About CDP
CDP is a not-for-profit charity that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts. The world’s economy looks to CDP as the gold standard of environmental reporting with the richest and most comprehensive dataset on corporate and city action. In 2021 we launched our new five-year strategy: Accelerating the Rate of Change - find out more here. Visit or follow us @CDP to find out more.
About the Data Governance & Quality team
The Data Governance & Quality team are responsible for the development, implementation, and enforcement of policies, standards, and reporting on governance and data quality improvement. Our aim is to define and measure the quality of CDP’s data by embedding data governance and quality standards into the organisational design, ensuring the delivery and maintenance of high data quality.
Job Purpose and Background
The Senior Data Quality Specialist will lead the creation and support the implementation of crucial data quality reporting methodologies and tools essential for improving and maintaining the quality and integrity of CDP’s data. They will develop data quality methodologies and reporting mechanisms that can optimize data collection, analysis, and usage across all CDP’s data. They will lead the support on data quality improvement through remediation, measurable data quality improvement, ensuring compliance and risk reduction. To influence change and maximize data value through transparent and applicable data quality management practices.
Key responsibilities include:
- Data governance improvements at CDP by supporting the implementation of scalable processes across all data domains to enhance the products and services they contribute to.
- Develop and implement methodologies, monitoring, and assurance mechanisms for data policies, such as retention and access to ensure CDP will comply with data protection regulations across its regions.
- Work alongside IT and project teams during system development and change to develop effective data governance standards for enterprise-wide data management.
- Work closely with Risk and Legal to assess information sharing agreements and third-party data access, ensuring the business operationalises legal agreements effectively.
- Oversee the Data Quality Dashboard to continuously monitor errors and ensure that data stewards are proactively improving data quality across CDP.
- Monitor and enforce Role-Based Access Control, playing a key role in investigating and addressing access violations and incidents such as data breaches.
- Motivate, empower, and lead a data governance culture where staff can visibly recognize the value of data governance within their team, across CDP and in the output we produce.
You will have the following skills and experience:
- Data Quality or Data Quality Assurance qualification or at least 3 years of applied experience working within a data quality improvement setting.
- Experienced in engaging and managing stakeholders to secure buy-in and align activities with strategic goals whilst applying relevant frameworks.
- Experience in implementing Data Quality methods and principles to ensure the delivery and maintenance of high-quality data assets.
- Experience in query languages (e.g., SQL) for data validation and quality improvement purposes.
- Good understanding of using data quality and governance tools to assess and drive data quality improvement.
- Ability to apply data quality methods to identify, predict, resolve, and prevent data quality issues.
- Strong analytical and technical skills for generating reports and visualizations using tools like Power BI, Tableau, etc., and communicating insights to drive actionable outcomes.
- An understanding of data lifecycle and effective data governance best practices application across all phases of the lifecycle.
- Experience in monitoring data for compliance and assurance within systems and databases, such as CRM and data platforms.
- Analytical, with excellent and diverse problem-solving skills and curious attention to detail.
- Good communication skills in English.
- Knowledge of process automation and improvement.
Salary and benefits:
- £45,538 - £68,307 per annum
- Working for a leading people-centric environmental NGO with dedicated, passionate and caring coworkers;
- Competitive NGO salary and 8% Company Pension Program;
- 30 days annual holidays (with purchased leave options);
- Flexible working hours (with option to take flex-days)
- Up to 6 months remote work anywhere in the world
- Paid sabbaticals, enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave
- Office offering prayer room and breastfeeding facilities
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How to apply:
Please upload your CV in the application form.