Data Architect

The Data Architect will work in the Improvement Analytics Unit (IAU) which is part of the Data Analytics team. The team conducts high-quality, in-house research and analysis, and collaborates with the NHS to develop approaches to improve health care that can be applied at local and national levels. Specifically, the successful candidate will support the IAU, a joint unit with NHS England that provides rapid feedback about the effects of new models of care and develops robust approaches to data management and information governance, applying analytics directly to real-world problems.

• Work with the Senior Data Manager to develop and deliver an ambitious data management agenda to support rapid-cycle evaluation.
• Help ensure quality control, standardised cleaning and metadata collection is applied to updating core datasets used by the IAU, and investigate the potential and use of new data.
• Collaborate with statisticians and analysts during the research and development phase of evaluations to develop and deliver data specifications and analysis datasets used by the IAU.
• Help embed the preferred approach to analysis within the production environment.
• Contribute to an adaptive data management approach within a complex and dynamic work programme and seek to improve approaches over time.
• Embed key behaviours of working together, achieving impact, discovering and learning in day-to-day delivery as part of the Data Analytics directorate.

The Data Architect will be part of a growing group of data management professionals who support work across the Data Analytics directorate, collaborating with a wide range of internal and external partners.

The Health Foundation is an independent charity committed to bringing about better health and health care for people in the UK.