Data Quality Manager - Waverley Court - 12199_1763373462

The City of Edinburgh Council; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A local governmental body in Edinburgh seeks a Data Quality Manager to develop and implement a comprehensive data quality framework. Responsibilities include promoting data ownership and quality across the organization. This hybrid role offers competitive salary and flexible working arrangements, aiming to enhance decision-making through high-quality data.

Benefits

Support in career development

Flexible working arrangements

Excellent staff benefits

Qualifications

• Strong experience in data quality management within a large, complex organisation.
• Proven ability to develop and implement data quality frameworks.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills to secure stakeholder buy-in.
• Deep understanding of data governance and management principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive data quality framework.
• Promote data ownership and improve data quality across the Council.

Skills

Data quality management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Data governance

Data profiling tools

Job description

Data Quality Manager – fixed term until 01/06/2027. Waverley Court.

Salary: £46,023 – £54,476. Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks.

The City of Edinburgh Council is seeking a dynamic and experienced Data Quality Manager to lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive data quality framework. This is a pivotal role in our journey to becoming a truly data-driven organisation, where high‑quality data underpins decision‑making, service delivery and innovation.

You'll work closely with stakeholders across the Council to promote data ownership and improve data quality at every level.

What you will bring:

• Strong experience in data quality management within a large, complex organisation.
• Proven ability to develop and implement data quality frameworks and policies.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills to secure stakeholder buy‑in.
• Deep understanding of data governance, data management principles and compliance.
• Experience with data profiling and quality tools.

Why Join Us?

In return you can expect support in career development, flexible working arrangements and excellent staff benefits. The role is offered on a hybrid working basis with an expectation of being in the office (Waverley Court) 2 days per week.

If you are a data quality enthusiast with a passion for making a difference, we would love to hear from you! Apply now to join the City Edinburgh Council and help us harness the power of data to drive positive change.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency‑based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.