Data Assurance and Quality Manager

Title: Data Assurance and Quality Manager

Contract Type: FTC until 31st July 2027 (Maternity cover), Full-Time, 35 hours

Salary: Starting from £65,913 per annum (London weighted salary) or £57,900 per annum (Regional salary), dependant on experience

Grade: 11

Reporting Office: London, Stratford or Manchester, Trafford

Persona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)

Closing Date: 28th April 2026

Interview Dates: 1st stage will be held online on 28th-29th April 2026 and 2nd stage will be held in-person on 5th May 2026

Please click here for the role profile Data Assurance and Quality Manager Role Profile.docx

Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more…

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

Join our Data Governance and Design section at L&Q as a manager of our Data Quality and Assurance Team:

This is a fantastic opportunity to apply and develop your Data Governance skills and expertise as L&Q starts on a journey to embed our new Data Governance Framework, take control of our data assets and put robust data management at the heart of our systems development, business reporting and decision-making.

You will manage an expanded team of data quality and assurance professionals working closely with line of business departments and overseeing operational data assurance. You will also work with other support and change teams to ensure future systems and processes build in data quality, privacy and governance by design. Oversight and delivery of regulatory reporting is a further core responsibility of the team.

Trusted data is at the heart of everything we do at L&Q as we strive to deliver repeatable, reliable services to our customers. This role and team are fundamental to enabling these goals with accurate data, more effective and efficient business processes and systems, and data-driven decision-making.

You will report to the Head of Governance and Design in the Business Information and Analytics department.

If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!

Your impact in the role:

Your main duties will be supporting the Head of Governance and Design in ensuring the effectiveness of the data and creation of reference and training artefacts.

You will work closely with:

• Data Owners and Data Stewards across the business to address and mitigate data risks
• Your peers within the Data teams, Technology, and Transformation and Change to deliver our target operating model
• External advisors and internal business leads and validators to deliver regulatory returns

How you will help achieve departmental targets and goals:

• Governance hierarchy
• Directing your team in their data quality and assurance duties, determining priorities and allocating resources to analyse and mitigate data quality issues
• Ensuring timely and accurate completion and submission of regulatory data returns
• Directing your team in collaborative projects to design, develop and implement new or improved business processes and systems
• Contributing to the advancement of corporate data literacy through communication, influencing

What you'll bring:

• You will have demonstrable experience of managing a team responsible for data assurance and governance, ideally within a regulated business sector
• You will have a track record of stakeholder engagement at a senior management level and be able to demonstrate good written and verbal communication skills
• Experience of any of: Master Data Management, data migration projects, or the social housing sector will be an advantage

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email lqcareers@lqgroup.org.uk

About L&Q:

We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.

250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values and behavioural framework, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q.

At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they’re at the heart of everything we do.

When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We’re proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We’re a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we’ve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It’s all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Find out more here.

Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.

Click here to find out more about L&Q and why you should join us!

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