This is a brilliant opportunity to contribute to the development and implementation of Smart Data, an innovative cross-government policy with wide reaching opportunities for businesses and consumers.
Smart Data is the secure sharing of consumer data, with their consent, to third parties to provide innovative services. Open Banking is currently considered the only live example of an arrangement comparable to a Smart Data; it enables consumers to use third party services to securely move and manage their money. Open Banking services are used by 9.7 million people in the UK and the ecosystem is worth more than £4 billion.
The Government has committed to enabling Smart Data schemes so that customers can ask for help from authorised third parties to better use the data about them. The aim is to drive innovative new money management and other services.
Beyond the possibilities enabled by Smart Data in Open Banking, other potential initiatives include, amongst many others:
* Supporting grid-level energy demands, and saving consumers money, by using energy data to recommend the most cost or energy efficient times and locations to charge their electric vehicles.
* Health benefits and cost and time savings for consumers by providing data-driven insights to help them plan more affordable and more nutritious grocery shopping.
* Wage increases for gig workers, by providing data to help workers choose the best platform and to improve gig workers’ access to finance.
The team works to coordinate activities across Whitehall and public and private sector organisations to further Smart Data in a number of priority sectors, including banking, financial services, and telecoms. This includes progressing Smart Data legislation and brokering agreement across government on the institutional arrangements to support the policy in the long term.
Core responsibilities include:
* Leading aspects of the design of the cross-sector governance model of Smart Data schemes; with the priority of enabling interoperability between sector schemes.
* Supporting the development and publication of future consultations on the design of a cross-sector governance model.
* Supporting the management and delivery of the cross-sector governance research projects.
* Working with the International Strategy and Engagement parts of the Smart Data team to ensure a coherent approach to delivery.
* Developing and maintaining close and constructive relationships with sector policy teams in other departments to build a holistic view of Smart Data governance.
* Proactively collaborating with dedicated analysts and project managers to ensure work is evidence-led and delivered in line with parallel priorities.
Wider responsibilities include:
* Engaging and influencing stakeholders, building and maintaining the community of industry and Whitehall stakeholders that are needed to drive forward Smart Data.
* Supporting Ministers in Parliamentary engagement, including providing last-minute oral briefings, and promptly responding to queries.
* Leading on commissions to further the policy area, including submissions and briefings.
* Continuous monitoring and regular reporting of deadlines, milestones, and risks of complex work streams.
* Supporting relevant research projects from a policy perspective, from scoping to delivery and management.
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