Operations Data Management & Data Visualisation Manager - 24305

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National
All
All
Staff Grade 7
Permanent
Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Part Time Term Time, Compressed Hours
Analytical, Architecture and Data, Business Management & Improvement, Digital, Knowledge & Information Management, Project Delivery, Senior Leadership
£58,174
You will act as technical manager of the Portfolio Delivery Office’s Data Analysis and Reporting Team (DART) engaging widely across the business to transform performance data into business, commercial and programme management information with a focus on the Flood and Coastal Risk Management portfolio. As a result of considerable business change you will be leading the delivery of an ambitious programme of work. Leading a team of data and business analysts, you will grow the capability of individuals and the team to help achieve the best possible outcome.


Key responsibilities:

1) Work with partners across the Environment Agency, Defra and our supply chain to identify opportunity and solutions to provide, through data, a more holistic view of the Agency’s operational delivery.
2) Recruit, Lead, support, and mentor senior members of the team including succession planning.
3) Ensure that there is the appropriate resource, technical expertise and digital infrastructure to support the ambition of being a data driven organisation ensuring the solutions meet the business reporting requirements (PMO and DEFRA).
4) Challenge and assist the development of data management practices (including Business Intelligence activities) and processes, helping to identify appropriate new systems and calibrating them for use in the business.
DART sits within the Portfolio Delivery Office part of Major Projects and Programme Delivery. We deliver dashboarding and data management services on a broad range of business areas. The team is a blend of Environment Agency and consultants fulfilling the roles of Data Analyst, Business Analyst, service desk and knowledge management. We have cultivated an environment of collaboration within the team and have an excellent breadth of skills and experience for joiners to learn from.
We are looking for applicants who are keen problem solvers and believe that providing great digital leadership is key to our ability to protect people and the environment. You will be confident, inspiring and passionate with great interpersonal skills. In an ideal candidate we may look for:
-Significant experience in a data or digital role, a background in solutions architecture would be an advantage.
-Strong understanding of managing performance through data.
- Experience of managing a multiskilled technical team.
-Experience of Agile project delivery methods such as Scrum.
Please see the candidate pack for more information on the benefits offered, including generous pension provision and leave entitlement, flexible working practices, and excellent training and learning opportunities.
This role is national role that can be based in any Environment Agency office.
Salary £58,174

Occasional travel (regionally or nationally) and overnight stays required.
For further information contact Chris Wilson at chrisd.wilson@environment-agency.gov.uk or on 07717681180.


When providing evidence for competencies within your application, please give examples of how you clearly demonstrate these either within the context of this role or as transferable skills. CVs or other documents attached to your application will not be assessed for selection.
Interviews are anticipated to take place w/c 31st October 2022

09/10/2022, 23:55 hours

Basic Check
Achieves Results
Tell us how your experience, skills and knowledge demonstrate the competency described below and provide specific examples to illustrate your response.

Description: Achieves results is about setting and delivering high work standards and demonstrating the drive to meet targets. Prioritising and organising tasks and resources to ensure timely achievement of results.
Embraces Change
Tell us how your experience, skills and knowledge demonstrate the competency described below and provide specific examples to illustrate your response.

Description: Embraces change is about initiating and supporting change, responding effectively to changing roles, situations or people.
Influences and Persuades Others
Tell us how your experience, skills and knowledge demonstrate the competency described below and provide specific examples to illustrate your response.

Description: Influence and Persuades others is about presenting a case in a convincing and attractive way that will win people over, encouraging them to follow plans willingly; often succeeding where logic and reason alone would fail.
Data and Information Management
Tell us how your experience, skills and knowledge demonstrate the competency described below and provide specific examples to illustrate your response.

Description: Data and Information Management is about collecting, analysing, interpreting, recording, managing, developing and sharing data, material or information appropriately for a variety of purposes.
If you are applying from the Civil Service please note that the Environment Agency is not a part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. Therefore, you will not be eligible for continuous service. For applicants who currently work in local government or other bodies listed in the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government etc) (Modification) Order 1999, you may be eligible for continuous service for the purpose of calculating any future redundancy payment. If you are unsure of your status then you should contact your own HR Team.

We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.

We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

The Environment Agency, as a Non-Departmental Public Body, is committed to providing value for money and utilises Central Government frameworks and contracts for all external recruitment needs. For this reason, we are unable to engage with the market directly through post, email or phone calls . Should you wish to become a support supplier on one of these frameworks or contracts please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier/becoming-a-supplier-through-the-crown-commercial-service-what-you-need-to-know for more information.

This Vacancy is closed to applications.