About the job

Job summary

We are seeking to appoint talented Data Quality Officers who have skills in data cleaning techniques, can manage all aspects of data quality challenges with biological collection data and can liaise effectively with curators and collection managers to seek advice and information.

Job description

Being an active member of the Integrated Collections Management System (ICMS) Programme to deliver a new integrated system to serve Kew’s worldwide renown collection and their requirements for the next 10-20 years.

The Data Quality Officer will play a pivotal role supporting Kew’s Integrated Collections Management System (ICMS) Programme working to address data quality issues to a state of readiness in preparation for the data migration to the new science collection system.

Person specification

Essential skills and experience required for this role include:

- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience

- Experience of data analysis and reporting

- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel skills & Reporting Tools

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

 

Desirable Skills include:

- Understanding of relational databases and SQL language, with experience of using and building complex queries to clean large datasets

- Experience of working with natural history collections / Herbarium & Fungarium Collections and basic botanical knowledge

Benefits

Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

To apply for this role, please submit your application through the Kew Gardens website

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

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Working for the Civil Service

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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.