ICT RMS Data Quality Analyst

Our client a public sector Constabulary are looking for a Data Quality Analyst to join on a permanent bases, whilst a new Record Management System is being implemented across the organisation.

The purpose of the role:

To monitor, assess, and improve the quality of data across systems and processes, ensuring it meets organisational standards and supports strategic and governance goals. The Data Quality Analyst is to ensure that an organisation's data is accurate, complete, consistent, and reliable for operational use.

Data Validation & Cleansing: Identify and correct errors or inconsistencies in datasets.

Data Profiling: Analyse data to understand its structure, content, relationships, and quality.

Quality Metrics & Reporting: Track data quality KPIs (e.g., completeness, accuracy, timeliness).

Root Cause Analysis: Investigate data issues and recommend solutions to prevent recurrence.

Collaboration: Work with data inputters, analysts, and business stakeholders to align on UK and data standards.

Documentation: Maintain data dictionaries, quality rules, and audit trails.

Tasks Overview:

• Identifies and resolves issues with applications, following agreed procedures. Uses application management software and tools to collect agreed performance statistics. Carries out agreed applications maintenance tasks.

• Uses appropriate methods and a systematic approach in the development, maintenance, control and distribution of quality and environmental standards. Makes technical changes to and controls the updates and distribution of quality standards. Distributes new and revised standards.

• Assists in database support activities.

• Following agreed procedures, identifies, registers and categorises incidents. Gathers information to enable incident resolution and promptly allocates incidents as appropriate. Maintains records and advises relevant persons of actions taken.

• Investigates problems in systems, processes and services. Assists with the implementation of agreed remedies and preventative measures.

• Uses system management software and tools to collect agreed performance statistics. Carries out agreed system software maintenance tasks.

• Contributes to the collection of evidence and the conduct of formal audits or reviews of activities, processes, data, products or services. Examines records for evidence that appropriate testing and other quality control activities have taken place and determines compliance with organisational directives, standards and procedures. Identifies non-compliances, non-conformances and abnormal occurrences.

Experience & Qualifications

• Data Profiling: Ability to assess data structure, patterns, and anomalies
• T-SQL: Strong ability to query, interrogate, and validate data
• Desirable to have working knowledge in RMS (Niche), Pronto and CAD systems
• GDPR, Data Protection awareness
• Cyber security awareness

Please note:

• The post holder will be expected to maintain a high standard of information security and be vetted to Local Force Management Vetting (MV).

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