Senior Data Strategy Advisor - ref. h18058103

The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) are the public sector’s property valuation experts and advisers with a vision to be a world-leading provider of public sector valuations. Our work is vital to the collection of over £60 billion of revenue which goes back into communities, touching every citizen and every business across England and Wales.

We champion the values of professionalism, integrity, respect and innovation. We are committed to providing a collaborative and supportive working environment that encourages every colleague to contribute, grow and excel together. With opportunities to drive your own development and growth, we empower our colleagues to succeed by ensuring support at every step of their career journey.

Senior Data Strategy Advisor – Role Overview

The Data Strategy Team sits within the Information, Data and Analysis Directorate (ID&A) and works across the whole Agency to provide teams with a clear vision and direction for data.

The role offers you the opportunity to work with senior leaders to gain their support and ensure that the strategy is meaningful and relevant for all staff to ensure it delivers success for the Agency.

This role offers a great opportunity to deliver a key strategy for the Agency to support the delivery of large transformative changes currently underway.

Senior Data Strategy Advisor – Key responsibilities

We are looking for an SEO Senior Data Strategy Advisor to be responsible for:

• Supporting and in some cases leading the work to deliver the next generation VOA Data Strategy to make a tangible impact, including identifying opportunities and making evidence-based recommendations.
• Delivering the annual Data Maturity Assessment for the Agency and using evidence gathered from the assessment to inform the development of the strategy.
• Setting up and maintaining the strategy evaluation mechanisms and undertaking regular reporting on progress to inform colleagues, senior leaders and ExCom.
• Providing advice and insight through reports and briefings to senior leaders and relevant boards on Data Strategy matters.
• Supporting the development of Agency Data Governance by collaborating with stakeholders and advancing the policies and standards in place.
• Identifying key stakeholders, engaging with them to develop effective relationships to enable collaborative working on data strategy development.
• Contributing to the set up and running of data communities of practice and delivering change through data champions and business contacts.
• Supporting development of Agency Data Skills through management of the Data Skills Hub and promoting participation in the annual One Big Thing initiative
• Keeping informed of the wider government agenda for data strategy, looking to understand the likely implications for the strategy.
• Being a team player and where necessary, supporting the wider Data, Strategy and Management and Disclosure teams.
• Providing line management within a small team.