Data Quality Specialist (Contract)

Data Quality Specialist (Contract)

Posted 2 weeks ago by itecopeople

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£66 Per hour
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Hybrid
West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
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Summary: The Data Quality Specialist (Contract) role focuses on enhancing data quality practices across critical domains such as customer, property, and finance. The position involves assessing current data quality, identifying issues, and developing remediation plans while engaging with stakeholders. This hands-on role is ideal for professionals passionate about transforming data into trusted assets. The contract is for 6 months with a hybrid working arrangement based in the West Midlands office.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assess current data quality across critical domains.
  • Profile data to identify issues: duplicates, gaps, invalid formats, inconsistencies.
  • Define "what good looks like” in partnership with data owners and stewards.
  • Develop and deliver practical remediation plans and see them through to resolution.
  • Set up sustainable processes for triage, monitoring, and governance.
  • Communicate progress clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Share knowledge and help build internal data quality capabilities.

Key Skills:

  • Strong data quality and profiling expertise (customer and asset data in particular).
  • Proficient in SQL for data analysis and issue investigation.
  • Experience managing remediation activities and root cause analysis.
  • Solid stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
  • Familiar with Microsoft data tools (Excel Power Query, Power BI).
  • Understanding of data migration, cleansing, and validation principles.
  • Experience working with Dynamics 365 (Customer Engagement, Property Cloud, or F&O).
  • Desirable experience in the housing sector or with housing management systems (e.g. ActiveH).
  • Exposure to data governance frameworks and data quality tools (e.g. Microsoft Purview).
  • Understanding of asset lifecycle data and compliance use cases.
  • Experience supporting rollout of data quality KPIs/dashboards.
  • Agile delivery experience.

Salary (Rate): £66.00/hr

City: West Midlands

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Job Title : Data Quality Specialist (Contract) Location : Hybrid - West Midlands office (1-2 days/month) Contract : 6 months Day Rate : £450-£525/day (Outside IR35) Start : ASAP

Are you a data quality professional with a passion for turning messy data into trusted assets? We're looking for a Data Quality Specialist to help assess, improve, and embed data quality practices across key domains including customer, property, and finance.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Assess current data quality across critical domains
  • Profile data to identify issues: duplicates, gaps, invalid formats, inconsistencies
  • Define "what good looks like” in partnership with data owners and stewards
  • Develop and deliver practical remediation plans and see them through to resolution
  • Set up sustainable processes for triage, monitoring, and governance
  • Communicate progress clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Share knowledge and help build internal data quality capabilities

What Success Looks Like

  • Visible progress against remediation plans
  • Engaged business teams who understand and own data quality
  • Clear processes and controls in place for sustainable improvement
  • Increased confidence in data for reporting and operations

Must-Have Skills & Experience

  • Strong data quality and profiling expertise (customer and asset data in particular)
  • Proficient in SQL for data analysis and issue investigation
  • Experience managing remediation activities and root cause analysis
  • Solid stakeholder engagement and communication skills
  • Familiar with Microsoft data tools (Excel Power Query, Power BI)
  • Understanding of data migration, cleansing, and validation principles
  • Experience working with Dynamics 365 (Customer Engagement, Property Cloud, or F&O)

Desirable

  • Experience in the housing sector or with housing management systems (e.g. ActiveH)
  • Exposure to data governance frameworks and data quality tools (e.g. Microsoft Purview)
  • Understanding of asset lifecycle data and compliance use cases
  • Experience supporting rollout of data quality KPIs/dashboards
  • Agile delivery experience

This is a hands-on, business-facing role ideal for someone who enjoys solving real-world data challenges and making a lasting impact. You'll work with transformation leads, data owners, and operational teams to drive change where it matters most. Interested? Apply now to find out more.

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