Data Acquisition and Reporting Lead
| Posting date: | 07 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | £57,528.00 to £64,750.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £57528.00 - £64750.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 May 2026 |
| Location: | London, E14 4PU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | G9076-26-0039 |
Summary
Support negotiations and agreement processes for new or updated datasets, ensuring information governance compliance and alignment with organisational needs. Ensure data pipelines entering the reporting environment are appropriately documented, validated and monitored, working with technical teams for implementation or change where required. Ensure reporting processes and products are efficient and well governed, supporting continuous improvement across the function. Work with analysts and key business users to ensure insight meets organisational needs and is grounded in highquality, wellgoverned data. Monitor data quality across acquired datasets, identifying issues, coordinating remedial actions, and ensuring problems affecting reporting outputs are escalated and tracked to resolution. Lead development and governance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), specifications, data dictionaries and work instructions for data acquisition and reporting activity. Maintain clear audit trails and versioncontrolled documentation for dataflows, reporting logic and changes to ensure transparency and repeatability Contribute to organisational data standards through delivery of the NHSCFAs Data Strategy Group and Data Practitioners Forum, ensuring acquisition and reporting practices align with governance expectations and supporting the effectiveness of the wider NHSCFA data environment. Ensure all work complies with relevant legislation including the Data Protection Act, Computer Misuse Act and Freedom of Information Act, as well as NHSCFA Policies.