Senior Data Quality Executive

If you are keen to use your technical data expertise to ensure the highest quality of data on Save the Children’s CRM and have the experience in delivering a data quality policy, this Senior Data Quality Executive role with Save the Children could be the perfect fit.

Working in more than 120 countries, we do whatever it takes to create breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. Our fundraising operation generates over £100 million annually for children and our marketing reaches millions of UK households to mobilise support for our cause. Together, we save children’s lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential.

We have extremely ambitious growth targets and fundamental to this is our use of the highest quality data throughout the organisation to help us deliver a best in class experience for supporters, utilising market-leading technologies, incorporating exciting new digital datasets, and all framed within a suite of ground-breaking CRM strategies.

About the role

The purpose of this role is to take the business lead in the development, testing and delivery of technical solutions that will improve the quality and integrity of data held on Save the Children’s CRM.  You will work with members of the team to automate processes and solutions.  You will:

Use your technical expertise to carry out details root cause analysis

• Be involved in all ongoing initiatives and projects that aim to assess and continually improve levels of data quality and integrity within the database
• Lead investigations into and resolve any issues identified as part of the process
• Support the implementation, delivery and roll-out of new technologies that will further enhance our data capability
• Develop the technical skills of members of the team so they have good knowledge of all technologies in use

About you

You will have a passion for data quality and be looking to demonstrate and share your experience working with data and technologies from the business side, in an exciting and challenging role that is central to the success of our Fundraising. This is a varied role in a large and extremely ambitious organisation, working with multiple stakeholders and multiple data technologies.

To succeed you will be capable of demonstrating:

• Experience of data quality theory and an understanding of the benefits data quality improvements can bring to an organisation
• Exceptional technical skills (including SQL), and proven experience of using these to investigate and remediate areas where data quality can be improved
• Experience of integrating master business rules into other technologies, i.e. Talend, Adobe Campaign, Data Virtualisation, FastStats
• The ability to devise, write and maintain data standards documentation, including a data dictionary
• Excellent communication skills and superb attention to detail
• Proven ability to problem solve
• An enthusiasm to pass on your expertise and a strong sense of initiative 

In return we offer a salary of £32,000 - £36,000, on the job training and structured career development, and plenty of opportunities to develop your skills and career.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.

To apply please visit our website. 

Closing date: 7th January 2018