Data Services Business Partner

The East Kent Colleges Group; Ashford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

East Kent Colleges Group is seeking a Data Services Business Partner to support our colleges in maintaining high standards of student data quality, funding compliance and operational effectiveness.

You will provide expert advisory and constructive challenge, lead a designated technical specialism, and drive consistent, timely data across the student lifecycle to meet regulatory and funding requirements. The role emphasizes collaboration and coaching across the EKC Group.

Qualifications

• Experience advising on student data quality and regulatory funding requirements.
• Ability to coach Colleges to achieve data standards and compliance.
• Knowledge of ILR, enrolments and timetabling processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advisory and challenge to Colleges on data management.
• Promote data quality and regulatory compliance across the group.
• Support development programmes and best-practice data handling.

Skills

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Regulatory compliance

Data quality

Tools

ILR system

Job description

Can you help ensure that data is safe, accurate and up-to-date? Do you want to manage data that maximises opportunity and impact? Join us as a Data Services Business Partner

As a Data Services Business Partner, you will play a key role in supporting our Colleges to maintain high standards of student data quality, funding compliance and operational effectiveness.

You will provide a range of expert advisory, support and constructive challenge services to College teams, helping to ensure that student data is managed accurately and effectively and that requirements set by the Department for Education (DfE) are consistently met.

Alongside your Business Partner responsibilities, you will act as the Group lead for a designated technical specialism. You will use your expertise to promote consistent, accurate, complete and timely data throughout the student lifecycle, supporting both the Group's regulatory and funding requirements and our students' entitlement to funding.

This is an important and collaborative role, working closely with colleagues across the Group to identify opportunities for improvement, resolve challenges and promote best practice in student data management and compliance.

You will also be supported to develop your own skills and expertise through our support and development programme, with opportunities to undertake training that reflects both individual and service needs. As part of our wider commitment to our people and students, you will actively promote a positive and inclusive culture that challenges discrimination and champions equality, diversity and inclusion., You will play a key role in providing expert advice, support and constructive challenge to our Colleges, helping to ensure the effective management of student data and compliance with funding rules and regulations set by the Department for Education.

As a leading figure within the Group, you will champion consistent, accurate, complete and timely data throughout it's lifecycle, supporting both organisational performance and our students' entitlement to funding.

You will bring specialist knowledge and experience across key areas of student data management, including course files and the Individualised Learner Record (ILR), enrolments and registrations, timetabling and registers. You will also have a strong understanding of the funding rules and regulatory requirements that underpin these areas.

You will be confident working collaboratively with colleagues at all levels, using your expertise to provide guidance, identify areas for improvement and to coach our Colleges to achieve high standards of student data quality and funding compliance.

We are looking for a dedicated, motivated and knowledgeable Data Services Business Partner to join our team.

EKC Group is one of the largest further education providers in the South East of England, with more than 1,500 staff supporting and educating over 13,000 students across our family of six Colleges and multi-site training provision.

We are relentless in our ambition to deliver an inspirational education experience for young people and adults. At the heart of everything we do is a commitment to our communities and to ensuring that every student has the opportunity to succeed.

As an Outstanding provider of education, we are committed to delivering the very best experience for the students who choose to study with us, while also creating opportunities for those who need them most.

Alongside our commitment to providing an excellent student experience, we recognise that our people are central to our success. We are committed to creating an inclusive, supportive and ambitious working environment where colleagues can develop, thrive and make a real difference.

Check out our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group., Outstanding Ofsted Provider

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our 'Strong' skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.

As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.