The Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) seeks an outstanding, passionate leader who can inspire and challenge what data infrastructure, services and products we deliver, and continuously improve the way we do this.
IBCA is responsible for delivering a compensation scheme that has been long awaited by the infected blood community to provide financial compensation to victims of infected blood on a UK-wide basis.
The data operations division will make sure that there’s safe and secure systems in place that meet the needs across IBCA and that can drive the evolution of IBCA operations. As part, they will own and manage the IBCA Data Platform that will be the single source of truth for all information that has facilitated compensation to take place
This post holder will oversee and manage the design (architecture & modelling) and implementation (build, test, assure) of this Data Platform and set the direction of best practice and standards for these capabilities.
Working at IBCA gives you a huge opportunity to make an impact on those who deserve compensation, and this role suits a candidate who can spearhead solutions from the ground up to take from ideation to reality so that data is an enabler to everything IBCA does.
This is a hands-on role that requires a well experience individual who can define pathways to execute IBCA’s vision and outcomes through technical solutions and initiatives. You will guide IBCA to make appropriate business, technology, and data decisions by recommending reuse, and scalability, to achieve value for money, delivery at pace and reduce risk.
You will drive out the agreed High-Level Design for the IBCA Data Platform at the logical and physical levels including the introduction of Data Products for Evidence Management, People Entity Resolution, and Intelligence Insights.
The role will focus on architecting and implementing these scalable data solutions and the supporting lifecycle management processes, including:
• Data Governance: secure data discovery for development, archiving, back-ups and retention policies.
• Security: risk management, and penetration testing.
• Service Delivery: system resilience, performance, incident triage & resolution, change management, and auditing & logging processes.
Your expertise will drive key decisions in shaping our data capability that underpins these critical systems and processes. As part, you will support increasing capability, standards and practices across the IBCA organisation. This includes data models, data quality, data retention, data catalogues, re-usable engineering frameworks.
The candidate will need to be driven, and proactive with a clear demonstration of leadership working across Data Architecture & Engineering. You will have line management responsibility of Data Architects, Data Modellers, Data Engineers and Test Engineers and task management of DevOps Engineers and Security Architects – and need to ensure their work is aligned to the directorate vision and delivery is aligned to the central divisional milestone activity plan.
It is essential for this role that you are positive, resilient, collaborative and can handle working under significant time pressures.
Responsibilities
• Strategic & Technical Leadership: Lead the successful delivery of complex data systems and products, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives through architecture and scalable, resilient frameworks that data strategies, ensuring value for money and reduced risk.
• Data Governance & Optimisation: Champion data quality, governance, and optimisation by creating and implementing robust policies for data retention, monitoring, and management. Ensure compliance with organisational and industry standards while driving innovative approaches to data architecture, modelling and engineering.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with senior leaders to deliver data solutions that meet requirements. Translate business needs into actionable designs, deploy scalable software, and integrate emerging technologies to enhance business capabilities and operational effectiveness.
• Team Leadership & Development: Inspire and manage a high-performing team of data architects, modellers and engineers. Cultivate future leaders by fostering collaboration, conducting performance reviews, and providing tailored training to support professional growth.
• Supplier Management & Oversight: Manage supplier relationships by setting performance standards, negotiating contracts, and ensuring high-quality outcomes.
Opportunities to move to the new Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA). At the moment all IBCA roles are hosted by Cabinet Office within the Civil Service. However, once IBCA becomes operational, it is anticipated that most of these roles will transfer to IBCA, which is a new Arms Length Body (ALB) separate from the Cabinet Office. Roles that transfer to IBCA from Cabinet Office will maintain the same or substantially the same terms and conditions of employment that are overall no less favourable. It is anticipated that employees who move from Cabinet Office to IBCA will be able to continue to participate in the Civil Service Pension arrangements with no break in their pensionable service. Roles commencing after IBCA has become operational will be with IBCA itself on similar terms and conditions. All successful candidates will receive full details of the terms and conditions of employment for their role with their formal job offer.
Please note that the mission of IBCA means that it is likely to be operational for a period of approximately 5 to 7 years. When IBCA’s work begins to wind down, IBCA employees will receive support and practical guidance to find a new role, whether in the Civil Service, another Arms Length Body (ALB), or an external employer.
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