Job Specifications
Job Title: Head of Data - SC
Location: Hybrid/Salisbury or Fareham (occasional travel to site)
Contract Duration : 12 Months
Daily Rate: £1084/day (Umbrella - Maximum)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Security Clearance: SC & Sole Uk national
This role will be responsible for defining the cross organisation data purpose and delivering a compelling vision and long-term strategy for data. Guiding and assuring the business to realise this strategy in line with future S&T and business capability requirements and the aspirations of the Data Strategy for Defence.
Define the Data purpose, vision, strategy and associated policy, process and practices. Lead the creation (and assure the implementation and ongoing relevance) of the organization's data with the Chief Information Officer, and with direction from the organisations Executive.
Establish, lead and futureproof the Data system(s) requirement ensuring an agile, future focussed delivery model with a clear long term strategic vision that recognises the complex and uncertain nature of data.
Manage assurance of data holdings in line with regulatory, statutory, departmental and contractual requirements.
Design the data governance function; providing governance, policy, assurance, access to data management specialist training and in depth technical support to upskill the organisation as a whole over time and in line with current best practice leveraging cross department skills.
Build and maintain external partnerships with government, academia and industry to understand and embed data best practice and leverage external capability to enhance the organisations ability to deliver data impact within the complex and highly uncertain defence and security domain, understand and deliver the 'art of the possible' and thought leadership to give organisational and delivery advantage in collaboration with other key functions.
Represent the organisation as the local data domain owner across all relevant data domains in line with MOD CDO policy, reporting to MOD CDO, and represent at the most senior levels (including 2* boards) across MOD and wider government. Advise relevant stakeholders such as the Executive on Data capability, governance, policy and interoperability. Reporting required assurance products to MOD CIO via CIO
Essential:
Senior leadership, governance and/or assurance experience within the data domain
Influencing and developing relationships across all grades, both internally and externally
Working within ambiguity, to offer innovative solutions
Experience of creating a culture that is trusting, collaborative, innovative, diverse and inclusive
Proven experience in defining and communicating a clear vision that aligns with organisational goals, inspiring teams and stakeholders to take action.
Demonstrated ability to translate strategic vision into actionable goals and initiatives for a department or team
Experience in fostering teamwork within a department and cross-functional collaboration with other departments or external partners.
A degree in science, mathematics, computer science; data science; information systems or related field.
Technical Skills:
Excellent leadership and coaching
Exceptional Communication and storytelling in all potential media including oral, written and visual.
Influencing senior leadership
Creative and critical thinking, and outstanding analytical and problem-solving abilities:
Teamwork and Collaboration
Strategic and Systems Thinking
Exceptional networking skills across government, academia and industry
DAMA accreditation at associate level or above, or the capacity to reach accreditation within six months
Desirable:
Developing and implementing appropriate governance and assurance structures
Delivering complex strategic solutions under uncertainty
Influencing at the highest levels of government
Harnessing sources of technical excellence from appropriate sources, both internal and external.
Setting a compelling vision and engaging the enthusiasm of staff to excel and to embrace change
Evidence of application focussed subject matter expertise within the data domain or in complementary science domains, such as AI, Data Analytics etc
Disability Confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
Armed Forces Covenant
CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
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