Data Governance and Quality Lead

About us

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is a charity that provides a 24-hour lifeboat search and rescue service, seasonal lifeguards, and water safety education and initiatives. Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards need a dedicated, professional and talented team behind them, and that is where you come in. This is your chance to join that team and help save lives every day. 

We are looking for a Data Governance and Quality Lead who will ensure the controls, knowledge and culture are in place across the RNLI to comply with our Data Governance framework, and quality is measured through effective validation, analysis, measures and controls, supporting the organisation in making effective, reliable data-driven decisions. 

This role has responsibility for developing and delivering effective planning, communication, engagement, measures and controls to ensure data governance and quality is optimised across the RNLI.

Some of the Benefits

• Salary - £41,242 to £48,520 (dependent on experience) 
• Flexible working 
• 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays 
• Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary) 
• Life assurance 
• Health and dental cash plan  

Your Role

In this role you will

• Lead on data governance organisational roles – owners, stewards, controllers and ambassadors. Manage communications and engagement to support ownership of best practice and Change.
• Work with stakeholders to manage audits and evaluate data management maturity. Shape improvement through negotiating effective acceptable quality levels.
• Manage a small team of data quality analysts and have a solid understanding of data and database management tools.
• From Data Quality Analyst supply of data condition and root cause analysis, work with stakeholders to agree and implement both tactical and strategic solutions to workflow blockers and data issues.
• Develop and support training to drive data governance and quality awareness and improvement. Actively engage with Data protection and Information Security to maintain compliance.
• Facilitate a cross-organisational network to ensure a culture of best achievable data governance and quality principles that are understood and delivered. Lead on steering considerations with using new tools and technologies.
• Develop and present on strategic initiatives – engaging at all organisational levels, chairing forums and review meetings.
• Manage stakeholder expectations ref team capacity vs demand, delivering prioritisation against organisational requirements.
• Support team capability through coaching and engagement, identifying and addressing skills and knowledge gaps,
• Manage continuous improvement balanced against project and BAU deliverables.

About You

We are looking for someone who is a great communicator with an ability to connect and engage with a broad audience to demonstrate sometimes complex ideas clearly. You will be able to understand technical concepts and act as a conduit between technical and non-technical stakeholders, have good planning and organisation skills, with the ability to manage priorities against team capacity and demand, maintaining multiple initiatives and workflows. You will also have a focus and interest on continuous improvement and change management, with an ability to influence stakeholders to adopt new processes and ways of working 

The successful candidate will also have experience of:

• Development and delivery of data governance and/or information management programmes with a strong understanding of underpinning principles.
• Working within a data-driven environment utilising analysis, measures, and reporting
• Influencing and managing stakeholders.
• The creation of documentation, including propositions, implementation guidelines, process flows, and working instructions
• Facilitating workshops and forums with a focus on iterative change management and control, and ensuring best practice

It is also desirable to have:

• Experience with large Organisations core business processes, process mapping and development. 
• Experience of managing a technical team to deliver organisation requirements collaboratively and in an environment that promotes growth and personal development

If this sounds like you, and you are someone who wants to work in an organisation that is driven by the desire to ensure that no-one should lose their life to drowning – apply today!

Safeguarding

The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).

Diversity at the RNLI

Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.