Data Management Manager (Ref: 15331)

Job summary

This position is based Nationally

Job description

Data Management Manager

Location: National*

Closing Date: 16th March 2026

Interviews: Week commencing 30th March 2026 (this may be subject to change).

Grade: SEO

(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £49,325 - £53,081 National: £42,914 - £46,182

Working pattern: Full time, Part Time, Flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: 15331

*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Data Management Manager here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Probation & Electronic Monitoring - Data Strategy and Transformation team.

This role sits within the Probation and Electronic Monitoring (EM) Data Strategy and Transformation team, where data plays a vital role in protecting the public, supporting rehabilitation, and enabling fair, evidence‑based decisions.

As SEO Data Management Manager, you will help shape how probation and EM data is looked after, understood and used. You will work closely with policy, digital, analytical and operational colleagues to improve data quality, clarify ownership, and support better use of data across services.

This is a collaborative role, suited to someone who enjoys working with others to solve problems, build confidence in data, and turn complex requirements into practical, workable approaches.

What you’ll be working on

You may be involved in:

• Improving how probation and EM data is defined, owned and assured
• Supporting data quality and data management improvements that make a real difference to operational decision‑making
• Contributing to transformation activity, including new systems, services and ways of working
• Helping teams adopt clear, proportionate data standards and guidance

You’ll be part of a supportive data community within MoJ, with opportunities to learn, share knowledge and develop as a data management leader.

To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and deliver data management activity across Probation and Electronic Monitoring, balancing day‑to‑day priorities with longer‑term improvement.
• Work closely with operational, policy, digital and analytical colleagues to embed effective, proportionate data management into everyday ways of working.
• Improve the quality, consistency and trustworthiness of probation and EM data by supporting clear standards, guidance and assurance approaches.
• Help identify and manage critical data assets, ensuring ownership and accountability are clear and understood.
• Support the development and use of data management products such as data catalogues, definitions and data quality approaches, adapting them to operational needs.
• Incorporate data governance and risk management into routine processes, escalating issues where appropriate.
• Act as an advocate for good data management and data literacy, building capability and confidence across teams.
• Support senior colleagues in shaping priorities and planning future data management activity within the Probation and EM portfolio.

If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!

Benefits

● 37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.

● A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms

● Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow

● Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates)

● 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings’ birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.

● Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!

● Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.

● Nurturing professional and interpersonal networks including those for Carers & Childcare, Gender Equality, PROUD and SPIRIT

● Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)

● Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.

● 5 days volunteering paid leave.

● Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.

Person Specification

Essential Experience and Skills

• Experience of working in data management, information management or a closely related area, within a large and complex organisation.
• A practical understanding of data management concepts such as data quality, data ownership, governance and lifecycle management, and how these apply in real‑world settings.
• Experience working with data and data systems, and confidence engaging with technical and non‑technical colleagues about data issues.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder‑management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and bring people with you.
• A delivery‑focused mindset, with experience of taking ownership of work, prioritising effectively and seeing things through to completion.
• The ability to adapt your approach in response to changing priorities, emerging risks or new information, while keeping sight of overall goals.
• Clear and inclusive communication skills, with the ability to explain complex ideas in plain English.

Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor.

Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace.

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.

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £42,914, Ministry of Justice contributes £12,432 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

How to Apply

Candidates must submit a CV and Cover Letter (750 words max) which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above.

Application Guidance

Please access the following link for guidance on how to apply and how to complete a Personal Statement

Application Guidance

In Justice Digital, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capabilityand Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your Experience, Technical Skills and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:

● Working Together

● Delivering at Pace

● Making Effective Decisions

● Seeing the Big Picture

A diverse panel will review your application against the Person Specification above.

Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift will be conducted on experience of working in data management, information management or a closely related area, within a large and complex organisation before the sift.

Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.

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.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

Apply and further information

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : SSCL Recruitment Enquiries Team
• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk
• Telephone : 0345 241 5359

Recruitment team

• Email : moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@resourcing.soprasteria.co.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitm…

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