SYP - IS Data Services Manager

Role: IS Data Services Manager

Department: Information Services

Location:  Nunnery Square, Sheffield / Melton, Hull

Salary: Band G - £40, 719 - £44, 787

Hours: 37 Hours per Week

Contract: Permanent

The post holder will be required to manage all aspects of Data Services within Information Services for both Humberside Police and South Yorkshire Police.  You will be joining Information Services at an exciting time as the IT industry and Government begin to embrace Cloud services, providing opportunities and challenges in meeting the needs of two police services ensuring efficiency and value for money is balanced against security & commercial considerations

The main duties are as follows:

• Responsibility for providing a range of services based around the data stored with South Yorkshire Police and Humberside Police IT systems, ensuring there is a clear Data Strategy
• To champion the use of Enterprise Reporting tools in direct relation to achievement of business benefits, ensuring resource and effort reduction.
• Contribute to ensuring the overall quality of data within the forces in particular in relation to migration from legacy systems to collaborative single systems
• Support initiatives such as Crime Prevention where models for mechanisms to identify information from data is required
• To be at the forefront of ensuring that the data held within Force IT systems is made visible to the senior officers for taking action to improve business processes. 
• Responsibility for managing the ORACLE and SQL Server Database estate ensuring backup, DR and Business Continuity procedures are followed.
• Responsibility for testing and keeping them up to date across geographic locations within both Humberside Police and South Yorkshire Police areas.
• Monitoring all related systems and applications for the provision of pro-active support, performance and the provision of KPI’s with respect to availability.

Specialist Knowledge is essential in the following areas:

• Experience as a Business Intelligence architect at a strategic level
• Experience of database solutions (Oracle, Ms SQL Server)
• Knowledge of Business Intelligence Data modelling techniques for Data Warehouse
• Experiencing of managing, coaching and developing staff in the above areas

Desirable specialist knowledge in Oracle tools (OBIEE) and ETl, Power BI, E-business and Fusion products, JIRA, ITIL Configuration management and knowledge of Prince2 and Agile project management

Successful candidate will be expected to have suitable experience and qualifications in the supporting disciplines for this role.  There is also a requirement to travel (Information Systems is a collaborative function between South Yorkshire and Humberside Police Forces)

To Apply

To apply for this role please submit your CV & a Covering Letter to Recruiting@southyork.pnn.police.uk before the closing date.

Contact point for applicants:

For further information about the role, please contact Steve Harding / Mark Chivers on 07855 346 315 / 07464 985 625.  Please do not contact this number for an application form.

Skills and experience:

For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position, please refer to the attached role profile.

Benefits:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive polices to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Flexible and agile working
• Generous ‘family’ leave
• Access to a range of occupational health facilities
• Generous pension scheme
• Employee assistance service (accessible 24/7)

Further Information:

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South Yorkshire Police welcome applications from under-represented communities.  For further information on diversity and inclusion within South Yorkshire Police, please visit the diversity and inclusion page: https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/sign-up/for-a-job-with-syp/diversity-in-the-force/

Eligibility:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity.  A minimum checkable history of 3 years has been identified for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards:

All tattoos and piercings must be in line with South Yorkshire Police’s Appearance and Standards policy.  Tattoos visible on your face, neck, hands or head are not permitted.  Any tattoos which could be deemed inappropriate or cause offence will also not be accepted.  If you have tattoos, you will need to make a declaration at the time of application.

Closing Date:

Sunday, 2nd June