Data Management Senior Officer(Ref: 1011)

The Data, Analysis & Insight team (DAI) plays a pivotal role in supporting a whole range of senior leaders across the business through reporting, analysis, and insights. Our work supports the organisation’s overall strategy and empowers senior leaders to make strategic, data driven business decisions. In December 2021 we published our Data Strategy, setting out HMCTS’s commitment to becoming a data driven organisation.
HMCTS Data Strategy (publishing.service.gov.uk)
As part of this strategy, HMCTS has invested in a cloud-based strategic data platform to transform the ways in which we work with data and enable us to add more value than ever to the organisation and the public. This platform is now technically complete, and we are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our team and help us exploit our new technology.
This role will be based in our Data Management and Engineering unit, reporting to our Head of Data Management. It is a pivotal role for HMCTS to ensure that we are holding, curating, and protecting our data to drive value for our organisation both now and into the future.
Your role as the Data Management Senior Officer encompasses several key aspects (but not limited to):
+ Work closely with data engineering, operational, reporting, and analytical colleagues across the business to deliver data objectives.
+ Support DAI in the development of a strategic master and reference data management capability for HMCTS.
+ Support the design and implementation of new data dictionary and data cataloguing tools for HMCTS.
+ Drive improvements in data quality ensuring the quality of the information stored and available for analysis is accurate; produce metrics demonstrating data meets the required quality standards.
+ Support improvements in our data by implementing and monitoring a robust quality assurance and testing framework to ensure decisions and actions are based upon reliable and accurate data.
+ Work with the Head of Data Management around the development and maintenance of effective data models that support new and existing reporting requirements working collaboratively with stakeholders across the organisation.
+ Support implementation and uptake of new technologies to deliver robust and accurate data management, ensuring documentation, data dictionaries, and data lineage information is readily available. This will include review and recommendation of appropriate and innovative tools.
+ Ensure that all procedures relating to the delivery of data extracts and data flows are fully documented.
+ Collaborate with data engineering colleagues on the testing and implementation of code and scripts before release, identifying any issues and risks whilst analysing the test results.
+ Collaborate with DAI and stakeholders to develop, define and document an innovative change management process.
+ Provide regular feedback on the operation of the data platform and assurance of the quality of information held within.
+ Work with the Head of Data Management to ensure compliance with data governance standards and managing access to the data platform in line with the security principles and role-based access policy and procedures.
+ Attend meetings and represent the organisation with relevant stakeholders, be flexible and capable of proactive and reactive communication, facilitating prioritisation and sometimes potentially difficult discussions., All applications for job sharing or reduced hours will be treated fairly and, on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the MoJ’s flexible working and equality policies. The minimum requirement for this role is 30 hours.
You may occasionally be required to travel to any of the HMCTS sites in line with business needs. Additionally, it is expected that you will spend at least 60% of your working hours in the office, at any HMCTS site available, considering any agreed workplace adjustments. Please note that this office-based requirement could become more frequent over time.
Your Development
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 Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
Application Process
To apply for this role, please submit a CV and statement of suitability of no more than 750 words setting out evidence and examples of how you meet the person specification of the role. Please ensure you cover both ‘what’ you do but also ‘how’ you do it. (i.e., the effective skills, knowledge & experience needed to undertake the role)
In the event of a high number of applications, the panel may carry out an initial sift based on information from your statement of suitability.
Interview
If successful at sift you will be invited to a Civil Service success profile interview which will be comprised of two parts:
1. Assessment of three ‘success profiles’ Civil Service behaviours.
The civil service uses ‘success profiles’ to define the ability, experience, strengths, behaviour, and technical requirements of our roles. You will need to demonstrate the following behaviours:
o Changing and Improving
o Managing a Quality Service
o Delivering at Pace
Further information on Success Profiles and required standards for this post (HEO/SEO equivalent) can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles
1. A 5-minute presentation.
Candidates will need to prepare a 5-minute verbal presentation. The presentation will assess your technical capabilities. Details regarding the topic will be provided to candidates shortlisted to interview. Slides are optional., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Changing and Improving
+ Managing a Quality Service
+ Delivering at Pace

Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
+ Your technical capabilities will be assessed via a presentation. Details regarding the topic will be provided to candidates shortlisted to interview, This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
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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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+ Data management and data governance skills gained through experience, training and/or continuous professional development.
+ Experience of working with and developing approaches to good data governance, including an understanding of the principles of GDPR.
+ Evidence of continuous professional development and knowledge of latest relevant technologies and best practice in data management.
+ Experience of defining and documenting data workflows across systems and operations, including capturing and documenting complex data definitions and business rules.
+ Experience of communicating effectively with operational business and analytical teams to define and document data requirements that meet business needs.
+ Experience of working with data and databases, ideally involving the development of new and existing data sources in a Data Warehouse environment.
+ Working knowledge and experience with ETL and data integration, including exporting data from various source data systems, transforming data against required business rules and data models, or data storage and analysis requirements, and loading data in storage platforms.
Desirable
+ Experience in
o developing and maintaining Master and Reference Data.
o developing and maintaining metadata for data dictionaries and data catalogue(s).
o data architecture and creating data models and documentation.
o data monitoring, testing, and implementing quality improvements.
o SQL and technical database experience using relational databases in Microsoft T-SQL.
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o o using CI/CD techniques and processes DevOps/Git repository code promotion and change management experience.
+ The Data Management and Engineering team at HMCTS is committed to supporting its staff to gain new skills to help them succeed in their roles.
+ · You will have access to a wide range of tools to continually develop and enhance your Data skills, such as: access to Microsoft Azure training courses via our partnership with Microsoft, online training such as DataCamp or Pluralsight, webinars, taught courses, one-to-one coaching and access to a large peer-support network.
+ Proven proficiency in relevant technology, Microsoft Azure certification or equivalent level of experience
+ Knowledge of work management/collaboration tools such as MS Teams, Trello and JIRA.

His Majesty’s Court and Tribunals Service is an agency of the Ministry of Justice and provides the supporting administration for the judiciary across England and Wales. It delivers srvices to the public directly in court and tribunal buildings, remotely via business centres and some limited services via the internet.

About our benefits
We reward our people for their hard work and commitment. We have a number of family friendly and flexible working polices that will help you achieve a healthy work-life balance. In addition, we offer a range of employee benefits which include generous annual leave, a highly competitive contributory pension scheme, childcare benefits, season ticket and bicycle loans.
Proud to Serve. Proud to keep justice going., Alongside your salary of £41,463, HM Courts and Tribunals Service contributes £12,011 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
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