Lead Data Governance Manager

Are you passionate about data and insights, building skills, and coaching people in this field?
Do you excel at helping teams embrace new ways of working and enhance their capabilities?
Are you ready for a challenge? Join our data strategy team at this exciting time as we embark on a journey to transform the use of data and insights in both our directorate and our organisation.
Job Summary
CCS has an ambition to be led by data and insights. The Head of Data Governance acts as a leader in shaping and implementing strategies/processes that ensure the organisation's data is of high quality, secure and compliant with regulations. This role plays a pivotal role in fostering a data-driven culture and aligning data practices with business objectives.
Directorate Overview
The DID team is central to making sure that decisions made within CCS are driven by data and insights. As a directorate, we provide reporting and insight support across all areas of CCS, including:
+ supplier research
+ framework analysis
+ internal performance reporting
We are continuing to enhance our performance analytics capabilities and are looking at ways we can gain a deeper understanding of how our users interact with CCS. We are also expanding our data science strengths and exploring new ways to apply emerging technologies, like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
We provide analytics across all of the customer and supplier markets where CCS operate, including survey and research support for our commercial and customer engagement colleagues. Our team uses visualisation tools, such as, Power BI to develop and distribute the insights that help CCS succeed.
Team Summary
This role integrates into the Data, Insights and Delivery senior leadership team (SLT) and works in collaboration with the Data Engineering Quality lead. Together the team provides cross functional leadership in undertaking analysis, making decisions and driving actions that improve the use and management and value of data in CCS., + Define the data governance strategy for the organisation, and join it with the wider organisational strategy. Ensuring that best practice data policies, processes and standards are understood at senior levels throughout the organisation’s programmes and projects
+ Design, implement and monitor data governance within the organisation, and throughout the data life cycle
+ Define strategies to enable continual improvement of data management practices and compliance with data governance policies
+ Engage and work effectively with technical leaders and senior stakeholders to implement data governance and ensure compliance, in particular assisting, coaching and developing the Data Quality and Lineage lead for CCS to deliver change
+ Set and monitor the adherence to data governance policies, frameworks and standards required in Government
+ Be accountable for understanding and handling the organisational data risks and issues, and co-ordinating with data owners to accept or resolve them
+ Act as an advisor across Crown Commercial Services and lead on the best practice of data security development, in accordance with the data enterprise architecture whilst consulting with the CCS central assurance and information security team.
+ Maintain effective long-term relationships at a senior level with important decision-makers and influencers
+ Investigate emerging trends in data-related approaches, perform horizon-scanning for the organisation and introduce innovative ways of working, Please note: Applicants can make use of artificial intelligence but the information presented at application must be factual.
A reserve list may be held for up to 6 months, which the Civil Service may use to fill future suitably similar vacancies across government for candidates who are considered appointable following interview. Should you be placed on a reserve list and want to be removed please contact recruitment@crowncommercial.gov.uk.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
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)

+ Excellent communication skills, able to communicate relevant, compelling stories using the most appropriate medium (including complex recommendations at a tactical and strategic level, presenting analysis and visualisations in clear ways to communicate complex messages)
+ Experience of managing stakeholder expectations and moderating discussions about high risk and complexity, even within constrained timescales
+ Experience of owning data governance structures and principles, and ensuring that they’re defined and applied with best practice throughout a data life cycle
+ Experience of directing continuous improvements to optimise data governance over a data life cycle
+ Experience of working with an organisation’s most senior stakeholders to provide data assurance, report assessment findings to boards or committees, and communicate improvement plans
Desirable criteria (to be assessed at application stage):
+ Expertise in government commercial and finance structures and procedures
In the event of a high number of quality applications, desirable will be used as a second sift., + Making Effective Decisions
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Changing and Improving
+ Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
+ Communicating analysis and insight

CCS is a flexible business with a smarter working model where our colleagues benefit from a mix of home and office working. Successful candidates are expected to work from one of the office locations listed. Our current office attendance approach requires a minimum of 26 days per quarter (approx 2 days per week, which may be subject to change) in CCS office locations or off site meetings with suppliers, customers, partners, networking / industry events. This is pro rata for those who work part time. Our smarter working principles mean that our people have the advantage of both office and offsite based collaboration and learning, as well as working from home. This way of working allows us to honour our commitment to being a responsible business, offer flexibility and better work life balance as well as ensuring we deliver our business with confidence and in accordance with our CCS values.

Alongside your salary of £57,954, Crown Commercial Service contributes £16,789 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
What we will offer you, here are some of the benefits you can expect:
+ Competitive salary
+ Generous pension scheme
+ A discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus
+ Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location
+ Flexi time scheme (available for B1-B6)
+ Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank holidays
Explore fully how we will reward your work.
Want to make a difference? Find out more about the rewarding work that we do in our candidate pack.
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 ServiceD&I Strategy.