Data Manager

TES FE News; Colchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

The Thomas Lord Audley School seeks a skilled Data Manager to oversee data systems ensuring accuracy and accessibility for staff and stakeholders. This full-time role offers a competitive salary within the Local Government Scale and requires strong data management skills and experience in an educational setting.

Benefits

Excellent pension scheme

Health Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work scheme

Eye care plan

Annual free flu vaccination

Discounted gym membership

Discounted cinema tickets

Eligible for Blue Light Card

Qualifications

• Post-16 qualifications and appropriate work-based qualifications and/or a degree.
• Experience of working with data systems.
• Knowledge and/or experience of working in schools.

Responsibilities

• Manage data systems to ensure accuracy and accessibility for stakeholders.
• Maintain the timetable and prepare marksheets for assessment data.
• Work with senior leaders to manage and analyze assessment data.

Skills

Experience of working with data systems

Knowledge and/or experience of working in schools

Ability to learn new approaches

Education

Post-16 qualifications or relevant degree

Job description

Job Overview

The Thomas Lord Audley School

Data Manager

Pay Range: Local Government Scale 8

Actual Salary from: £35,235 - £37,938 (Points 25-28)

This post is 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Start Date: September 2025

The Role

The Thomas Lord Audley School is looking to recruit a Data Manager. The successful candidate will manage the data systems across the school to ensure that data is up to date, accurate, accessible and well-presented for SLT and other stakeholders.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Some Of Your Key Responsibilities Will Include

• To be responsible for maintaining the timetable throughout the academic year, including staff and room changes.
• To manage the preparation of marksheets for collecting assessment data in line with the school’s target setting and assessment policy, ensuring that targets are generated for individual students for all subjects, and that assessment reports for parents are produced within published deadlines.
• To work with the senior leaders responsible for data in managing the school’s assessment data and associated data packages (Arbor, SMID, Go4Schools) to provide accurate assessment data which supports and informs intervention and analysis.
  
  

(The full details can be found in the attached Job Outline and Person Specification).

We're Looking For You If You Have

• Post-16 qualifications and appropriate work-based qualifications and/or a degree
• Experience of working with data systems
• Knowledge and/or experience of working in schools
• A demonstrable ability to learn new approaches, techniques and systems
  
  

Why work for The Sigma Trust, The Thomas Lord Audley School?

We Can Offer You

• A Competitive Salary
• Robust school CPD training programme that enables you to flourish
• Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships
  
  

Employee Benefits Include

• Excellent pension scheme
• A Health Cash Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme providing free and confidential advice
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Eye care plan
• Annual free flu vaccination
• Discounted gym membership at selected local gyms
• Discounted cinema tickets
• Eligible for Blue Light Card
  
  

Please note that an integration period applies to all new staff joining the Trust, to support introduction into the organisation.

Additional Information

For additional information about the Trust and this school, please visit our website www.sigmatrust.org.uk

To Apply

To apply for this post, please follow the URL link provided below:

https://careers.sigmatrust.org.uk/Apply/U2lc6101nbWEgQXBwbGljYXRpb24gRm9ybSBOb3ZlbWJlciAyMDIzfDM5fDcyNDE3OXwxfHxGYWxzZXwyMTIyfDQwNzM2Mzh8MA%3d%3d?i=sxO0sFyNLx4%3d

Please note that only fully completed application forms will be accepted and any CV’s and accompanying covering letters will be disregarded. A Notes for Applicants document is attached for further information.

• Closing date: Midnight, Tuesday 1st July 2025
• Shortlisting date: 2nd July 2025
• Interviewing date: w/c 7th July 2025
  
  

The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.

The Sigma Trust is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristics. This is embedded in our vision ‘To Be Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts’, where we believe we are strong and more successful working together, creating a workplace which celebrates diversity.