Data Quality Analyst

Hybrid, London, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Blackpool, Sheffield • Contract

£400-£500

Role: Data Quality Analyst
Contracting Authority: DWP
Contract Length: 6 months
Location: Caxton House London, Kings Court Sheffield, Peel Park Blackpool, Longbenton Newcastle, Quarry House Leeds, Manchester Corporate Hub – presence required twice a week
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate: £500 Umbrella
Security Clearance: BPSS
Interview Process: Teams

Core Purpose:
DWP have created a new Data Quality Centre of Excellence to optimise and continuously improve the quality of its data. This will enable DWP to more effectively support citizen outcomes through increased quality data.

Summary of the Role and key responsibilities:
In support of the Insight & Performance Programme, the DWP Data Quality Centre of Excellence is currently engaged in some critical data quality analysis of critical KPI data relating to leading public front line public services, such as State Pensions and Universal Credit.

These roles will join established teams to:

• Undertake data and data quality analysis as required;
• Identify key stakeholders and proactively engage them, building positive, collaborative relationships;
• Identify the critical data which contributes to the key performance measures for these key services;
• Assess the quality of source data;
• Research and establish the root causes of any DQ issues identified;
• Lead and drive the collaborative effort to implement remedial actions;
• Participate in or lead the investigation and resolution of other data quality initiatives as required;
• Take ownership of, lead and manage the initial assessment and triage of data quality issues;
• Undertake effective, accurate and timely logging and reporting;
• Work independently and consultatively;
• Provide education and technical support to others;
• Make a positive contribution to the efficiency and maturity of the Data Quality Centre of Excellence; and Demonstrate the core Department’s core values.

Technical Skills required:

• Some exposure to Data Analysis work, data science or other similar (desirable)
• Some previous experience (and clear understanding) of issue investigation, Root Cause Analysis and implementation of remedial actions at source (e.g. in Incident or Problem Management); thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel and Powerpoint; and
• SQL, Python, other coding expertise, or experience of other data analysis toolsets (desirable but not essential); and
• Any other experience of working with data sets, or IT live service implementation or support, will be helpful.

Tags

• Data Analysis
• Data Science
• Data Sets
• Hybrid
• IT Service
• Leeds
• London
• Manchester
• Newcastle
• Python
• Sheffield
• SQL