Data Governance Lead

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Data and Risking Services provides digital solutions to help HMRC manage risk, intelligence and compliance effectively. The team ensures that critical processes are supported by secure systems, smart tools, and innovative solutions that maximise resources and strengthen HMRC’s ability to tackle risk and reduce the tax gap.

The Data Governance Lead will report to the Senior Data Governance Lead within the Data and Risking Services Corporate Centre. The team are responsible for ensuring appropriate data governance models are in place for ingesting and sharing of data both internally and externally. The team manage the data governance of cross government data exchanges, ensuring data sharing is legal, proportionate and in line with Data Protection regulations.

You will lead the end-to-end data lifecycle, supporting the movement of bulk data by preparing relevant data transfer documentation, such as Process Memorandum of Understanding (pMoU), Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA) and Certificate of Review and Assurance CoRA, and engaging with all relevant stakeholders (internal and external)., Your duties will include:

• Drafting and development of data exchange documentation - Memorandum of Understanding, Data Protection Impact Assessment and Certificate of Review & Assurance. This will include engagement with cross-government stakeholders, Security & Information Business Partners, Data Analysts and HMRC Central Policy when required, to prepare documentation, checking for accuracy prior to data transfer.
• Ensuring all data exchanges and retention are UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) compliant.
• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to resolve data exchange issues and security incidents.
• Ensuring compliance with Data Security and External Data Exchange Team (EDE) policies by working with Security & Information Business Partners and external stakeholders to complete assurance checks on data exchanges and data handling, capturing, and escalating any issues as required.
• Proactively sharing knowledge and best practice with data governance colleagues and updating relevant documentation and Team guidance.
• Maintaining management information on data exchanges, including benefit realisation data and responding to demand-led MIS requests as required.
• Responding to any ad-hoc requests received for Data Acquisition, working closely with relevant colleagues within that area., We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing, If you have an HMRC online account already, sign straight in using your ID and password. If not, you can prove your identity by answering some questions or providing your photo ID.

You’ll then be able to access the app quickly and easily by signing in using a 6-digit PIN, your fingerprint, or facial recognition.

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Reserve List

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles – if this applies to you, we’ll let you know via your Civil Service Jobs account.

Merit List

After interview, a single merit list will be created, and you will only be considered for posts in locations you have expressed a preference for. Appointments will be made in strict merit order in line with the set number of roles in each location.

Criminal Record Check

Applications received from candidates with a criminal record are considered fairly in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice and the Recruitment of ex-offenders Policy.

Hybrid working at HMRC

HMRC is an office-based organisation, and colleagues are expected to spend 60% of their working time in the office. Our offices provide opportunity for interaction, collaboration which aids learning and development and a sense of community. Where the role allows it, and where the home environment is suitable, colleagues can work from home for up to 2 days a week, averaged over a calendar month (or a proportionate amount of time for colleagues who work less than full time).

Reasonable Adjustments

We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate., HMRC has a presence in every region of the UK. For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations.

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. The evidence you provide in your application must relate to your own experiences.

Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant application(s) will be withdrawn from the process.

Recording of interviews is prohibited unless explicit agreement is sought in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulations.

Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Please note that, if you are applying for roles on a part-time basis, the salary agreed will be pro-rata, reflective of the working hours agreed within your contract.

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Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter . People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks., * UK nationals

• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

We are looking for someone who has an understanding of data governance models and UK GDPR, and is passionate about data security.

You will have the personal drive, initiative and ability to work with minimal supervision and at pace, often engaging in high profile cross government exchanges.

You will be confident building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders across HMRC and other government departments to develop and deliver important data exchange documents and will be able to work flexibly to tight deadlines.

Essential Criteria

To be considered for this role, your application must demonstrate all of the following:

• Experience of drafting and development of data exchange documentation including Process Memorandum of Understanding (PMOU), Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA), Record of Processing Activity (ROPA) and Certificate of Review and Assurance (CoRA).
• Demonstrable understanding of GDPR principles relating to data security.
• Experience of conducting assurance or compliance activity., * Delivering at Pace
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing

Experience: you will be asked specific questions to assess your experience in a particular aspect of the role. An example of a typical Experience question is “Can you tell me about a time you have been involved in governance development, what was your role and what was the end result?”

Interviews will be held via video link (MS Teams) with a panel of up to 3 people and will last up to 60 minutes. Sift and interview dates to be confirmed., Customer facing roles in HMRC require the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English and/or Welsh where required. Where this is an essential requirement, this will be tested as part of the selection process.

Pulled from the full job description

• Company pension
• Work from home, Alongside your salary of £37,682, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £10,916 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.

We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.

• Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues’ Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
• Family friendly policies.
• Personal support.
• Coaching and development.

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. You have the right to complain if you feel there has been a breach of the Recruitment Principles.

In the first instance, you should raise the matter directly via ubsrecruitmentcomplaints@hmrc.gov.uk. Please note that we do not accept complaints or appeals regarding scoring of outcomes of campaigns, unless candidates can provide clear evidence that the campaign did not follow the Recruitment Principles. If you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their website.

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