Job Description

Role:  Data Maturity Assessment Lead – SC Cleared

Location: Hybrid – min 2 days per week in Bristol, Manchester or London

IR35: Inside

Rate: £800/day (Umbrella) MAX

Duration: Until 31/3/25

The Role:

The Data Management Team supports the foundation work through rolling out the enterprise data catalogue across the department and improving data governance practices through setting frameworks and standards.

As part of the data management team the data maturity assessment has been introduced by the government to help public sector organisations to measure, improve and maintain the health and strength of our data ecosystems.

In the first year we aim to use the data maturity assessment for government and its framework to carry out a self assessment using the 10 topics, intersected six themes against the 4 maturity levels.

Who you are

• A data expert with experience and knowledge of carrying out data maturity assessments
• An articulate speaker able to facilitate discussions and workshops
• Someone with excellent organisation skills
• Carrying out interviews with stakeholders to ascertain current problems against the assessment.

What you’ll do

• Carry out the government data maturity assessment using the framework.
• Communicating effectively with stakeholders to assess maturity through interviews, workshops and questionnaires.
• Work with stakeholders to define, maintain, and support the outputs from the maturity assessment
• Identify all relevant stakeholders, business and technical, from all levels.
• Engaging with stakeholders to obtain observations, recommendations, opinions, and benchmarking across different areas to determine level of maturity against the assessment/framework.
• Facilitating workshops and focus groups, with executive teams and senior leadership to align with organisational goals and stakeholder needs.
• Create current state assessment documents and develop future state recommendations, including gap analysis between current state and future state.
• Analysis of the assessment findings with a recommendation for potential improvements that can be made.

Requirements

• 1-2 years experience and knowledge of carrying out maturity assessment, ideally in the public sector.
• Passionate and knowledgeable about data
• Ability to accurately handle multiple tasks and projects in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytical skills, able to drill to detail when problem solving
• Experience defining critical success factors and monitoring progress
• Strong strategic thinking and ability to analyse and interpret data

It’s desirable that you have:

• Experience of working with the government data maturity assessment
• Familiarity of the public sector and government processes

Security Clearance: SC Clearance

To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources on 0121 794 8181

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant   

CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. 

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on 0121 794 8181.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.