Senior Data Governance Analyst

VIVID Housing; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing association in Portsmouth seeks a Senior Data Governance Analyst to enhance data governance and quality across the organization. The role involves creating data-quality reports, maintaining property data, and collaborating with stakeholders. Candidates should have strong data analysis skills, experience with tools like Power BI, and excellent communication abilities. This full-time position includes generous benefits and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Productivity-related bonus scheme

Generous contributory pension

Life assurance

Private medical insurance

Health-care cash plan

Enhanced parental leave

Counselling and legal support

Electric car scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in data analysis.
• Ability to interpret and present insights clearly.
• Leadership experience with team development.

Responsibilities

• Support the Data Governance Lead in rolling out the governance framework.
• Create and maintain data-quality monitoring reports.
• Champion continuous improvement in data management practices.

Skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Data governance principles

Data quality management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Azure

Dataverse

Visual Studio

SQL

Job description

The Vacancy

We're VIVID! - We offer a vibrant, friendly, inclusive culture that supports, develops and attracts the best people!

We're looking for a Senior Data Governance Analyst to support the Data Governance Lead in rolling out our Data Governance Framework across the organisation. This is a key role in embedding a data‑aware culture and ensuring our data is accurate, complete, and aligned with business requirements.

Contractually based out of Portsmouth, this is a full‑time permanent position working 37 hours per week, with a minimum of 20 % of this to be office based to promote collaboration.

What we can offer you

• 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
• A productivity‑related bonus scheme to enhance your take‑home
• A generous contributory pension of 6 %. We’ll match employee contributions between 7 % and 10 %
• Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary
• Private medical insurance
• Health‑care cash plan called Medicash
• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• Access to counselling, legal and financial information
• Electric car scheme
• Huge variety of in‑house & e‑learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes

Role Details

As a Senior Data Governance Analyst, you’ll work closely with Data Stewards and stakeholders to promote the importance of accurate data and embed a data‑aware culture. This includes creating and maintaining data‑quality monitoring reports, ensuring data‑quality rules meet business requirements, and implementing consistent data‑management practices.

You’ll maintain core property data, lead data‑cleansing activities, and use tools such as Power BI to extract, analyse, and visualise data. You’ll also champion continuous improvement by identifying process enhancements and challenging existing practices to drive efficiency and data quality. Additional responsibilities include monitoring help‑desk tickets, responding promptly to issues, and promoting equality, diversity, and health & safety standards across the organisation.

To succeed in this role you’ll need proven experience in data analysis, with the ability to interpret and present insights clearly. Experience with tools and technologies such as Microsoft Azure, Dataverse, Power BI, Visual Studio. SQL is desirable but not essential.

You’ll have a strong understanding of data governance principles and data‑quality management, combined with hands‑on experience using data‑analysis tools such as Power BI. You’ll have the ability to query and analyse data from multiple sources, delivering clear insights and visualisations. Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills are essential, as you’ll collaborate across the organisation to embed best practices. Leadership experience is also key, with the capability to guide and develop team members effectively.

Interview Process

First stage interviews will take place in person W/C 15 December.

Second stage interview will take place in person, W/C 5 January (subject to change).

The Company

We’re a leading provider of affordable homes and extensive support services in the South of England. We believe that everyone has the right to a safe and secure place to call home, and from the moment customers move into their VIVID home we’re here to help with that and more.

Our customers have access to a wide range of tailored advice to sustain their tenancies and look after their wellbeing. We invest in our homes and communities for the long‑term, and this means in the quality, safety and energy efficiency of existing homes and neighbourhoods, with a firm focus on improving services so they’re easy to use and access by our customers.

We’re addressing the shortage of affordable housing in the South, building the right type of homes to meet the needs of our local communities. We’re the sixth largest developer of new homes amongst housing associations in England, having built over 1,500 last year.

This is summed up in our vision “More homes, bright futures”.

Living VIVID

As a ‘people’ business, we work hard to create a high‑performing and fun working environment. We invest in our people’s development, whilst looking after their wellbeing with our award‑winning initiatives.

Benefits include buy/sell annual leave, pension scheme, smart working, from 26 days holiday per year, private medical / Medicash benefits, enhanced paternity / maternity leave, qualification funding support, and an electric car scheme.

Diversity & Inclusion

We’re committed to diversity and inclusion, and want people from all walks of life to apply for our vacancies.

We’re a disability confident leader with disabled‑friendly offices and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to help you; please note your needs on your application form.

Contact

If you need additional support with your application, please get in touch with us on 02392 896758 or email [e-mail]. We’ll be happy to help.