Grade 6, Head of Project Data Capabilities and Cultures
Full time
at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
in
Turkey
Posted on March 28, 2024
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About the job
Job summary
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. Our broad remit means we play a major role in people’s day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink. Portfolio Directorate Portfolio Directorate is at the centre of Defra’s work to deliver £30B+ of major projects that will benefit the environment, rural communities, agricultural producers and the UK public. You will play a critical role in supporting, enabling and delivering these projects by putting our customers, data and successful delivery at the centre of all that we do. And you’ll be part diverse, friendly and fun based across the UK. Project Data Division is new, nimble and multi-disciplinary group of data engineers and architects, analysts and service managers, project managers and subject matter experts with a mandate to transform how to Defra does major project delivery. While we sit within the Director General-lead Portfolio Delivery Group, we work across all of Defra’s £30B+ portfolio of major projects. From the £5.2B floods defences investment programme to the £500M English Tree Planting Programme, from a new animal and plant science capability for the UK to the implementation of the Windsor Framework in Northern Ireland, we are at the centre of some of the most exciting and impactful work in government. Come join us to help put data at the heart of all we do! Encouraging diverse applicants We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups. About this role: You will lead the creation and cultivation of project data capabilities and skills at scale. Moreover, you will be the lead champion for a culture of data curation and exploitation across the Defra project landscape. You will understand and help shape the incentives that drive culture, including by championing a culture of transparency and ‘data for all’. By ensuring psychological safety and building trust, you will enable project data exploitation in major projects and the aggregate portfolio, ultimately moving from a culture of ‘data as a stick’ to ‘data as an asset’, where data is used as a means of enquiry and understanding. Specifically, you will: 1) Maintain a high degree of knowledge about contemporary developments in enterprise-level data, technology, culture and systems, to underpin your influencing and championing efforts 2) Contributing to updating the Government Project Delivery Capability Framework, and the associated government accreditation schemes, to better reflect the data skills and roles needed for the future. 3) Help project delivery professionals improve their data skills and capabilities 4) Help major project teams build and enhance skills and capabilities to get, manage and exploit their own data. 5) Serve as the ‘front door’ and a lead stakeholder manger for Project Data Division, specifically by maintaining strong links with the wider organisation in order to understand specific business problems that could be solved with data by the Project Data team 6) Understand and measure the cultural change you are contributing to You will lead an contribute to data projects managed as a matrix by a small team of specialists, as well as lead and contribute to matrix teams of data and project professionals. You will thrive in a fast-paced, changing and complex environment. You see opportunity in ambiguity, re-prioritise with relish, be agile in all that you do, fail and learn in the open, and ultimately get stuff done. You are a friendly and inspiring team player, an outstanding communicator who is confident leading matrix teams and operating with high degrees of autonomy. You will do so as part of a team that prides itself on being friendly, ambitious and fun. We are: a) Data-centric, helping embed data in all areas and stages of project activity b) Problem and customer focused, thinking about, defining and collaborating to solve business problems with data c) Capability obsessed, working at all times to learn and expand our own skills & capabilities d) Passionate about democratising data, making data a core part of everyone’s jobs Does this sound only partially, not wholly like you? Don’t tune out now! You’ll be assessed on the evidence you bring from your previous experience in your written application and (if selected) at interview stage. We’re building a diverse, multi-talented team and we want to hear about the unique thing(s) you would bring to the table.Person specification
Essential Criteria Experience : 1) Conceiving and delivering useful solutions to business problems with data, such as establishing data flows and pipelines from diverse sources by cultivating relationships and championing modern technological solutions 2) Building relationships with and influencing diverse stakeholders 3) Balancing demands from a range of customers 4) Playing a leadership role in a project or project-related environment You will be able to competently demonstrate:- Strong numeracy
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex information into meaningful, easily understood narrative
- Keenness to develop excellence in communicating analytical findings for impact, including through creative visualisation
- Strong interest in use of data and evidence to drive better outcomes
- Attention to detail
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:- Communicating and Influencing
- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £62,605, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs contributes £16,903 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. A career in the Civil Service is like no other. If you’re looking to join a world class team and develop your career with us, then the Civil Service is the place for you! You might be wondering, “what’s in it for me”? Take a look below at some of the benefits available to you as a civil servant in Defra. Portfolio Directorate Benefits Learning and Development Everyone in Defra is supported to develop their skills and capabilities. When you join the Portfolio Directorate, you will be welcomed into your new team through an induction programme that will provide you with helpful information on the civil service, Defra, our work and our policies. Your line manager will also work with you to establish your priorities for the year, developing a performance, learning and development plan tailored to you and your role, while also working with you to connect you with a civil service mentor to help empower you in your new role with the opportunity to benefit from paid for coaching. Most importantly, we’re keen to invest in you! As a civil servant, you will also have access to Civil Service Learning where you can participate in professional development programmes across a wide spectrum of subjects and professions. Department Benefits Technology We’re a firm believer in agile and flexible working. When you join Defra, we’ll kit you out with a new Windows 10 Laptop, smartphone and rucksack to make sure that you perform your best wherever you are. Leave 25 days’ paid leave per annum rising to 30 days after five years’ service, in addition to eight public holidays and the King’s Birthday privilege day. We also offer- competitive maternity, paternity, parental and adoption leave;
- study leave for the pursuit of academic studies;
- 3 days paid leave for volunteering per annum;
- 15 days paid leave per year for reservist training; and,
- generous paid sick leave.
Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Strategy Resourcing Team
- Email : [email protected]
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Further information
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