Job Description
Contract terms
Starting salary: PO8 (£61,980 – £65,478)
Work location: Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TR
Hours per week: 36 per week
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 9th February 2025 at 23:59
About Haringey
Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.
About The Role
As a Data Architect at Haringey Council, you will play a pivotal role in driving technological advancement and supporting our transition towards becoming a more data-driven organisation. You will lead the strategic requirements and create high-level designs and architecture solutions that align with our long-term business objectives. This includes facilitating seamless integration with analytics and business intelligence systems and ensuring a high-quality user experience for both staff and residents. Your technical expertise and leadership will be instrumental in harnessing the power of data to drive informed decision-making and innovation across the organisation.
About The Team
You will be part of the Culture Strategy and Engagement Directorate within the Digital and Change Business Unit. Reporting to the Head of Data, you will collaborate closely with the Enterprise Architect, Head of Digital, Head of Technology, Chief Digital and Innovation Officer, as well as data engineers, information analysts, data scientists, business analysts, and change leads. Our team is dedicated to fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement. We are committed to leveraging data to enhance the services we provide to the citizens and businesses of Haringey.
About You
You are an experienced data architect with a proven track record in data preparation, data gateway, and data warehousing projects. You hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or information systems or possess equivalent knowledge through experience. You are proficient with data modelling tools and techniques and have substantial experience translating the needs of non-technical staff into actionable analytical projects. Your expertise with cloud services (such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and understanding of database security and compliance tools are essential. You are a strategic thinker with excellent communication skills, capable of collaborating with diverse teams to improve data management practices across the organization. Your leadership, mentorship, and technical guidance will be key in fostering a data-driven culture and achieving our technological advancement and digital transformation goals.
Working for Haringey
At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.
Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.
Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders. Please continue to check these through the application process. If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk
