisation and publish our progress on this annually. We are always looking to expand on our diverse workforce by recruiting candidates from varied backgrounds and differing experiences. We are proud to be a Disability Confident – Leader, we continually engage with our 5 staff networks for protected characteristics, and highlight the work of our Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Group. We ensure all candidates are treated with fair and open competition, with all appointments being made on merit and we use our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) to provide assurance to all candidates of this.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
Application and Shortlisting:
The selection panel will assess your application based on your evidence you have provided against the essential criteria as set out in the person specification.
You will also be asked to provide information within the “Employer/Activity History” section of the application form. This information is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV setting out your career history (this may be used in the sifting process).
Interview:
Candidates who pass the benchmark at the shortlisting stage will be invited to an interview where they will be assessed against a mixture of the Civil Service behaviours and the experience skills set out in section 3 of the job specification.
We will invite the most suitable candidates to attend a remote interview via Microsoft Teams during the week commencing Monday 12 August 2024.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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 to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.