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If you select one of these locations as an external applicant your application will, unfortunately, be withdrawn.\nContract Type: Fixed Term - 2 Years\nHours: Full Time\nClosing Date: 29th November\nInterview Date(s): 14/17/18th December (subject to change)\nInsight into GCA - Webinar \nWatch our Webinar on the above link and gain valuable insight into GCA and our recruitment processes.\nReady to build trusted data foundations powering UK public spending decisions and solve complex data quality challenges? Billions in public funds depend on data for efficiency and transparency, yet quality gaps hinder insights. As Lead Data Governance Manager, you will establish robust governance frameworks, define stewardship, and drive standards across the Government Commercial Function (GCF) and Government Grants Management Function (GGMF). You will deliver vital national value by securing and standardising data across £160bn in grants and £400bn in procurement, enabling smarter spending, mitigating risks, and enhancing public services.\nJob Summary\nThe Data Governance Manager sits within Data & Analytical Services, reporting directly to the Head of Data Strategy & Governance. Our team exists to drive grants and commercial data transformation and deliver analytical solutions to internal teams, contracting authorities and citizens, enabling better decision-making and enhancing public transparency.\nWe foster a supportive culture focused on innovation, professional growth, and technical expertise. Recent achievements include delivering a data quality review of critical commercial systems, completing and publishing an overhaul of commercial data standards, and establishing a clear governance framework for our critical data assets.\nKey Accountabilities:\nLead and guide team members, manage performance to ensure a high-performing team, and support staff development through regular feedback\nEstablishing and embedding a data governance framework across the GGMF and GCF, including defining data ownership, stewardship roles, and data quality responsibilities;\nWork across the functions to identify and resolve data quality issues in critical datasets;\nDevelop and monitor data quality metrics and set up dashboards and other tooling to assess completeness, accuracy and timeliness of data; \nMaintain data standards and drive adoption of these across government to ensure consistency in key grants and commercial datasets;\nChampion the use of consistentdata definitions, metadata and data standards across the function and across wider government;\nProvide expert advice on data governance and data quality improvements to senior leadership;\nBuild data quality and governance community in the function and promote data owner, stewardship behaviours across GGMF and GCF for critical data assets;\nContribute to cross-government data governance and data health forums and communities;\nEssential Criteria (to be assessed at application stage):\nData governance. You can implement and monitor data governance using standard methodology throughout the data life cycle, within a large organisation. You can meet the requirement for relevant data governance accreditation. You take responsibility for specific parts of a data governance framework within the organisation.\nEnd-to-end data life cycle governance and standards. You can design, monitor, and continuously improve data governance frameworks, establish robust organisational data standards, and ensure compliance across complex systems.\nData management and literacy advocacy. You can promote data best practices, champion data quality tooling and procedures, and lead initiatives to elevate organisational data maturity and data literacy skills.\nCommunicating across diverse stakeholders. You can turn complex technical information into compelling stories and clear visualisations, host challenging discussions with senior leaders, and provide actionable tactical recommendations aligned to the organisational strategy.\nLine manager experience / capability. You can effectively line manage others, supporting performance and professional development; and enabling a positive, inclusive culture across the wider team.\nSuccess Profiles (to be assessed at interview):\nBehaviours:\nCommunicating and Influencing\nWorking Together\nLeadership - Lead success profile\nTechnical\nData ethics and privacy\nData governance\nData management\n(A link to the Civil Service Success Profiles Framework is provided below)\nSuccess Profiles Framework\nValuing our people:\nCompetitive salary \nGenerous pension scheme\nA discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus \nWorking remotely in addition to working in advertised office location\nFlexi time scheme (available for B1-B6) \nMinimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank holidays\nWant to make a difference? Find out more about the rewarding work that we do in ourcandidate pack.\nThe Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan and theCivil Service D&I Strategy.\nWe want to make our recruitment process accessible to everyone, so if there is any way that we can support you, please contact \nWorking flexibly, delivering outcomes\nGCA operates a smarter working model that balances flexibility with collaboration. Successful candidates are expected to spend at least 26 days per quarter (approximately 2 days per week, pro-rata) at their contracted office, another GCA site, or off-site for meetings. For the remainder of the time, you may work from home or another suitable location that meets business needs.\nArtificial Intelligence\nArtificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see ourcandidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.\nSelection Process\nA reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, which the Civil Service may use to fill future suitably similar vacancies across government for candidates who are considered appointable following interview. Should you be placed on a reserve list and want to be removed please contact .\nPlease note that as part of this recruitment process, if you are unsuccessful at the interview stage but are close to the benchmark score you may be considered for and offered a role at a lower pay band within the same job family.\n#GCAIND\nWorking for the Civil Service\nThe Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.\nComplaints Procedure\nOur recruitment processes are underpinned by the principle of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles details of which can be found athttps://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitment-principles/\nIf you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact  in the first instance.\nIf you remain unsatisfied with the response you receive you can then contact the Civil Service Commission at \nInternal candidates should apply using their Workday account. 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