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On behalf of Homes England, we are looking for a Data Governance Lead - Microsoft Purview (Inside IR35) for a 6 month Remote contract, with occasional visits to Homes England offices.
Job purpose
We are seeking a Data Governance Lead with hands-on Microsoft Purview experience to advance data governance across the organisation as part of the Data Architecture and Governance team within the Data & Analytics directorate.
This role combines strategic governance leadership with practical implementation, with a focus on unstructured data, data quality and metadata management.
You will work closely with Data Owners, Data Stewards and technical teams to embed strong data management practices and ensure the quality, integrity and visibility of data across the agency.
As a Data Governance Lead - Microsoft Purview, your main responsibilities will be to:
. Lead the development and implementation of data governance frameworks, standards and policies
. Drive improvements in data quality, integrity and control across structured and unstructured data
. Work with business stakeholders to define data quality and business rules
. Translate business rules into technical data quality specifications
. Use Microsoft Purview to:
. Implement data quality rules and monitoring
. Manage metadata and data catalogues
. Support data classification and governance policies
. Carry out data profiling and analysis (eg SQL/Databricks) and validate outputs
. Support setup and configuration of data governance tooling (eg data sources, integration runtimes, identities)
. Collaborate with Data Owners, Stewards, DPO and Security teams to ensure governance and compliance
. Establish and report on data governance metrics (accuracy, completeness, lineage, etc.)
. Promote and advocate for data governance as a strategic priority across the organisation, driving adoption across business units
Essential:
. Strong experience in data governance (frameworks, policy, stewardship and data quality)
Hands-on experience using Microsoft Purview for:
. Data quality monitoring and reporting
. Metadata management/data cataloguing
. Ability to define and implement data quality rules
. Experience translating business rules into technical specifications
. Strong data analysis skills (SQL or similar) and experience in data profiling
. Proven ability to engage and influence business and technical stakeholders
. Experience improving data quality, integrity and governance adoption
Desirable:
. Experience working with Databricks or Azure data platforms
. Experience configuring Purview environments (data source connections, managed identities, integration runtimes)
. Exposure to unstructured data governance
. Experience implementing data classification policies
. Public sector experience
Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.
Disability Confident
As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Homes England guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.
Armed Forces Covenant
Homes England guarantees to interview veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.
In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".  |
