ScottishPower HQ, Glasgow
Salary Starting From £51,240 Per Annum Plus Excellent Benefits
Flexible Working Pattern
Number of Positions - 2
Closing Date: 26 January 2025
Help us create a better future, quicker
SP Energy Networks (SPEN) are working towards achieving our RIIO-T2 and RIIO-ED2 ambitions to provide a safe and reliable service which delivers Net Zero ambitions, builds a trusted relationship with our customers and stakeholders, and builds a digital and data driven workforce of the future.
This is an exciting opportunity to become a Data Sharing Lead in SPEN’s Open Data Team, part of our Network Data & Intelligence function. This is a new position in response to the ever-evolving way we use data – recognising that access to our data, and information, is an enabler in Net Zero, and that we have an important role in supporting the development of new markets and opportunities.
In this role, you will be responsible for leading our data triage process; working with Data Owners from across our organisation to identify datasets suitable for sharing with our external stakeholders through our Open Data Portal and facilitating a robust Risk Assessment process to prevent the exposure of any sensitive information through identification and implementation of appropriate controls. The postholder will also be responsible for monitoring the requirements of Data Best Practice, ensuring that datasets are published in line with industry standards.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Collaborate with Data Owners across our organisation to identify datasets suitable for sharing externally with our stakeholders, promoting a culture of secure data sharing.
- Develop and implement data sharing strategies that align with organisational goals.
- Lead SPEN’s data triage process by conducting detailed risk assessments of datasets prior to publication. Work with Data Owners, Data Security, and Data Protection colleagues to identify and implement appropriate controls to protect sensitive information.
- Engage with Data Owners, Data Science colleagues, and Subject Matter Experts during the risk assessment process to determine how published datasets interact and whether additional controls are needed to protect sensitive information.
- Facilitate publication of datasets on our Open Data Portal in line with Data Best Practice guidelines and industry standards.
- Respond to stakeholder feedback by identifying and implementing improvements in datasets.
- Prepare presentations and write narratives for responses to information requests from internal and external bodies, supported by analysis and documentation as necessary.
- Cultivate relationships with key stakeholders and establish effective working relationships with SPEN staff and management teams across the business.
What You’ll Bring
- Proactive, adaptable, and passionate about delivering high-quality, actionable data.
- Ability to quickly understand a range of complex data and the issues it may present.
- Strong communication skills to articulate objectives and deliver projects with multiple milestones.
Skills And Experience
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proven experience in data sharing and data management.
- Strong understanding of data protection regulations and risk assessment methodologies.
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and time management skills.
- Experience in preparing analysis, reports, and presentations for senior management.
- Numerically articulate with strong attention to detail.
- Ability to devise solutions to complex problems and challenges, involving consultation with others in the business, resolving differences, and presenting a common agreed perspective.
- Innovative thinking and the ability to apply it to complex problems.
What’s In It For You
As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.
Benefits
At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:
- 36 days annual leave
- Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
- Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
- Payroll giving and charity matched funding
- Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
- Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
- Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
- Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
- Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
- Life Assurance (4x salary)
- Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support
- Plus, shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more
Why SP Energy Networks
SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the Northwest of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously. We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy.
With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation. Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.
We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com.
Mobility
Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.
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Job Posting End Date below
January-27-2025
