Data Governance Manager

at  Department for Energy Security Net Zero

JOB SUMMARY

Do you want a career where you can make a real difference? Do you want to work at the forefront of current policy making decisions? Do you want to have an impact on the UK and beyond? If yes, then a career at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) could be for you.
Here at DESNZ we are delivering our mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower, with clean electricity by 2030 and accelerating the UK’s journey to net zero. Our work is helping ensure clean energy for all, keep bills down and seize the opportunities to lead the world in new green industries, taking back control of our energy with Great British Energy and encouraging greater energy efficiency across the UK. The work of the department has never been more timely or relevant, and by joining us you will be part of making that difference.
Our work is varied, interesting and most importantly it’s impactful. Our DESNZ Values are interwoven into everything we do; we are bold, we are collaborative, we are inclusive, and we learn. As a department we are committed to these values to build a culture where everyone can thrive
We offer great working benefits including a world-class pension, flexible working options and a career where your learning and development is taken seriously. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below.
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

JOB DESCRIPTION

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an ambitious team of change agents that will play a critical role in the drive toward Net-Zero through ensuring that the department has a clear and consistent approach to how it uses data.
The role is part of the Data Strategy, Platforms & Governance (DSPG) Team in the new Department for Energy Security & Net Zero. The team is led by the Deputy Chief Data Officer based in the Analysis Directorate and reports up to the Director-level Data Governance Board, which spans the whole department.
The successful candidate will play a key role in the design and implementation of a new Data Governance Framework that will cover all corners of the department, ultimately ensuring that we collect the right data, process it effectively and use it to drive critical policy decisions on Energy Security and Net Zero. As Data Governance Manager, you will engage with a variety of users across policy and operations to understand their data requirements, design new data standards, provide guidance and advice regarding implementation of effective data management practices.
You will work as an integrator between business need, data domain experts and digital services, and will deliver a number of early exemplar projects, including the delivery of a department-wide data catalogue and suite of data governance products.
You will be joining a relatively new team and will play a key role in fostering a positive working culture based on trust, inclusivity and a proactive mentality. You will be a change agent in the department, advocating for the effective use of data to meet key policy priorities and continually spotting opportunities to innovate.
You will join a team where significant value is placed on your development and where you will have opportunities to learn, grow and progress.
Our team exists to drive change in the organisation, and as such we are looking for proactive and organised people, who are comfortable working in ambiguity, are highly effective communicators, who can work at the interface of technical and non-technical stakeholders, and who are positive and resilient.
In return we will offer you an inclusive working environment that prioritises your wellbeing and flexes around your life, a culture of continuous learning that is comfortable with trying things that might not work, and a solution-oriented, glass half-full mentality where we focus on the positives and support one another to develop and grow.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential Criteria:

• Experience of developing guidance, policies, frameworks or standards.
• Ability to identify data user needs and requirements and translate these into the design of new tools or systems.
• Experience of proactively managing own workstream, persuading and influencing colleagues to adopt your recommended approach.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams, particularly acting as a translator between technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience of developing and/or implementing common data governance processes e.g. data sharing, data catalogues, data roles and responsibilities and/or designing data standards.
• Experience of developing guidance, policies, frameworks or standards relating to the use of data.
• Experience conducting and implementing a data management approach (e.g. a data maturity assessment).
• Associate Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) with the Data Management Association (DAMA), or equivalent.

While it is important that candidates have knowledge and experience of working with data, we are primarily looking for enthusiastic people with a positive attitude and a curious mindset. We are open to applications from a range of professional backgrounds so if you think this describes you, please apply.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Communicating between the technical and non technical
• Data governance

Benefits
Alongside your salary of £40,950, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero contributes £11,863 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero offers a competitive mix of benefits including:

• A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
• Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
• An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
• Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.

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

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

We are recruiting one senior executive officer post, to work closely with the G7 Data Governance Lead and implement the principles of the DESNZ data strategy (currently in development). The post-holder will:

• Deliver pilot projects that investigate specific data governance risks/opportunities, developing new products and guidance to tackle these.
• Develop a set of data principles and rules to be rolled out across the department and measured against for new business cases, products and services.
• Develop clear roles and responsibilities for data owners and local boards, developing training and engagement programmes to upskill staff.#
• Work closely with partners in our platforms and architecture teams, creating and expanding the use of Data Catalogues to ensure DESNZ data is discoverable to users.
• Develop a Data Quality Management Framework based on DAMA principles.
• Develop a Data Sharing Playbook, with guidance, template agreements/contracts and objectives to support coherent data sharing between DESNZ and its key partners.
• Develop data ethics principles and toolkits to ensure the department is handling its data responsibly and conscientiously.
• Work closely with Digital and other parts of the department to co-design and drive the adoption of common data standards, ensuring that the data collected at the frontline meets downstream analytical needs
• Design and deliver data governance training and upskilling for the wider business.