Job summary
The Public Sector Reform Test, Learn and Grow (PSR TL&G) team is at the heart of the UK government?s initiative to drive innovation and reform in public service delivery.
With the £100 million PSR Innovation Fund, our team collaborates with local authorities and government departments across the United Kingdom and with the Devolved Governments to design, test, and grow innovative solutions that enhance public service outcomes.
By employing a ?
Test & Learn? approach, we focus on creating evidence-based improvements while relieving pressures on public services.
Our work involves piloting foundational programmes and place-based initiatives to accelerate mission delivery, support preventative measures, and foster a collaborative environment that encourages continuous improvement and innovation in public services.
The TLG programme uses place-based projects to prototype solutions to complex policy issues (these are known as ?accelerators?). Examples of some of the accelerators in our portfolio include ?violence against women and girls? in Islington, ?special educational needs and disabilities? in Nottingham and Sandwell, ?economic inactivity? in Wakefield, and ?neighbourhood health? in Plymouth and Liverpool.
The ?
Grow? element of the programme also aims to change the conditions across government so that it?s easier to work in a ?test & learn? way, as well as building the energy, networks and demand to sustain this work after the programme ends.
Job description
As the Lead Data Governance Manager for the TL&G team, you?ll work with colleagues from different multidisciplinary backgrounds in local government, central government and the wider public sector.
You?ll help them identify data protection and data sharing issues early.
You?ll support them in navigating complex data governance challenges, guiding them through the necessary processes, and ensuring proper join-up with the Cabinet Office Data Protection team.
You?ll also make sure that any lessons learned around data governance, data protection and data privacy are shared with the ?
Grow? part of the TLG team and support them in their work.
This part of the team looks to identify and address systemic barriers that get in the way of those in central and local government taking iterative approaches to public services, and data sharing has already come up as a major area of work.
This role is mapped to the Lead Data Governance Manager role in the Government Digital and Data framework.
This role may require some limited travel within the UK to work closely with local partners.
This role is eligible for a DDaT allowance, the value of which will depend on an assessment of your skills and experience, as demonstrated at interview.
Main responsibilities
- Ensure the adoption and implementation of the programme?s cross-organisational data governance framework, working closely with the Cabinet Office Data Protection team and our delivery partner?the transformation consultancy Public Digital (PD)
- Develop, implement and manage additional data governance frameworks, policies, standards and agreements for work with our other stakeholders (including other central government departments, local government partners, other public sector bodies, and occasional private sector or third sector organisations)
- Set principles for a data privacy-first approach, ensuring that data protection is embedded in the programme?s work and data risk is minimised
- Establish and oversee the programme?s data infrastructure
- Be responsible for understanding and managing the programme?s data risks and issues
- Explore creative solutions to data governance issues that meet Cabinet Office?s policies and standards
- Ensure that data governance issues are understood by seniors in the programme and by the Grow part of the TLG team
- Support the Grow part of the TLG team to understand good data practices established within our programme, identify opportunities to improve cross-government data governance and protection policy, and scope possible solutions where technical expertise is needed.
Person specification
It?s essential that you have the following skills:
Data ethics and privacy
Work with stakeholders to identify and address ethical and privacy concerns,
Research developments in data ethics and privacy to improve compliance and processes,
Assess and constructively challenge proposed data ethics policies.
Data governance
Implement and monitor data governance using standard methodology throughout the data life cycle.
Data innovation
Identify areas of innovation in data tools and techniques, and recognise appropriate timing for adoption.
Data life cycle
Understand and apply data governance structures and principles over a data life cycle, ensuring best practice at each phase,
Demonstrate knowledge of data governance industry standards,
Design and implement continuous improvements to optimise data governance over a data life cycle.
Data management
Monitor and improve data management practices,
Help define, develop and support the use of data management tools, procedures and methods in compliance with data governance policies.
Data maturity
Lead the implementation of data best practices,
Lead on monitoring and improving areas of data maturity.
Data standards
Create data standards for different subjects and ensure senior leaders understand them,
Monitor compliance with policies and standards in the Cabinet Office.
Communicating between technical and non-technical
Listen to and interpret the needs of technical and non-technical stakeholders, and manage their expectations,
Support or host difficult discussions within the team or with diverse senior stakeholders.
Stakeholder relationship management:
Identify and resolve issues, influence stakeholders and manage relationships effectively,
Build long-term strategic relationships and communicate clearly and regularly with stakeholders.
Logical and creative thinking
Ensure that the most appropriate actions are taken to resolve problems as they occur.
Inclusivity
Support equity and inclusion for your delivery work as well as in your team.
It?s desirable that you have:
- Cross-sectoral experience
- Experience across different organisation types would be valuable in this role (for example, experience in more than one of central government, local government, the private sector, and the third sector).
- Policy influencing skills
- Experience bringing different perspectives together to create policy change.
- Data strategy and data policy development
- Experience developing data strategy and data policy in complex environments.
Additional information:
Cabinet Office policy is that a minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace.
For some roles, due to their nature and the business need, this may be up to 100%.
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:
Delivering at Pace
Changing and Improving
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
Data governance
Data innovation
Stakeholder relationship management
Communicating between the technical and non-technical
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £59,207, Cabinet Office contributes £17,152 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .
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
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience.
Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
As part of the application process you will be asked to submit a CV and 750 word personal statement, outlining suitability based on the essential skills and experience listed in the job advert.
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
Expected timeline (subject to change)
Expected sift date ? start-mid November
Expected interview date/s ? mid-late November
Interview location - hybrid
Reasonable adjustments
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 as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Further information
A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.
Any move to Cabinet Office from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers.
This includes moves between government departments.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.
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)
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
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Diversity and Inclusion
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