Data Quality Analyst at UK Research & Innovation, Swindon, 6 Months, £Contract Rate

On behalf of UKRI, we are looking for a Data Quality Analyst (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract based Hybrid in Swindon.

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the national funding agency investing in science and research in the UK.

UKRI invests £8 billion of taxpayers' money each year into research and innovation and the people who make it happen. They work across a huge range of fields - from biodiversity conservation to quantum computing, and from space telescopes to innovative health care. They give everyone the opportunity to contribute and to benefit, bringing together people and organisations nationally and globally to create, develop and deploy new ideas and technologies.

As a Data Quality Analyst, your main responsibilities will be:

Responsibilities:

• Support ongoing development of the data management capabilities to improve data maturity.
• Apply Privacy and Security by Design principles in all data initiatives, applying relevant policies.
• Build and maintain good working relationships across the data team and other stakeholders throughout UKRI to achieve shared goals.
• Deliver practical data stewardship capabilities, including data quality, business glossary & data lineage, metadata management, and data lifecycle management.
• Engage with stakeholders and advise them on the application of the UKRI Data Management Framework and
• jointly address data management-related issues.
• Identify, analyse and address data quality issues, working with business colleagues as appropriate.

Essential:

• Hands-on data analysis skills - including use of SQL and visualisation tools, e.g. Tableau.
• Experience using data profiling and process automation to manage and support data governance and data quality improvements.
• Demonstrable experience of data governance and management principles and practice, including data quality management, lineage & catalogues, metadata management, and data lifecycle management.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to build and maintain effective working relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Confident using the relevant statutory frameworks such as the GDPR and other data privacy regulations to drive good data management practice.
• Hands-on experience with data governance and management tooling, with the exposure to the Talend Data Fabric toolset is an advantage.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of statistical and analytical programming languages such as Python or R.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, UKRI guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

Armed Forces Covenant

UKRI guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you are interested, please apply now or email Lewis.Hamber@weareams.com.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.