Project Responsibilities Support the strategic planning and business development of the Trust. Lead the design and implementation of new and improved analysis and reporting streams. Keep up to date with new developments which affect the systems design and application development appropriate to the Trust, including researching and evaluating new technologies. Keep abreast of national and local reporting requirements and ensure necessary changes in reports management fit the needs of the business. Have the ability to influence people with different perspectives to get the most out of stakeholder relationships. It is expected that the post holder will work through all projects with autonomy and take all necessary decisions to see projects through to a satisfactory conclusion. Expected to manage concurrent projects and resources independently and proactively. Leadership Represent Data Engineering at internal and external meetings. Provide support to the team and offer support and guidance to all other members of the Information Team.Testing and Exercise To ensure comprehensive test plans are created, maintained and fully auditable, exercising these on implementation and an ad-hoc basis to ensure data provision always meets the specific needs for which it has been designed. Have a keen eye for quality assurance and be able to perform rigorous testing on both your own scripts and the scripts of others.Key Relationships (Internal/External) Department work streams - Performance Reporting & Business Intelligence, Clinical Information & Data Assurance, Data Engineering, Clinical Coding Finance General Managers and Service Managers IT, HR Business partners and Management Accountants CCGs, NHS organisations and other external partners / agencies Risk Management and Governance Contribute to working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure that effective governance arrangements and performance management systems are in place Contribute to working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure that all risks are identified and included as appropriate on the organisational risk register and are progressed appropriately to reduce the risk profile Contribute to working collaboratively with colleagues to address complaints and incidents appropriately lead the learning from such events to ensure that learning is achieved across the departmentCorporate Use specialist knowledge and experience to ensure that decisions taken are in the Trusts best interests Work with colleagues to facilitate corporate and service line performance through realistic, cross referenced and measurable objectives Put the interests of the Trust before any interest to a specific area of responsibility, and to participate fully in the departments collective decision-making as a team member rather than as a functional or professional advocate. We actively encourage development within the workforce and employees are required to comply with the Trust mandatory training.