Data Assurance Manager
Employer: Police Digital Service
Location: This is a remote role
Temporary: 12 month Fixed Term Contract
Working hours: Full Time
Salary: £55,000 Per Annum
Closing date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026
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About Police Digital Service
To protect people from harm in our rapidly changing world, police services must not only keep up with technology and business changes but develop capabilities and ways of working that will enable them to adapt to and deal with the complexity of modern criminality.
Police Digital Service strives to be the go-to partner for technology developments and programmes across UK policing. Our team provides technical advice and delivers services to help policing and law enforcement organisations across the UK prioritise and focus on technology efforts.
Our vision is to support UK policing to keep people safe, get more from technology investments and make better use of public money, and we’re always on the lookout for great talent to help us achieve this.
Our Values:
We value People
We do the right thing
We are innovative
We are one Team
We are proud and passionate
Why Join us?
Balance is important and we want you to take time off to recharge - we offer 28 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days after 5 years of service. Holiday Purchase also available
Flexible working hours - We trust you to do your job and we appreciate that life doesn’t always fit around a 9 to 5 workday. We operate core hours of 10 to 4, Monday to Friday (37hr week)
We care about your well-being - we have an EAP that offers not just welfare benefits but also retail discounts
Plan for the future - we offer an excellent pension scheme and life assurance cover
Put your mind at rest regarding your health - offering remote GP, mental health and physiotherapy appointments via video consultation
Family - Enhanced maternity and paternity pay along with a flexible return to work
Community - one paid day off per year for volunteering
Key Responsibilities
Coordinate and collaborate with the data communities across local Police Forces in England and Wales, Police Scotland, Police Services Northern Ireland and other UK Policing bodies and Law Enforcement agencies.
Work closely with and provide support to the Data and Analytics Management Team.
Manage relationships with stakeholders to articulate the importance of data, gain ownership and demonstrate the benefits of a data-driven culture.
Work with and support PDS’s DPO, local force DPOs as well as DPOs in NPCC to drive better alignment and standardisation of Data & Analytics approaches.
Work with PDS’s Business Engagement and Communications teams to enable adoption of data approaches by Police Forces and NPCC portfolios.
Define new relationships and responsibilities for data to drive a high-performing data culture, in each of the projects, developing and supporting appropriate Data Governance structures
Develop and deploy appropriate frameworks for data management throughout the project lifecycle.
Undertake data assurance practice, aligned to frameworks which are evidenced and documented.
Define, develop and assure appropriate data quality rules, data transformation, validation rules, risk and issue management, documentation and reporting in collaboration with partners and stakeholders aligned to the established Data Governance structure.
Collaborate, communicate with business and stakeholders to define migration scope, timelines, and requirements
Coordinate with business users for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and sign-off.
What you need to succeed in the role
Experience in data roles, preferably in Data Migration delivery, with proven strong knowledge, understanding and experience in Data Quality, Data Profiling, Data Risk and Control, Data Governance, Data Management, Data Sharing, Data Acquisition and Data Standards.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen eye for detail.
Strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Previous experience in understanding and implementing data frameworks & processes.
Understanding of the technology industry offering in the data space.
Knowledge of data performance, risk and issue reporting and escalation; experience in developing key performance indicators (KPIs) and their purpose in a data context.
Understanding of the requirements to support the “offensive” aspects of data e.g., Data Quality, Data Catalogues, Business Ownership of Data, Data Standards and Taxonomies, Reference Data & Master Data Management, Data Lineage.
Stakeholder engagement and relationship management, problem solving and building trust are all essential requirements for this role.
For a full list of responsibilities and criteria, please refer to the Candidate Pack.
Diversity, equity and inclusion
We are committed to equal opportunities for all and will not discriminate on any grounds. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible span of experience. All applicants will be considered without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, nationality, neurodiversity or disability status.
Working Arrangements
This is a remote role.
All applicants must be eligible to undergo NPPV3 (Non Police Personnel Vetting Level 3) and SC vetting clearances. Successful applicants will require NPPV3 clearance to have been cleared before starting with PDS.
Please note, we may choose to close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications for this role so please endeavour to complete your application as soon as possible.
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