Head of Data
At Accent we believe everyone has the right to a safe, secure and warm place to call home
We’re looking for a Head of Data to join our Technology, Data and Business Transformation team in Bradford or Peterborough.
About the role and person:
- 35 hours
- Permanent
As our Head of Data, you’ll drive the establishment and embedding of a robust Data Analytics service within Accent. Your role will be central to delivering reliable, trustworthy Management Information (MI) and Business Intelligence (BI), ensuring data is at the core of decision-making and business strategy.
It’s an exciting time to join Accent as we’re embarking on an exciting journey to build a cutting-edge data lakehouse, and you’ll lead the way. This is a greenfield opportunity to establish and drive critical data strategies from the ground up. As we lay the foundation for our data-driven future, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping our data governance, data quality, data analytics, and infrastructure.
We are looking for someone who is not only a strategic thinker and a strong leader but also someone who can inspire and lead cross-functional teams. With your expertise in data governance, management, and analytics, you’ll ensure that data is effectively used to unlock business value and drive transformation.
If you're passionate about leading data initiatives, shaping a data-driven future, and making a lasting impact on an evolving organisation, we want to hear from you.
Salary
The spot salary for this post is £85,000 per annum for applicants who fully meet the requirements of the post. Applicants, who do not meet all the requirements of the post, will start 5% or 10% below the spot salary.
What will you get from us?
In addition to a competitive salary and agile working, we also have a focus on employees’ development. We support both professional and personal development, ensuring everyone has a development plan and provide access to a wide range of internal and external learning resources.
You’ll also receive:
- 28 days paid holiday plus bank holidays per year (pro-rata for part time) rising by 1 day per year up to a maximum of one working week.
- A choice of Pension Schemes including a Defined Benefit Scheme with a 7.5% member contribution or a Defined Contribution Scheme with a 4% member contribution and 4% employer contribution. Both pension schemes provide Life Insurance Cover.
- Option to purchase additional holiday of up to 2 of your working weeks (at managers discretion).
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- "Hapi" Benefits App with multiple discounts.
- Cycle to work scheme.
What skills/behaviours do you need to be a Head of Data?
- Proven experience of leading, inspiring and managing effective data analytics functions including improvement and governance.
- Demonstrable experience improving data quality with tangible outcomes.
- Demonstrable experience of creating and introducing governance, standards, practices, and methods including principles for structured, semi-structured and unstructured data.
- Experience of Power BI and other associated reporting technology.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills with proven ability to build strong, effective relationships with all levels within an organisation (technical and non-technical).
- Experience of delivering either data warehouse, data lake and data lakehouse solutions
Location
The successful candidate will be required to live within a commutable distance to our Bradford or Peterborough office with travel between the sites.
We’re a keen promoter of agile working and encourage working from home, as long as we meet our customers’ needs.
We’ll provide you with the equipment and software you’ll need for the purpose of your role however it will be your responsibility to have an appropriate space to work from as well as a suitable broadband connection/provider.
Interview Process
First stage interviews will take place on the 9th and 10th January via Teams.
Candidates that are successful for second stage will be asked to complete a behavioural questionnaire.
Second stage interviews will take place at our Bradford office on the 16th January.
Who are Accent?
At Accent, we believe that everyone should have access to an affordable, sustainable, and safe home, and our work across the country aims to do just that.
We’re a national organisation, but with a community focus. We were formed in 1966 and have grown in the time since, and now provide homes and services to over 40,000 customers.
We understand the impact our work can have in creating better places for people to live by providing well-designed housing, which is in short supply, and building sustainable communities where people choose to live. We are proud of our Homes England Strategic Partnership, which allows us to build even more homes in areas of housing need.
But we are not just about building new homes. We invest in our existing homes to make sure they offer our customers the very best in living standards by adapting to meet new ideas, environmental changes, new regulations for safety and security and modern technology to make them a home for life, in every way our customers need them to be.
Caring for our customers also means caring for their environment. With our ambitious energy-efficient development plans, and our retrofitting projects which are modernising our current homes; we are putting sustainability at the fore so that we can drive value for customers now and in the future.
As anchor institutions in the communities where we work, it’s important we leverage partnerships and seek opportunities for customers that provide the foundations for better living. We build relationships which accelerate and advance our work to ensure customers are supported if they need it and can be happy living in their homes.
Our new operating model puts our colleagues in the heart of our communities. We are committed to building strong relationships with our customers and we work alongside them to co-curate the services we deliver.
We never stop evolving – we are ambitious and driven and understand that great performance is a product of an inclusive and supportive environment, where colleagues can thrive and achieve their best. With a new people strategy and corporate strategy which will sets out our commitments from 2024-2027, it’s an exciting time to join Accent.
If you require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, please let us know we will ensure requirements are met.
Please don’t delay in submitting your application. Where roles are urgent or we receive a high volume of applications, we may interview and conclude the process prior to any closing date indicated.
If you have any queries about the role, please email:
"PeopleServices@accentgroup.org".
Please note candidates must have current eligibility to live and work in the UK, Accent do not currently hold a sponsorship license.
We are excited about our future and if you are too, we’d love to hear from you.
