Job Title: Data Manager (School Setting)

Location: Solihull 

Role Purpose:

To work as part of the wider Data Team to manage our data assets; produce good-quality, reliable data; and analyse and report key insights clearly and concisely. Contributing to school life and building effective relationships with all members of the school community

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead on a specific area of the organisation’s overall data structure and take operational responsibility for its accuracy, in line with relevant procedures and within planned deadlines.
• Contribute to the development of policies and procedures related to information governance, data management, and systems administration.
• Coordinate routine data returns and validation exercises for external agencies, including the censuses and ILRs.
• Support in the configuration and maintenance of key systems.
• Support in the procurement and implementation of key systems across the Trust.
• Be responsible for producing high-quality, time-sensitive reporting outputs for various users – including Senior Leaders, Governors, and Trustees – in line with our reporting calendar.
• Lead on developing and refining the core reporting outputs within your remit, and on maintaining the documentation required to produce them.
• Support in the investigation and mitigation of data breaches, and in the application of lessons learned from them.
• Coordinate information requests from data subjects and the general public.
• Produce, implement, and maintain effective timetables within our Academies.
• Promote accurate interpretation of data through effective communication, meaningful reporting, and by supporting colleagues with data-related queries.
• Use initiative to explore data and proactively identify areas in which we could improve outcomes.
• Keep up to date with regulatory requirements, research findings, and developments within both the education sector and the data management profession.
• Keep up to date and compliant with the policies and procedures in operation within the Trust and its Academies.
• Take ownership of your own professional development and proactively engage in further training as and when required.

General Duties:

• Undertake such other duties, training, and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this job.
• Undertake health and safety duties commensurate with the post and/or as detailed in our health and safety policy.
• Work in accordance with our policies and procedures.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a vibrant school community with a rich history.
• Access professional development opportunities.
• Contribute to shaping young minds.
• Have a dedicated specialist consultant.

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