Data Management Manager

Justice Digital; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service Pension

Hybrid working

Personal development time (10% of time

£1k learning budget per person

Job summary

Justice Digital, Data and Science is recruiting a Data Management Manager to join a warm, collaborative team. The role involves shaping data management practices, improving data quality and ownership, and implementing metadata and master data frameworks across services.

You'll work with policy, digital, analytical and operational colleagues to embed data governance, support data catalogs, and promote data literacy. Hybrid working and generous benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in data management within a large organisation.
• Understanding of data quality, data ownership, metadata, master data, governance and lifecycle management.
• Experience working with data systems and explaining data issues to both technical and non-technical colleagues.
• Clear and inclusive communication skills, with the ability to explain complex ideas in plain English.
• Willingness to be assessed against BPSS clearance.

Responsibilities

• Deliver data management activity across a key service area in MoJ, balancing day-to-day priorities with longer-term improvement.
• Work closely with operational, policy, digital and analytical colleagues to embed effective, proportionate data management into everyday ways of working.
• Improve the quality, consistency and trustworthiness of data by supporting clear standards, guidance and assurance approaches.
• Help identify and manage critical data assets, ensuring ownership and accountability are clear and understood.
• Support the development and use of data management products such as data catalogues, metadata and master data frameworks, definitions and data quality approaches, adapting them to operational needs.
• Incorporate data governance and risk management into routine processes, escalating issues where appropriate.

Skills

Data management

Data governance

Stakeholder communication

Adaptability

Job description

Data Management Manager

Location: National*

Closing Date: 9th November 2026

Interviews: Week commencing 23rd November

Grade: SEO

(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary**: National: £42,914 - £46,182

London: £49,325 - £53,081

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Number of vacancies: 7

Vacancy number: 23620

*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

Please note that unless you are an existing member of staff at Justice Digital, Data and Science, the only London location being recruited to is 10 South Colonnade, E14 4PU. We are no longer recruiting to 102 Petty France, SW1H 9AJ.

The Role

We’re recruiting for Data Management Managers here at Justice Digital, Data and Science to be part of our warm and collaborative Data Management team.

There are several roles available, and the final allocation across the Data Management teams will depend on the priority areas, but all the roles sit where data plays a vital role in protecting the public and enabling fair, evidence‑based decisions.

As an SEO Data Management Manager, you will help shape how data is looked after, understood and used. You will work closely with policy, digital, analytical and operational colleagues to improve data quality, clarify ownership, ensure metadata and master data management frameworks are implement and support better use of data across services.

This is a collaborative role, suited to someone who enjoys working with others to solve problems, build confidence in data, and turn complex requirements into practical, workable approaches.

You’ll receive a range of excellent benefits when you join our department, including:

• A generous employer pension contribution of 28.97% through the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
• 25 days of annual leave, (increasing to 30 days once you have reached 5 years of service), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
• Flexible working arrangements including hybrid working, working part time or compressed hours. Designed to support a positive work–life balance.

• Employees are allocated 10% of their working time for personal and professional development.
• A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best-in-class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms.
• Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!

You can find more details of the Benefits we offer here. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital, Data and Science please take a look at our blog.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver data management activity across a key service area in MoJ, balancing day‑to‑day priorities with longer‑term improvement.
• Work closely with operational, policy, digital and analytical colleagues to embed effective, proportionate data management into everyday ways of working.
• Improve the quality, consistency and trustworthiness of data by supporting clear standards, guidance and assurance approaches.
• Help identify and manage critical data assets, ensuring ownership and accountability are clear and understood.
• Support the development and use of data management products such as data catalogues, metadata and master data frameworks, definitions and data quality approaches, adapting them to operational needs.
• Incorporate data governance and risk management into routine processes, escalating issues where appropriate.
• Act as an advocate for good data management and data literacy, building capability and confidence across teams.
• Support senior colleagues in shaping priorities and planning future data management activity across your service portfolio.

If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!

Person Specification

Essential

• Experience of working in data management or a closely related area, within a large and complex organisation.
• A practical understanding of data management concepts such as data quality, data ownership, metadata, master data, governance and lifecycle management, and how these apply in real world settings.
• Experience working with data and data systems, and confidence engaging with technical and non-technical colleagues about data issues.
• The ability to adapt your approach in response to changing priorities, emerging risks or new information, while keeping sight of overall goals.
• Clear and inclusive communication skills, with the ability to explain complex ideas in plain English.

Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance.

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate based on culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor.

Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace.

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Salary Information**

Base salary for this role is from£42,914 - £46,182 (National) or £49,325 - £53,081 (London)

• New entrants to the Civil Service joining the MoJ are expected to start at the minimum of the pay band.
• Existing Civil Servants moving on a level transfer will retain their current base salary or move to the minimum of the pay band for the role, whichever is higher.
• Existing Civil Servants who are promoted will either move to the bottom of the new grade’s pay band or receive a 10% uplift, whichever provides the greater increase.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms and Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence

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