Digital And Data Team Leader

Post Title: Digital and Data Team Leader

Team: Digital and Data Solutions Team

Ref No: 202415

Grade: G7

Type of appointment: Permanent

Location: Peterborough or Aberdeen

Salary: £49,313

This post will have a base in either Peterborough or Aberdeen.

JNCC has adopted a hybrid working approach, allowing colleagues to benefit from time in the office, with the flexibility also to work from home. Employees are expected to work from our office base for 1 – 2 days a month as a minimum, this will vary by team and the exact balance will depend on the nature of your role. We can provide more details at the interview and offer stages.

Who are JNCC?

Established in 1991, we’re the UK’s statutory advisor on issues affecting the natural environment across the UK and internationally. Our primary role is advising all four Governments of the UK. We also work with private sector organisations to support decision making on the sustainable use of marine waters and natural resources around the UK. JNCC is led by the Joint Committee, which brings together members from the nature conservation bodies for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and independent members appointed by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under an independent Chair. Support is provided to the Committee by approx. 270 people who bring together scientific and technical expertise, extensive knowledge of policy at global, European and national levels, and skills in working with other organisations. Staff are based in two main offices in Peterborough and Aberdeen.

Why JNCC?

We’re small enough (c.300 staff) that your voice is heard by everyone including the CEO, but big enough that we have all the skills, resources and people you’ll need to get the job done. All our staff are passionate about conservation and making a difference to the world we live in. We have a very flexible, inclusive and welcoming organisational culture. Our Executive Management provides employees with the freedom and tools you will need, and our friendly team will assist you in your role.

JNCC is committed to maintaining employee health and wellbeing, whether it is physically, emotionally, financially or socially, and offers a range of benefits to support employees in this. Such benefits include the option to join the Civil Service Pension Scheme, professional and personal development opportunities as well as an exciting job in a unique environment.

Hours of work: Full-time

Normal minimum hours of attendance for the post are 36 hours per week over a 5-day period, Monday to Friday.

Flexi time is available. This post may also be suitable for job share.

Annual Leave:

The annual leave allowance is 25 days per year, rising to 30 days per year after 5 years service. There are also 12 days public and privilege leave. Part-time staff will receive this on a pro rata basis.The annual leave allowance is 25 days per year, rising to 30 days per year after 5 years’ service. There are also 12 days public and privilege leave. Part-time staff will receive this on a pro rata basis.

Post background

Digital and data delivery and innovation is central to achieving JNCC’s strategy by 2030. The Digital and Data Solutions Team is key within this space, supporting the organisation to generate robust, high-quality data that underpins our projects and functions. The team also supports delivery of a wide range of digital solutions to guide complex thinking and policy setting. The team is made up of five core functions: data protection, information management, data engineering, application development and technical project management. The successful candidate will work alongside another Team Leader to manage the team and their diverse and dynamic portfolio of work.

There will be opportunities to get involved in exciting work areas including working with cutting edge environmental data such as use of satellite imagery for change detection; designing data pipelines and automation for JNCC’s indicators; and ensuring that the organisation’s information management policies and procedures are fit for the scale and shape of JNCC.

JNCC is now on the midst of a significant period of change to adapt to these opportunities:

• Improving the efficiency of storing, integrating, and processing large datasets to produce key indicators.
• Migrating from legacy internal server infrastructure to make much greater use of the cloud for storage and sharing of documents and Data. This is partly driven by the cyber security strategy and partly to enable more effective remote working. The work includes improving the use of MS technology to streamline existing corporate processes and governance.
• The storage of information and Data on JNCC’s infrastructure is becoming increasingly siloed and divergent making it very challenging to locate resources across the organisation and ensure appropriate long-term archiving. This is being compounded by the incremental movement to Cloud storage.
• Continuing to enhance data protection policies and processes to meet imperatives from Defra and ICO.
• Providing support and assistance to JNCC for the development and implementation of applications and systems

The co-Team Leaders will have responsibility for overseeing these transformations including managing the structure of the team to enable it to provide a robust service to provide support across these functions into the medium term.

Post Duties

The post will:

• Co-Lead the Digital and Data Solutions Team. This includes building a team culture, ensuring the skills of the team and its individuals are fit for purpose, that appropriate direction is given for priorities, that workloads are manageable and fulfilling, performance is managed and corporate requirements for management are met.
• Direct and develop the Team’s projects to ensure a good fit with other work within JNCC and support the delivery of the organisation’s strategy.
• Manage internal and external customer and stakeholder relationships.
• Continuously review how the work can be evolved and improved to meet the challenges of the strategy and resource levels.
• Ensure Team Leader responsibilities for planning and reporting, quality and governance are carried out effectively.
• Work with Directors and other Team Leaders across JNCC to influence the direction and plan JNCC’s work and ensure an optimal fit of the work within this.
• Be an effective member of senior management.
• Specialist knowledge and experience in two of the following areas:
• Data engineering
• Application development
• Digital project delivery
• Information management, including the setting and refining of organisational policies to ensure effective internal processes;
• Data protection
• Data management and governance

Technical

To be a successful candidate you will be/have:

Experience (Responsibilities)

To be a successful candidate you will:

• Be able to strategically apply specialist knowledge and experience to develop and lead a technical strategy for the organisation; identify potential opportunities and understand the precise requirements of others.

Behaviours

• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Delivering at Pace
• Changing and Improving
• Managing a Quality Service

Please see the CS Behaviours framework for more details at this grade:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/717275/CS_Behaviours_2018.pdf

In the event that we receive a large volume of applications we reserve the right to conduct the sift based on the Lead Behaviour of Leadership

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

JNCC do not provide sponsorship.

Closing date and interview date

The closing date for this post is 23:55 on Sunday, 05 May 2024

The anticipated interview date is week commencing Monday, 20 May 2024

Please note that there will be two interviews for candidates who are shortlisted. The first interview will focus on technical skills and experience and may include a short presentation. The second interview will be more general in nature, with a focus on experience and skills. Further details will be circulated to shortlisted candidates.

How to apply: https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi