Data Acquisition and Quality Lead
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Salary: £55,403 - £61,939
Working pattern: Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
Business area: CO - Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA)
Location: Glasgow, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Job summary
A vacancy has opened for a Data Acquisition and Quality Lead to lead on engagement with stakeholders who hold the data which IBCA requires in order to deliver its services, and to ensure that the quality of this is optimised and maintained so as to extract maximum accuracy and value.
IBCA has been granted statutory powers to enable it to acquire data to support the administration of the infected blood compensation scheme. This role will focus on the use of those powers to ensure they are exercised in an effective and compliant way.
This vacancy is for a G7 workstream lead, which will work within the Data Governance team, alongside three other G7 members of staff who manage the other Data Governance functions.
The post holder will collaborate with those colleagues in order to ensure that data is acquired in a way which is compliant with data protection legislation and is stored in appropriately secure environments. The post holder will also work with Operational and Policy colleagues to determine the nature of the data required, and that this is fit for purpose to support IBCA’s service delivery.
Job description
The successful candidate will lead on providing data product management skills focused on:
- Building a data acquisition strategy, taking into account immediate needs for data, as well as longer term systemic data acquisition approaches
- Identifying data for acquisition
- Interpreting available data assets to ensure data meets IBCA’s needs
- Identifying optimal stakeholders who hold data which IBCA requires
- Engaging and working with stakeholders to negotiate access to the data they hold
- Drafting and maintaining agreements, such as MoUs, DSAs, data processing contracts and deeds, ensuring these align with relevant legislation
- Designing specific policy approaches for acquisition of key datasets by IBCA
- Manage data quality standards, ensuring data accuracy, completeness, consistency, and validity
Person specification
Essential Criteria
- You should have experience of working in an organisation which handles and exchanges sensitive personal information. You should be highly skilled at working with data protection legislation, and applying this in practice. You should have an understanding of data protection standards across government and experience of creating, implementing and embedding policies within an organisation, with a clear vision for best practice.
- You should be capable of managing multiple work items of competing priority, determining appropriate levels of urgency.
- You should have excellent drafting and written communication skills to support the drafting of high quality and compliant agreements, as well as robust advice. You should be able to articulate your decisions clearly, showing a clear and coherent supporting rationale. You should be able to think strategically and consider a range of options, and recommend the best course so as to manage delivery and organisational impact.
- You should have the ability to network effectively within both a team and department, to delegate tasks, retrieve information and explain processes.
- You should have strong analytical skills to enable you to reach sound decisions.
- You should have experience with working within a legal framework, and interpreting applicable guidance to inform your approach.
- You should be comfortable communicating with a range of audiences, to provide assurance to senior leaders as well as to provide guidance to operational staff and set out IBCA’s position to external stakeholders. You should be able to consider the training needs of the organisation, and support with the design and delivery of appropriate materials accordingly.
- You should be able to anticipate, assess and capture relevant risks, and design mitigations accordingly. You should be able to prioritise effectively while considering the big picture.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of working with healthcare data is desirable.
Additional information:
A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. Although requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Making Effective Decisions
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role.
- An environment with flexible working options.
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
- A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and employer contributions of 28.97%.
- A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Please use your statement of suitability to (in no more than 750 words) to explain how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria in the person specification section of the job advert.
Selection process
Candidates who are successful at sift will then be invited to an interview.
At interview, you will be assessed against Behaviours and Strengths.
Expected timeline (subject to change)
Expected sift date – July
Expected interview date/s – July
Interview location - Your interview will either be conducted face to face or by video. You will be notified of the location if you are selected for interview.
Reasonable Adjustment
If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
Contact Government Recruitment Service via recruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the ‘Assistance required’ section in the ‘Additional requirements’ page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.
Further Information
A reserve list may be held for a period of 3 months from which further appointments can be made.
Any move to IBCA from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service or Disclosure Scotland on your behalf.
However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk
Please note: in addition to the standard pre-employment checks for appointment into the Civil Service, all candidates must also obtain National Security Vetting at Security Check (SC) clearance level for this vacancy. You will normally need to meet the minimum UK residency period as determined by the level of vetting being undertaken, which for SC is 5 years UK residency prior to your vetting application. If you have any questions about this residency requirement, please speak to the vacancy holder for this post.
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
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 security check (opens in a new window).
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)
- Name :Duncan Routledge
- Email :duncan.routledge@ibca.org.uk
Recruitment team
- Email :cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and wish to make a complaint, then in the first instance you should contact Government Recruitment Service by email at : cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at info@csc.gov.uk. For further information on the Recruitment Principles and bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission, please visit their website at: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk.
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