Deputy Head of Strategic Planning - Statutory Reporting and Data Governance

The Strategic Planning Directorate’s goal is to achieve better decision-making across the institution from the analysis, advice and insight we provide, to the trusted relationships we build with stakeholders and the data quality, governance and infrastructure that underpins it. 

Recently reconfigured and expanded, now is a great time to join the Directorate as we look to enhance our contributions to delivering the University Strategy.

We are seeking an outstanding candidate to lead the institution’s statutory reporting function. The role will also be expected to lead on data governance and data quality, although applications with developing expertise in this area will also be considered.

The successful candidate will be expected to have experience in compiling, completing and data quality assurance on higher education statutory returns such as HESA Student, the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) return and Unistats. Experience in working through the HESA Data Futures transformation within an institutional setting will be an advantage.

The role will operationally engage with and provide managerial oversight of the entire University data lifecycle ensuring high quality data informs our internal analysis and external returns. To facilitate this the post-holder will ensure appropriate governance is in place to oversee the accurate and timely completion and submission of all University data returns.

We are a diverse and inclusive team of dedicated professionals who are committed and passionate about what we do. Our main office is on the Greenwich campus with occasional travel to our Avery Hill and Medway campuses required. We have actively embraced hybrid working with most of our staff splitting their time between the workplace and remote working.

We are seeking a dedicated and passionate professional with a shared commitment to our values of inclusivity, collaboration and impact. If you think this describes you and you want to make a difference, please apply.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Simon Lewis on s.lewis@greenwich.ac.uk

Should you have any queries regarding the application process please contact the People Directorate Team on peopleoperations-cfo@greenwich.ac.uk

We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values.

We are committed to building a strong, diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We particularly encourage applications from [protected characteristic(s)], who are currently under-represented within the University of Greenwich at these levels/within these areas.

We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff, and removing barriers to improve inclusion. 

We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form. 

We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

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