About the job

Job summary

Job title – Data Quality Lead

Profession-  Data Quality

Directorate – Data Operations

Full Time equivalent - 37.5 hours

No of Roles – 1

Contract Type – Permanent

Location – Hybrid - The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) offers hybrid working – this means that whilst the role will be based in one of our offices, there will be opportunities for an element of working from home.

UKHSA operates a hybrid working model where business needs allow.  This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata,(averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's locations (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London).  Specialist or regional roles will be based at the appropriate UKHSA site. For certain roles, some additional flexibility may be possible, which will be agreed upon with the hiring manager based on individual requirements and business needs.

Working Pattern – Full Time / Flexible Working / Hybrid Working / Part Time / Job Share

Grade & Salary – Grade 7. National banding -£51,824- £61,414 per annum. Outer London -£53,812- £63,252 per annum. Inner London - £55,799- £65,089 per annum.

New entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band.

The internal roles rules apply to existing Civil Servants, i.e. level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive 10% increase. Either case is determined by whichever is the highest.

For further details please refer to the Information Sheet- Starting Salaries & Benefits attachment

This role is to be appointed under Civil Service Terms & Conditions. Full details on the T&C’s are found https://www.ukhsa.reed.com/.

Closing Date – 04/02/2024. 23:55pm. Unfortunately, late applications will not be considered

Interview Date – 20/02/2024 – 22/02/2024 Please note, these dates are subject to change.

Job description

Introduction

Do you want to help transform the way UKHSA understands the quality of its data? We are looking for a Data Quality Lead who can shape our data quality work. You will lead on building comprehensive data quality assessments, working with a wide range of people across the organisation to understand what they need from their data.

At the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) our mission is to provide health security for the nation by protecting from infectious disease and external hazards.  We are a trusted source of advice to government and to the public, focusing on reducing inequalities in the way different communities experience and are impacted by infectious disease, environmental hazards, and other threats to health.

Our mission is challenging, innovative and in the spotlight. We will work to ensure our people have the diverse skills, experiences, and backgrounds we need to thrive, that our employees are representative of the communities we serve and feel valued and enabled to play their part in delivering our work.

Job Overview

You will join the Surveillance Systems and Bioinformatics Division to lead on a comprehensive, user-focused approach to data quality assessments, reporting and corrections. 

You will deliver a roadmap of assessments that respond to immediate data quality concerns that arise upon receipt of Laboratory Data, while also building towards comprehensive, clear monitoring of all Data listed on our Data Dashboard.

You will ensure that the analysis of quality demonstrates whether the data supports organisational delivery, establishing the value that good quality data can bring to the organisation.

Working with others across the organisation you will embrace innovative approaches to deliver, help to embed good practice in other teams, and mature the organisation’s approaches to data quality.

This role offers the opportunity to help provide assurance that our data is fit for operational and onward use.

 

Main Duties of the Job

• The postholder will be responsible for leading and managing processes that are needed for effective and targeted Data Quality management across Surveillance Systems and Bioinformatics, also ensuring work is established, implemented, maintained, and embedded across the Division.
• The postholder will be responsible for Data Quality Assessments including management of any anomalies and implementation of improvement plans.
• Lead the review of Data driven business continuity for Surveillance Systems and Bioinformatics, across its systems and processes.
• Active representation in wider Data Quality working groups ensuring the Division is aligned and our work programme is widely understood
• Lead and embed a strategic approach, planning and timely production of data quality dashboards across the Division
• Develop User Guidance and Principles for Laboratory Data use within the Surveillance Systems and Bioinformatics Laboratory Data and Systems
• Shaping and leading on designing data quality assessments that reflect the varying needs of data owners and users.
• Finding innovative ways to assess and communicate data quality, considering conflicting priorities and expectations of quality.
• Building strong relationships across the organisation to understand assessment needs and engage relevant stakeholders, such as data owners, data managers, data architects, data engineers, and data users, in resolving quality issues.
• Supporting on prioritisation of emerging data quality needs across Surveillance Systems and Bioinformatics, to ensure quality standards are maintained
• Working with the Surveillance Data Lead to establish a roadmap of data quality work.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

 

• Experience working within a data driven environment
• Experience applying Quality controls to a project or piece of work
• Strong understanding of Data Quality Principles and Frameworks
• Experience and Ability to analyse problems and set out remediation plans to stabilise, enhance or transform processes and/or ways of working

• Significant experience in shaping analysis to meet differing user needs
• Experience of assessing and communicating the quality of data
• Communicating data and concepts to a wide range of audiences, including senior staff
• Significant experience of working with stakeholders with differing levels of technical expertise
• Experience of leading improvements in data analysis

 

We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.

UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.

 

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £51,824, UK Health Security Agency contributes £13,992 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Strengths

Stage 1: Application & Sift

This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

 

As part of the application process you will be asked to provide a Personal Statement / Statement of Suitability in no more than 1250 words. We will be assessing four behaviours at sift, these are:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
• Changing and improving

 

 

As well as talking about how you meet the 4 behaviours you should outline your skills, experience, and achievements, providing evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the Experience criteria or the essential criteria (outlined in the person specification section).

 

You will also be asked to provide information within the ‘Employer/ Activity history’ section of the application form. This is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV, setting out your career history.

Note: both your Statement of Suitability and Employment History sections will be scored with equal weight in the sifting process. You must complete both to progress. If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to an interview.

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview

 

Stage 2: Panel Interview

All applicants that progress to interview will be assessed on behaviours / experience through Success Profiles.

When assessing strengths, we want to find out whether you and the job role are a good fit. We will look at what you enjoy doing and what you do well and often. By ensuring that the role is the right fit for you, you are more likely to enjoy it and perform well.

The Behaviours tested during the interview stage will be:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service
• Changing and improving

 

Benefits

• Alongside your salary of £51,824, UK Health Security Agency contributes £13,992 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/joining-the-pension-scheme/benefits-of-the-pension-scheme/
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Range of health and wellbeing support

 

Any move to UKHSA from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare.

 

Reserve List:

Candidates who pass the interview criteria but are not offered a post will be kept on a reserve list for 12 months and may be contacted if similar roles become available.

If you are interviewed for the post and do not meet the required threshold for the specified grade, your application may be assessed against a similar, lower grade role and you may be offered the post should one be available.

 

DBS - People working with government systems must complete Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks which includes a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed for this role is BPSS however there may be a requirement for this role to be SC cleared and you should familiarise yourself with the criteria of security clearance.

 

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

 

This role is Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants. Appointments to roles within UKHSA will be made in accordance with the Civil Service nationality rules. These can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• Nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• Certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.

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 welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment.

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Government baseline personnel security standard

It’s important to note that there are currently exceptions to applications being considered if your conviction relates to any of the following:

• life sentences
• arson
• sexual offences
• hate and terror offences

Some departments will also consider the specific offence against the nature of the business, i.e., a conviction for fraud may rule you out for a finance role

 

Complaint process:

The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact UKHSA Public Accountability Unit via email: Complaints1@ukhsa.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website.

 

 

Contact Details – Sophie.Rigney@reed.com

 

 

 

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.