Data Architect

Job summary

As a Data Architect, you will be welcomed into our Digital, Data and Technology function within Finance and Corporate Resources. The IOPC is on a journey to develop its culture, perspectives, and ethos to support the organisation’s core outcomes, and this is your opportunity to enter into the varied world of IOPC Strategy and Impact, allowing you to develop your mindset and approaches to contribute to improving the police complaints system in England and Wales.

The Data Governance Team is part of the Digital, Data and Technology function within Data & Information department. These areas bring together teams responsible for Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Design & Architecture, Records Management, Insight and Analytics, as well as our technical ICT Teams. We operate nationally with team members across seven sites.

The Data Architects are responsible for helping the organisation to set the direction for designing, creating and maintain IOPC data sources and repositories. This includes setting the requirements for our taxonomies, data dictionaries, and mapping data lineage.

Job description

• Support the wider deliverables of the Data Governance Team, and Data & Information Department
• Help to define the principles, policies, processes and specifications for data architecture.
• Assisting in the production of artefacts for data governance and assurance of data
• Leading on Data Design improvement workstreams across the IOPC
• Identify data that is of critical/significant importance to the IOPC, alongside other Information Management Teams, and support the design of processes to help manage that data
• Set standards for organisational data design and modelling, including advising on their application across the IOPC
• Design data architecture by dealing with specific business problems and aligning it to enterprise-wide standards and principles
• Lead the development, validation, publishing and maintenance of organisational data design, models and structures to support the knowledge requirements of the IOPC
• Support the development of strategies to drive behavioural changes across teams with data being valued and handled as a strategic asset.
• Provide training and mentorship to others around the organisation in relation to our data structures and methodologies
• Support the development, integration, administration, and evolution of data structures, ensuring efficiency, scalability and quality. Continuously monitor to enhance performance and reduce latency.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of models, standards and best practices for reference and future enhancements.
• Provide support to the Data Governance Lead in establishing responsibilities and roles for data ownership across the organisation
• Work with the Data Governance team to develop an organisational data catalogue, and associated glossaries and dictionaries for the IOPC
• Be an ambassador, leading conversations, and continuous improvement in data capabilities as part of our Data Strategy and improving our data literacy/culture

Person specification

• A passion for data and the desire to create a data led culture and understanding how this can improve business performance.
• Experience of designing new data repositories, sources and products at an enterprise level
• Experience in leading on the evaluation and improvement of existing data repositories, sources and products
• Demonstrable experience using data modelling tools and industry standard techniques to capture and document data artefacts.
• Strong stakeholder management with the ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable, interoperable, and flexible data models.
• Ability to communicate in technical detail on topics of data lineage, data usage and data structures.
• Knowledge of basic concepts of law and regulatory guidance/standards regarding data management and trends in data policy.
• Experience of supporting substantial organisational transformation and change
• Ability to organise, prioritise and manage conflicting information and support requests.
• Ability to analyse and interpret a variety of structured and unstructured information sets to draw out the key issues or areas of interest.
• Able to work flexibly and independently, including national travel, as part of a team based in separate locations
• Advanced skills in the use of M365 and SharePoint based products

Desirable

• Understanding of industry best practice Data Governance standards and methodologies
• Holding or working towards CDMP Data Management Qualification, or similar
• Experience of data management in the Public Sector

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £41,878, Independent Office for Police Conduct contributes £12,132 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• 27.5 days paid annual leave (increasing with service to 32.5 days)
• Options to carry over, buy or sell annual leave
• Voluntary Health Cash Plan provided by BHSF
• Civil Service pension
• Civil Service maternity leave package
• PAM employee assistance programme
• Access to Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC) membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Opportunity to enjoy the latest home and electronics in a more affordable way provided by Vivup
• Car Leasing Scheme
• Staff Networks focussed on each of the protected characteristics - run for staff, by staff: Enable Network, Age Network, Welsh Network, Pride and LGBTQ+ Network, Sex and Family Network, Race, Religion and Belief Network
• Learning and development tailored to your role.
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

Please apply via the IOPC recruitment portal: Jobs and careers with IOPC

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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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.

Diversity and Inclusion

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : recruitment@policeconduct.gov.uk
• Email : recruitment@policeconduct.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@policeconduct.gov.uk

Further information

https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/

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