Data Governance jobs in United Kingdom

Welcome to an exciting opportunity where ambitious individuals are invited to join a team of inquisitive minds and supportive peers, all driven by a shared passion and diverse skills aimed at creating value for businesses through data.

About Us

We are Ascent! and we help our customers solve problems, elevate, and do existing things better. We are on a mission to help our customers connect data, software, and purpose to create extraordinary outcomes. You could say we are a digital transformation business.

We specialize in software product development, analytics, data science, IoT solutions, machine learning, DevOps optimization, and modernization of applications, data, and platforms.

We work with incredible clients in all types of industries such as smart home devices, space exploration, beer manufacturing, finance, ecology, and logistics. We work with some of the sharpest minds in the brightest businesses and we employ the sharpest minds too!

At Ascent, we also believe in fostering a vibrant office community where collaboration thrives and connections flourish. With our hybrid approach, we prioritize hiring individuals who reside in close proximity to our central offices in Bristol and London. Our aim is to cultivate a positive atmosphere and sense of belonging by facilitating easy access to the office. Join us in shaping a workplace where proximity enhances collaboration while inclusivity strengthens our community.

About the Role

We’re on the hunt for a Junior Data Consultant/Analyst who’s as comfortable in a room full of stakeholders as they are working through a SQL query. You’ll work across some of our most exciting data platform projects, helping clients unlock the value in their data through thoughtful analysis, clear communication, and structured delivery.

This is more than just a technical role — it’s about being curious, adaptable, and ready to learn. Whether you're running data profiling on a new source system, preparing governance documentation, or helping shape a new data model, you'll be supported every step of the way by experienced consultants and engineers who want to see you thrive.

Key Responsibilities

Client & Project Work

• Join discovery workshops and help translate business requirements into usable data definitions, processes, and models.
• Get hands-on with client data: profiling, mapping, validating and suggesting improvements.
• Collaborate with engineers and consultants to design usable datasets for reporting and analytics.
• Support the implementation of data governance tools (e.g., Microsoft Purview), helping clients document, catalogue and trust their data.
• Contribute to key artefacts like metric definitions, data dictionaries, source-to-target mappings, and governance policies.

Internal Projects & Development

• Be a key part of our Fabric Accelerator rollouts - helping bring structure and best practice to early-stage projects.
• Assist with monitoring usage and adoption metrics across client platforms, helping us identify where extra support is needed.
• Learn from your mentors - shadow client meetings, get feedback on your work, and grow your skills quickly through real-world impact.

Skills & Experience

Required:

• You’re confident, articulate, and people-focused; someone who can build trust quickly and asks great questions.
• You’ve got strong SQL skills and are happy working with data to answer real-world questions.
• You enjoy solving problems even when the answer isn’t obvious.
• You’re well-organised, detail-oriented, and can document your thinking clearly and accessibly.
• You’re excited about data governance, data quality, and turning messy inputs into trusted systems.
• You’re genuinely interested in consulting and client delivery.

Preferred:

• Exposure to Microsoft Fabric, including Lakehouse, Dataflows, or Power BI integrations.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Purview or other data governance tools.
• Experience with data modelling (e.g. star/snowflake schemas).
• Understanding of data lifecycle management and data product thinking.

What You'll Gain

• Exposure to modern data stack technologies, including Fabric, Power BI, Azure Data Lake, and Purview.
• The opportunity to work on high-impact projects in analytics, data strategy, and governance.
• Personalised mentorship from experienced data consultants and engineers.
• Flexibility to work across disciplines - from business-facing analytics to platform design.

Working at Ascent

At Ascent we promote a healthy work-life balance by offering flexibility in where you work. We also promote well-being and provide access to Well Being Coaches.

Your development and learning will be taken seriously, and we'll support your professional development with training and certification, with regular feedback and review. It is a fun, supportive and modern workplace where we really live by our company values of Empathy, Energy and Audacity! Ascent also offers a variety of benefits in each of our countries.

Ascent is an equal opportunities employer. We take intentional steps to ensure inclusion and belonging are something real here, not just something we talk about. No person will be treated less favorably because of their gender, pregnancy, and maternity status, marital or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, or disability status. If you require any reasonable accommodation, please let us know when you apply.

If you have any questions contact our Talent Acquisition team on ta.admin@ascent.io.

For more details about life at Ascent, check out our Life Page here.