Data Governance Lead at Homes England, Remote, 4 Months, £Contract Rate

Homes England, the government's housing and regeneration agency, plays a central role in tackling the housing challenges the country now faces. We have the appetite, influence, expertise, and resource to drive positive market change, and our mission is to ensure more homes are built in areas of greatest need, improve affordability and create a sustainable housing market.

Following the publication of the government's Levelling Up White Paper, Homes England has also been tasked with a core role in spearheading regeneration, partnering with places to reduce economic disparity, empower local leaders and create equal opportunities across the country to ensure communities reach their full potential.

The postholder will be responsible for advancing data governance as part of the wider Data Architecture and Governance team within the Data & Analytics directorate. They will lead the development, implementation, and management of data governance frameworks, policies, and standards across the agency. They will support the wider organisation, working with Data Owners and Data Stewards to embed data management competencies and ensure the quality and integrity of data across the agency.

As a Data Governance Lead your main responsibilities will be:

• Being an advocate data governance and highlighting its importance across the business.
• Leading the development and implementation of data governance frameworks, standards and polices, to ensure data quality, integrity and security across the organisation.
• Aligning data governance with the organisation data strategy and future ways of working.
• Collaborating with Data Owners and Data Stewards to establish and implement data management policies.
• Working with DPO and Information Security to ensure compliance with appropriate policies and procedures.
• Developing and maintaining metrics to measure the effectiveness of data governance polices, along with reporting on key metrics such as data accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, and lineage.
• Data profiling and data quality analysis in SQL database (Databricks)
• Providing regular updates and reports on data governance activities to senior management.
• Leading initiatives to improve data quality, data protection, and data lifecycle management.
• Overseeing the maintenance and continuous improvement of the data governance framework.
• Acting as a liaison between the Data & Analytics directorate and other business units to promote data governance best practices.
• Onboarding Data Owners & Stewards for any reference data sets identified and supporting with data quality reporting. 

Essential:

• Strong understanding of data governance frameworks and best practices.
• Proficiency with data governance tools and platforms.
• Experience with data quality management and data stewardship.
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements related to data management and protection.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organise, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to effectively communicate with senior stakeholders and manage expectations.
• Evidence of adaptability; able to learn new technologies and methodologies quickly.
• Comfortable giving definition to ambiguous problems, can do this independently with limited guidance.
• Strong leadership and team-building skills, with a focus on fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment.
• Problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues.
• Data profiling and data analysis in SQL database (Databricks would be preferrable).

Desirable:

• Purview experience.
• Data Architecture experience.
• Data Modelling experience.
• Public Sector / Financial Services experience.
• Previous experience with RDM and MDM. 

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, Homes England 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. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

Homes England 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. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

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.