Data Manager in Bristol

Actual Annual Salary: £9,102 - £9,930 (Based on hours and working weeks)

Full Time Equivalent Salary: £31,954 - £34,860 - £ (CLF Grade D). Based on 37 hours per week, all year round.

Contract Type: Fixed-Term to cover maternity leave

Contract Length: Fixed until 14/04/2027 or upon the return of the post holder

Hours: Part time, 12 hours per week, Thursday to Friday / Term Time Only Plus INSETS and 5 additional days in line with working pattern (pro rata – 2 additional days).

This post is for 12 hours per week, worked on Thursdays and Fridays. There may be scope to consider alternative working days, although no other flexibility is available. The role is based at Hanham Woods Academy.

Provisional Start Date: 20 April 2026

Use data to enable great education and help our school communities thrive. We’re looking for an experienced, detail‑driven Data Manager (Maternity Cover) to join Cabot Learning Federation’s Central Data Team, reporting to the Senior Data Manager and working as part of a Cluster Data Team. This role will be physically based at Hanham Wood Academy, while supporting and covering all academies within the assigned cluster alongside the Data Team.

The postholder will provide expertise across all areas of the Management Information System (Bromcom) and key data tasks, working collaboratively as part of a team and independently where required. This role is crucial to ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and effective use of student and performance data across our schools, enabling leaders, teachers, and professional services to make well‑informed decisions that improve outcomes for children and young people.

Working closely with the Senior Data Manager, Trust Data colleagues, academy leaders, and teaching staff, you’ll lead core data processes throughout the academic year and support colleagues to use our MIS confidently and effectively. From statutory returns and safeguarding data integrity to reporting, analysis, and training, your work will underpin high‑quality educational delivery across the Trust.

This is a trust‑wide, varied maternity cover role, offering the opportunity to apply specialist data expertise within a collaborative, values‑driven multi‑academy trust.

About the role

• Work as part of the Cluster Data Team, managing and maintaining accurate, secure, and compliant student data across all academies within the cluster.
• Provide expert oversight and administration of the Trust’s MIS (particularly Bromcom), ensuring optimal configuration, permissions, and effective use.
• Lead on key academic year processes, including start‑of‑year, end‑of‑year, transitions, timetabling, and statutory census submissions, meeting all required deadlines.
• Support academy leaders and teaching staff by providing timely, accurate data to inform attainment tracking, progress monitoring, and strategic decision‑making.
• Deliver training, guidance, user documentation, and day‑to‑day support to colleagues to improve confidence and consistency in data systems and processes.
• Ensure full compliance with GDPR, data protection legislation, retention schedules, FOI/SAR requirements, and Trust policies.
• Work collaboratively with Data Managers across the wider Data Team to share best practice and contribute to continuous improvement of Trust‑wide data systems and processes.

About you

• Experience in data management or office‑based administration, ideally within an educational environment, with responsibility for organising, maintaining, and developing data systems, or ability to learn new processes quickly.
• Knowledge of performance measures, KPIs, qualification frameworks, and the structure of the academic year.
• Experience using Management Information Systems, particularly Bromcom, alongside Excel skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a sustained commitment to data accuracy and quality.
• The ability to work with sensitive and confidential information with professionalism, discretion, and integrity.
• Strong organisational and time‑management skills, able to manage competing priorities and respond effectively to changing demands.
• Confident communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships across academies and professional services teams.
• Good literacy and numeracy, including GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent), and vocational experience equivalent to NVQ Level 4.

Why join CLF’s Central Data Team?

• Be part of an experienced, supportive central data function delivering high‑quality services across the Trust.
• Work within a cluster model, combining strong local relationships with trust‑wide collaboration.
• Gain exposure to a wide range of data responsibilities, including MIS leadership, statutory reporting, analysis, training, and process improvement.
• Benefit from working within a large, established multi‑academy trust, supporting academies from early years through to post‑16.

Why work at CLF?

We are a diverse and inclusive community of 36 academies across five cluster regions in the South West that is committed to excellence and making a positive impact. Our people bring unique perspectives, but we’re all driven by a shared moral purpose and a passion for making a positive impact, whether in a teaching, leadership or support role. We’re proud to foster a culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters and so encourage applications from underrepresented and global majority groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion. We aim to remove any barriers to employment, ensuring everyone can compete on equal terms. Job share, part‑time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

What we can offer you

• Access to a generous pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Generous annual leave.
• A comprehensive induction and ongoing commitment to wellbeing and career progression, through a range of training, apprenticeships and in‑role/wider‑trust development opportunities.
• Well‑being support through an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Health benefits, including wellness sessions, gym discounts, and flu jabs.
• A range of generous family leave options, including above industry average occupational maternity pay.
• Additional benefits like cycle to work scheme, on‑site parking plus many more!

Recruitment timeline

• Closing Date: 26 February 2026 @11.59pm
• Shortlisting: 27 February 2026
• Interviews: 04 March 2026

We are unable to offer sponsorship with this role. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a high level of interest in the role. Therefore, candidates are advised to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid missing out. As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we are dedicated to equity and inclusion and commit to interviewing applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria. We aim to provide an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, and support employees throughout their employment. If you have a disability, are neurodivergent, or require any adjustments to support you through the application or interview process please let us know how we can assist.