Corporate and Commercial Services
Business Intelligence Service
Data Flows and Systems Officer
Ref: G6/OL-17618
Contract Type: Fixed Term (Ends 2022)
Salary: £25,463– £29,055p.a.
Hours: 36.66 per week
Based: Civic Centre, West Street, Oldham OL1 1UT
Closing date: 12/06/2018
Shortlisting date: TBC
Interviews: TBC
Role overview
To ensure that the Children’s Social Care and Early Help division and Business Intelligence Service are able to access appropriate data to support development, service changes, monitoring and evaluation. This includes ensuring that data protection requirements are clearly identified, appropriate agreements and protocols are in place and that robust processes are established and followed.
Key responsibilities
- Lead and manage work programmes to identify requirements for safe management of data
- Agreeing appropriate mechanisms for safe sharing and transfer of data
- Develop appropriate Quality Assurance mechanisms to ensure that data quality is high
- Supporting ongoing development of IT systems
Key Requirements
To succeed in this role you will need:
- Experience of successfully negotiating with and influencing a wide range of individuals, services and organisations across organisational boundaries in a multi-agency environment both at a strategic and operational level
- In-depth knowledge of data protection and information governance
- Extensive experience of establishing safe and legal processes and procedures for receiving and analysing data, including confidential data of a personal nature
- A detail-orientated approach to tasks and projects
About Us
Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough. Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.
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