Data Solutions Architect

Homes England; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave

Membership in pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

A government housing agency is seeking a Data Architect to develop and implement robust data architecture frameworks. The role requires collaboration with data engineers, analysts, and stakeholders to ensure data accessibility and integrity. Candidates should have experience in data architecture tools and a proactive mindset for problem-solving. This position focuses on enhancing data management to support the creation of safe, high-quality homes. The agency offers competitive salaries and a commitment to hybrid working.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in data architecture frameworks, best practices, and tooling.
• Hands-on experience designing scalable data models and infrastructure.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Drive the development and implementation of data architecture frameworks.
• Shape Homes England's data ecosystem to meet business needs.
• Collaborate with data professionals on data models and integrations.
• Act as a technical authority for shaping and refining the agency's data assets.
• Contribute to delivering high-quality homes through effective data management.

Skills

Data architecture frameworks

Data engineering concepts

Collaborative relationships

Agile methodologies

Education

Relevant degree in data science or related field

Tools

Cloud-based environments

Data modeling tools

Job description

Overview

Interviews will take place week commencing 27/04/2026

Locations: Newcastle or Birmingham

A bit about the role…

As the Government’s housing and regeneration agency, we work with partners to tackle housing challenges and enable the delivery of new homes. Our Data and Analytics Directorate plays a vital role in this mission, providing the data, insights, and intelligence necessary to support both existing operations and new opportunities that make a meaningful difference to people’s lives.

Joining the Data and Analytics Directorate means becoming part of a dynamic, forward-thinking team that is committed to making a tangible impact on the housing landscape in England. We are looking for professionals who are passionate about data, motivated to solve complex challenges, and eager to contribute to the success of one of the nation’s most important public agencies.

As a Data Architect, you will play a pivotal role within the Data & Analytics directorate, driving the development and implementation of robust data architecture frameworks, patterns, and standards across the organisation. This role offers the chance to shape Homes England's data ecosystem, ensuring that data is well-structured, secure, and easily accessible to meet current and future business needs.

You will work closely with colleagues across the organisation, including data engineers, analysts, and business subject matter experts, to design and manage data models and structures that meet corporate standards and enable seamless integration across internal and external applications. As a technical authority for data architecture, you will shape and refine the agency’s data assets, enhancing cross-system connectivity and supporting data-driven decision-making.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in developing and supporting the data architecture for Homes England. You’ll help ensure data is managed effectively across the organisation, enabling better decisions and delivering real societal value by supporting the creation of safe, sustainable, and high-quality homes that improve lives and strengthen communities.

Responsibilities

• Drive the development and implementation of robust data architecture frameworks, patterns, and standards across the organisation.
• Shape Homes England's data ecosystem to ensure data is well-structured, secure, and accessible to meet current and future business needs.
• Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and subject matter experts to design and manage data models and structures that meet corporate standards and enable seamless integration across internal and external applications.
• Act as a technical authority for data architecture, shaping and refining the agency’s data assets to support data-driven decision-making.
• Contribute to delivering safe, sustainable, and high-quality homes that improve lives and strengthen communities through effective data management.

A bit about you…

You are an experienced data professional with a background in data architecture frameworks, tools, and best practices, combined with hands-on experience designing and implementing scalable data models and infrastructure. You bring knowledge of data engineering concepts, including conceptual, logical, and physical data designs, and are skilled in designing solutions for both on-premises and cloud-based environments.

You have demonstrated your ability to communicate complex technical concepts with clarity, bridging the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders. With a proactive and solutions-oriented mindset, you excel at identifying opportunities for improvement, overcoming challenges, and delivering results that align with organisational objectives.

You are adept at building collaborative relationships across technical and business teams, using your interpersonal skills to drive shared goals. Your experience in Agile environments ensures you are comfortable working in a dynamic setting, where priorities evolve and adaptability is key.

Above all, you are passionate about the power of data to drive innovation, efficiency, and better decision-making.

About the National Housing Bank

Homes England is strengthening UK Government’s ambitions for housing and regeneration through the introduction of the National Housing Bank (NHB). The NHB is a new financial organisation designed to unlock investment at scale and accelerate the delivery of more homes, stronger places and thriving communities across the country. Backed with £16bn in new financial capacity, alongside £6bn already committed this Parliament, the NHB represents one of the most significant new interventions in the housing sector in a generation.

The NHB, operating as a subsidiary of Homes England, exists to unlock investment at scale and connect capital with capability. We use our financial capacity and deep local relationships to drive regeneration, enable innovation and create the conditions for sustainable growth. By pairing government-backed finance with solutions that the market needs, we help partners bring forward the homes, infrastructure and long-term development that transform places and support people to live well.

Purpose-driven and built for impact, the NHB provides its partners the confidence and financial firepower to innovate and unlock complex sites, scale up investment and deliver at pace. Offering custom-built finance, strong partnerships and a commitment to shaping better futures, the NHB enables investment that would not otherwise happen- accelerating growth and creating the conditions for communities to flourish.

Joining the National Housing Bank offers a rare and exciting opportunity to help shape this new national organisation from the ground up; influencing how we operate, how we partner, and how we deliver impact across the country.

Who are we?

Homes England: The Housing and Regeneration Agency

We believe that affordable, quality homes in well-designed places are key to improving people’s lives. As the government’s housing and regeneration agency, we create thriving new places and transform urban areas, combining the full breadth of our powers, expertise, land, capital and influence to bring investment to communities and get more homes built.

How? We form long-term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations. We use our influence to champion the creation of sustainable homes, communities and places that are brilliantly designed for the people that live there now, and in the future. And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector, helping new entrants in the market, encouraging modern methods of construction and design, and promoting the utmost attention to building safety.

Together with our partners, we’re accelerating the pace of house building, remediation and regeneration across the country, as we seek to deliver ever more affordable homes in places people are proud to call home for generations to come.

What we offer…

As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you.

Membership of the Homes and Communities Agency Pension Scheme, which is a contributory defined benefit scheme with the amount you receive on retirement based on your salary and years worked at the Agency.

Internal applicants: please note that if you are successful, the salary you are offered will be in accordance with our pay policy. You can find details on the HR Hub SharePoint site.

If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, a wide range of healthcare plans, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names.

Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future.

If you are a member of a professional body, we’ll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, you’ll be good to go.

Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We work to a 50/50 office/ home based model. Moving back into our office environments has enabled us to utilise our space and time together in the most collaborative way.

We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.

We also encourage you to apply using the full application option as opposed to quick apply, this is especially important if you would like to indicate to us that you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme.

We’re a diverse team of more than 1,000 professionals spanning 17 professions, helping Homes England to be effective, efficient and deliver for communities.

Our people remain at the heart of everything we do, and we’re committed to building an Agency that not only reflects the diverse communities we serve, but also champions inclusion in how we shape homes and places across the country. For more information about our EDI strategy please see our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2024 to 2025 — Second Edition - GOV.UK

You will be required to have the Right to Work in the UK and Homes England do not offer visa sponsorship. If your application is shortlisted to interview we will require you to provide proof of your Right to Work in the UK at this stage.

Your application needs to be in your own words, reflect your personal understanding and experience, and must not have been generated by AI tools such as ChatGPT.