Data Modeller

Title:

Data Modeller
Contract Type: 18-month Fixed-Term Contract, Full-Time, 35 hours
Salary: £57,094 per annum to £65,000 per annum (London weighted salary) or £49,052 per annum to £57,000 per annum (Regional salary), dependant on experience
Grade: 10
Reporting Office:
London, Stratford or Manchester, Trafford
Persona:
Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)
Closing Date: 22nd October 2026
Interview Dates: 29th-30th October 2026 Please note that in person interviews will be held for at least one of the interview stages for this role.

Please  for the role profile -  Data Modeller Role Profile.docx  

Benefits   include:
Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and  many more  ...

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

L&Q reserves the right to not progress applications for candidates who have had one unsuccessful application/interview process with L&Q for the same or similar role in the previous 12 months.

Join our Data and Information Team at L&Q:

L&Q is one of the UK's largest housing associations and providers of social and affordable homes. We house around 250,000 people primarily across Greater London and Greater Manchester. Our purpose is simple - to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.

You will have the opportunity to shape the data landscape and transform service delivery.  
The Data Modeller is all about undertaking design to deliver data driven outcomes.
The role is required to support transformation and change projects.
The Data Modeller reports to our Data Design Manager, within Data and Information team.  If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!

Your impact in the role:  
You will join a small team of fellow data design professionals working collaboratively within the larger Technology department to enable and drive the adoption of data-driven decision-making across the organisation.  
You will have extensive experience of data modelling at all phases from context, through conceptual models to logical and canonical models.  You will be a skilled user of an advanced modelling tool such as erwin Data Modeler, ER/Studio or Sparx Enterprise Architect.  
Your primary focus will be on delivering conceptual, logical, canonical and dimensional models that support trusted data products and star schemas for actionable operational, tactical and strategic insights. These models will increasingly be implemented within a modern Azure lakehouse environment and consumed through Power BI and other governed analytics services.  
You will support these models with artefacts such as business glossary and data dictionary entries.  
As L&Q evolves its data platform, the Data Modeller will contribute to the definition and adoption of modelling standards for a medallion lakehouse architecture, working with Data Engineering, Data Governance, Data Quality and Analytics colleagues. The role will help translate platform requirements into practical modelling patterns across Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Microsoft Purview and Power BI, including metadata, lineage, data quality and certification requirements.

These activities call for individuals who can complement strong relational and dimensional data modelling capabilities with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, and who can translate business…