Data Enterprise Officer – Public Sector

Brand new role created to work as part of the Strategic Change Directorate. The Enterprise Data Officer (EDO) will provide the vision and strategy for all data management activities across the organisation; including developing and overseeing the Information Management Program, developing advanced data analytics, data stewardship and data service provision, business intelligence and data warehousing.

You will be responsible for delivering the organisational cultural change required to enable them to adapt to the modern ways of working and use of information. Operating in a complex environment with numerous diverse practices and principles, you will be focused on transformational change and ensuring it unlocks and maximises the potential within the information and data held by or available to the organisation. This includes maximising the benefit from data and enabling its use in a proactive operational environment. You will integrate a wide range of diverse functions in order to deliver their overarching aims in respect of data enterprise functions.

The role is required to inspire and motivate change in processes and behaviour and is seen as a key influencer with internal and external partners. Key challenges to address are under-utilisation of the data, current quality and integrity of the data collected and a failure to unlock the potential of this information and you will be pivotal in unlocking future investment in this area of business.

Bringing significant knowledge and experience of big data analytics and its current and emerging technology you will inform on the potential for the use of data and information, the security and integrity of the data and the customer facing services that seek to obtain or make use of the data. Managing the provision of strategic performance analysis, you will provide insights to improve services and products and provide consultancy and recommendations at Board level.

We require demonstrable knowledge of the latest digital innovations and technology around data capture, analysis and visualisation. Assuring data integrity is also within the remit of the EDO and therefore you will be responsible for developing policies and priorities in the field and ensuring public confidence is maintained and standards are of the highest possible standard. The EDO provides vision and strategy for all data management activities including data analysts and scientists and data service providers and you will need to provide demonstrable experience of a similarly demanding role within another organisation, either from a commercial or public setting.

The recruitment process will follow strict government vetting processes but is high priority and a hire is expected to be made before Christmas.