Data Manager

Job Overview

Reports to:

Chief Operating Officer with dotted line to Head of Technology

Location:

Hybrid: mainly at home, with monthly co‑working days in London and meeting with team and external clients as needed

Hours:

Full time; 37.5 hours a week. We are happy to consider requests for flexible or part time working

Contract:

Permanent

Salary: £39k - £41k + 11% employer pension contribution and other benefits, including generous holiday, retailer discounts and personal development budgets

• Oversee Now Teach’s data systems, fundraising and monitoring and evaluation processes ensuring they are set up for reliable data capture and reporting
• Work closely with our data system product owners to ensure systems are set up and used to protect confidentiality, integrity and accessibility of data
• Oversee data pipelines and the data aspects of integrations between our core systems
• Be responsible for data accuracy, integrity, governance and consistency across systems, ensuring high levels of data accuracy, completeness and consistency
• Responsible for data capture across the organisation – Recruitment, Network, partners and donors
• Ensure compliance with the UK GDPR and that data is handled securely and ethically
• Be responsible for transitioning raw data into clean, structured and reliable datasets that are easy to understand and can be used for informed decision making across the organisation
• Be responsible for automating the collection of data from multiple systems so it can be reliably analysed
• Creating datasets and reports that support accountability, learning and improvement
• Develop our approach to data management and platforms, exploring the use of a medallion based data warehouse

• Produce regular reports for teams, trustees, funders, and regulators
• Support monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) activities to evidence impact and outcomes.
• Enable accurate reporting for all teams from all key systems, developing self‑service dashboards and reporting to support service improvement and organisational learning.
• Support analysis and data‑led strategic decision making by providing and making accessible reliable data
• Respond to ad‑hoc data and reporting requests, including grant applications and tender submissions.
• Use internal reporting systems and external data sources, including national benchmarks, to identify trends and patterns, to support data‑led strategic decision making and organisational learning.

• Responsible for effective data capture across all new areas of work, working with the Head of Impact, Head of Technology and relevant teams to define and agree data needs and ensure appropriate systems are in place to support high quality data
• Identifying opportunities to automate, streamline and improve data processes with an organisational ambition for data to be readily accessible for all teams
• Build meaningful reports and dashboards, working with the Head of Technology and engaging with internal teams required
• Maintain our data map and other related assets to ensure we have a clear view of what data we capture across the organisation and what we do with it
• Develop data management and data visualisation guidelines for Now Teach to ensure we have a consistent approach to gathering data
• Provide training and guidance to all Now Teach staff on data best practice

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