Master Data Team Leader

Team / Directorate: KIM Group / Evidence, Policy & Permitting 

Starting salary:  £45,367 rising to £50,877 per annum through annual increments being paid each year (pro rata for part time applicants)

Contract type: Permanent

Work pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week (Part time, annualised hours, compressed hours or term time working considered - discussions at interview stage welcome)

Interview date: To be confirmed

Post number: 201254

The role

Are you passionate about data, technology and leadership? Join us as a team leader of our dedicated team of Master Data Specialists at Natural Resources Wales (NRW), where you will play a pivotal role in driving innovation and efficiency across the organisation.

In this dynamic role, you will guide your team in integrating and presenting NRW’s data effectively, ensuring that we uphold our commitment to delivering high-quality evidence to support decision-making and operations. You will work in alignment with NRW’s core values, fostering collaboration, creativity, and excellence.

As a key contributor to NRW’s Knowledge, Information, and Management (KIM) strategy, you will interpret data and ICT strategies to shape and implement a forward-thinking service and improvement plan. Your leadership will provide critical direction to ICT teams, particularly on matters relating to data warehousing, integration, and the presentation of evidence.

This team’s work is integral to NRW’s ability to meet its evidence integration responsibilities under the Environment Act, enabling smarter, data-driven efficiencies across our departments. By managing the flow of data between applications and delivering insightful operational reports and dashboards, you will help ensure NRW remains at the forefront of environmental stewardship and innovation.

As an organisation we support flexible working.  You will be contracted to the nearest NRW office to your home and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.

To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Mark Diggle.

mark.diggle@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk  

Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams.

Successful external applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. We aim to make offers of appointment within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.

What you will do

• Be responsible for leading a team of experts that deliver 2 specialist functions; data architecture management (complex data modelling, data integrity, warehousing and integration) and operational reporting (complex suite of data integration and visualisation to create dashboards and operational views of NRW evidence).  This core infrastructure delivers process efficiencies for all activities across NRW.
• Interpret NRW corporate, evidence, data and ICT strategy to define the teams service delivery plan and service improvement plan.  
• Be responsible for delivery of NRW's strategic approach to data integration, quality management and automated views of our evidence; meeting business requirements and compliance with legislative, industry or operational data standards.  This will include technical and policy developments; audit and oversight of the risks associated with data integration and automated reporting.  
• Have system owner responsibility for our strategic data warehousing, reporting and integration solutions.  Providing ITIL resolver support for users of the suite of reporting tools and providing a business steer for ICT on technical developments.
• Be responsible for maintaining a single, authoritative, point of reference for data assets that are created by NRW and are critical to NRW operations (golden datasets).  Direct the team in the creation, collation and capture of a corporate thesaurus, dictionaries and term lists that are used to master our data and information assets.
• Work with subject matter experts and data custodians across NRW's remit to lead the implementation of NRW’s governance framework for data integration and reporting .  This will include annual assurance reporting and working with Welsh Government and Defra to direct the NRW policy in this area.
• Represent NRW at external conferences, sharing best practice and working with co-delivery partners.
• Be responsible for budget and spend across multiple projects and services delivered through your team.
• Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post
• Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post
• Be committed to your own development and that of your staff through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
• Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.

Your qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills

In your application and interview you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method

1. Proven experience of leading and motivating teams.
2. Substantial professional experience of leading data architecture management, integration and insight reporting at a corporate/enterprise level.
3. Detailed technical knowledge of the legislation and industry standards that are relevant to data architecture management, data standards and reporting, with a proven record of leading and auditing organisation compliance (public or private sector).
4. Experience of technical leadership for enterprise data architecture, quality assurance and reporting systems and applications or similar applications/tools.#
5. Understanding of the external policy and technical developments that may benefit or constrain future approaches to integrity, integration and reporting  (e.g. automation/ETL tools, volume and complexity of information sources, enhanced search and discovery, customer profiling).
6. Degree or professional qualification in a relevant subject; substantial experience or able to demonstrate comparable specialist technical know-how, in a relevant subject.

Welsh language level requirements

• Essential: A1 - Entry level (able to use and understand simple, basic phrases and greetings, no conversational Welsh)

Please note if you do not meet the A1 requirement i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Benefits 

This role will offer a range of benefits, including:

• Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97%
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
• generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
• commitment to professional development
• health and wellbeing benefits and support
• weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose

See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive.

Please keep reading

If you think you have what it takes to do this role, but don’t necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch and we will be happy to discuss the role with you in more detail.

We’re passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of disability, neurodivergence, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, gender expression and gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, culture, or religion.   We put the principles of human rights, equality, fairness, dignity and respect at the heart of our values.

We are committed to equal opportunities and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year.

We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses.  

We are a Bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards.  Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW, and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills. 

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