Job Description

The role
At Southern Housing, we're proud to have built a strong and sustainable data ecosystem that serves as the backbone of our success. Our dynamic data functions-Data Governance, Data Quality & Improvement, Data Architecture, and Business Intelligence-work seamlessly to ensure operational sustainability, exceptional data quality, transformative data practices, and timely, accurate information delivery across the organisation.
We're looking for a passionate and forward-thinking operator to join us in an exciting role reporting directly to the Director of Data & Business Information. This position will play a pivotal role in effectively delivering data & information services for Southern Housing colleagues, making real and tangible impact.
Located in our vibrant head office in Farringdon, this role offers a hybrid working approach, giving you the flexibility to thrive. If you're ready to join a talented and committed team with broad business access and a culture of collaboration, we'd love to hear from you!
What you'll be doing

• Prepares business cases and supporting documentation at the initiation stages of the data projects.
• Effectively estimate, monitor, and manage cost, timescales and resource requirements for the successful delivery of the project(s).
• Ensure project delivers effective communications to all audiences, from end users to senior stakeholder groups and the wider business to ensure they are confident in the project's ability to deliver.
• Build and manage positive stakeholder relationships across the business ensuring regular and accurate communication.
• Experience in delivering Data or technology projects and Project Management experience (working within Prince2 methodologies and disciplines) in a multiple project environment.
• Develops and maintains suitable project plans with clear milestones, utilising suitable project management tools to ensure project teams stay on track and reporting is robust.
• Effectively manages issues and risks, ensuring projects are delivering outcomes that align with the original business case and vision.
• Ensure project reviews are carried out at stage boundaries and on completion, using feedback and lessons gathering for continuous improvement.

What you'll need

• Strong understanding of data technologies, data management principles, and data analytics processes.
• Knowledge of agile ways of working and ITIL processes.
• Knowledge of leading workshops and communication through graphic means, for example: workshops to scope, design and agree a solution; playbacks to key audience groups on findings in an informative and visual way.
• Experience in delivering Data or technology projects and Project Management experience (working within Prince2 methodologies and disciplines) in a multiple project environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - must build and maintain positive relationships and networks. Confident in briefing staff at all levels of the organisation using different styles and delivery methods.
• Ability to use initiative and make decisions under pressure.

Closing date: 23rd November at 23:59
Please note we hold the right to close the vacancy early depending on application volume.
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About us
At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people's lives.
A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.
What's in it for you
Pension
Life
assurance
Healthcare cash plan
Eyecare & dental
Birthday
leave
Retailers discounts
Cycle
to work
Buy & sell
annual leave
Inclusion & Diversity
We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it's about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual.
We're all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.

Skills Required