At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the Council’s data strategy and design innovative data solutions.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking local government team in Gateshead.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous leave, flexible working, and extensive training opportunities.
- Other info: Inclusive workplace culture that values diversity and empowers all employees.
- Why this job: Shape data-driven decisions that improve lives in your community.
- Qualifications: Degree in Data Science or related field; experience in data strategy and governance.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Shape data that improves lives across Gateshead. As a member of the Business Solutions and Data team, you will lead the Council’s data strategy, designing architecture, governance, and platforms to support data-driven decision making and modernisation.
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve the Council’s data strategy, aligning it with priorities, transformation and national standards.
- Design secure, scalable architecture and a common data model to enable integration and insight.
- Embed data into decision-making and promote best practice across teams.
- Use data, analytics and AI to drive better services and outcomes for residents.
- Turn business challenges into high-value data products and shape the data roadmap.
- Strengthen metadata, master data and governance to improve trust and accessibility.
- Enable safe, ethical and GDPR-compliant use of data.
- Grow data literacy, skills and clear ownership across the organisation.
- Track progress and increase data maturity, adoption and value.
Qualifications
- A relevant degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related subject or equivalent professional certifications in analytics/data management.
- Proven experience of developing and delivering an organisation-wide data strategy aligned to business priorities, driving data maturity and value.
- Strong expertise in enterprise data architecture, data modelling and designing scalable, secure and integrated data solutions.
- Demonstrable experience of implementing data governance frameworks, including metadata, master data, data quality and stewardship practices.
- Experience working with modern cloud-based data platforms (e.g. Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks) and data integration approaches (ETL/ELT).
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and translate complex business needs into practical data solutions.
- Proven ability to lead large-scale data or digital transformation initiatives, driving a data-driven culture and embedding standards, best practice and accountability across a complex organisation.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary that reflects your skills and experience.
- Outstanding Pension Scheme.
- Generous annual leave: 28 days (rising to 32 days after 5 years; 2 can be fixed by the Council), plus the option to buy up to 10 extra days.
- Flexible working hours with up to 26 flexi days per year (subject to business needs).
- Hybrid & flexible working support.
- Learning & development: wide range of training, development and progression opportunities.
- Health & wellbeing support, including discounted gym memberships and mental health resources.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Electric & hybrid car scheme through salary sacrifice partnership with NHS Fleet Solutions after 12 months service.
- Exclusive discounts and salary sacrifice options on shopping, travel and services via VIVUP employee benefits platform after 6 months service.
Equal Opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer and aim to offer a culture and workplace where our people feel belonging, are respected and empowered to do their best work. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
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