SYP - Data Improvement Officer - June 2022

Role:                   Data Improvement Officer

Department:     Performance & Governance

Location:            Carbrook/Agile

Salary:                £26,565 - £30,420

Hours:                 37hrs

Contract Type: Permanent

Role Purpose:

Central to culture change and providing a training, awareness, and communications function for the Data Office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify the behaviours we need to change to mitigate data risk and how we need to develop awareness, communications, and training for optimising data. Develop and maintain a data awareness program that effectively changes these behaviours, so our employees act in an appropriate manner, reducing the most risk to our organisation.
• Ensure that our awareness program communicates our policies and requirements so that people know, understand, and can follow them.  Inform users of system, policy and process changes and expectations.  
• Create a positive program that engages employees, focusing on changing behaviours both at home and at work. Ultimately, we want our employees to demonstrate the same behaviours regardless of where they are or the devices they are using or the data they are accessing/using.
• Research users and understand their data needs.  Communicate with and coordinate the activities of others.  Prioritise efforts on data that is most critical, and which has the greatest impact.      
• Create a metrics framework that can effectively measure these requirements. Document and share improvement measures and areas of best practice.   
• Ability to form complex ‘communications / messages’ in a simple, clear and concise manner to the various audiences within our organisation.  Design and implement a communications plan.  Display practical knowledge of different message distribution techniques to ensure end user communities understand and continually apply the required behavioural change necessary to reduce the ‘human factors’ risk.  Adapt communication to the needs of the audience with the use of newsletters, webinars, briefings, presentations, one to ones, handouts, posters etc.  
• Design appropriate training plans and effectively deliver training.  Research, design, develop and maintain learning materials that enhance the learning and engage the learner.  Use a range of learning techniques such as blended learning, teaching and presentations, adapting the training to the audience.  Engage in evidence-based research and keep abreast of advances and best practice.
• Structure and maintain this program to be long term, so we are not changing just behaviours but culture.
• Project management experience, the ability to plan, manage and maintain a complex, organisation wide program over the longer term.  Create and follow project plans and identify and mitigate risks for delivery.  
• Understanding of the concepts of information risks and the different elements that make up that risk.
• Ensure that our data training/awareness/communications program meets all legislative, regulatory, APP, standards, and compliance requirements.
• Reports to: Data Futures Manager

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 policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Flexible and agile working
• Generous ‘family’ leave
• Voluntary CPD Events for all staff to allow continuous development
• Mentoring & Coaching Scheme
• Paid Professional Subscriptions when relevant to role
• Access to a range of occupational health facilities
• Generous pension scheme
• Employee assistance service (accessible 24/7)
• Additional benefits for Westfield Health members
• Cycle to work scheme
• Sports and Social Club

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 5 years is required 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:

Friday 24 June 2022 at 23:55

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Talent Acquisition Manager and the Line Manager for the role.

Contact point for applicants:

For further information about the role, please contact Sarah Lord on 07469 412873.  Please do not contact this number for an application form.

Further Information:

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Diversity & Inclusion:

South Yorkshire Police welcomes 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/join-team-syp/diversity-in-the-force/

If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on positiveaction@southyorks.pnn.police.uk

In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.

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Note to candidates:

Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage, the relevant internal or external pre-employment checks are required.  These include vetting clearance or review, prior to being appointed to the new role and start date being agreed.