Description
The Head of Data Quality & Establishment Control is the Trust's senior strategic lead for the Electronic Staff Record (ESR), People systems, workforce establishment control, ESR workstructures and workforce systems data quality.
The postholder will provide strategic leadership, governance and assurance for the Trust's workforce systems architecture, ensuring that ESR and associated People systems provide a secure, reliable and authoritative source of workforce and establishment information.
Working at corporate level across the People Directorate, Finance, Payroll, Recruitment, Digital, Business Intelligence and operational services, the postholder will lead the development and operation of an effective Trust-wide Establishment Control framework.
This will ensure that funded workforce establishments held within financial systems are appropriately aligned to positions and whole-time equivalent establishment held within ESR, enabling reliable vacancy, workforce and financial reporting and supporting the Trust's financial sustainability.
The post holder will also deputise for the Head of People Systems, Data and Payroll.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing strategic leadership and corporate ownership of the Trust's Establishment Control framework
- Ensuring robust integration between workforce and financial controls
- Developing and maintaining a clear Trust-wide Establishment Control policy and associated processes
- Working in close partnership with senior Finance, Recruitment, Payroll, Workforce and operational colleagues
- Providing strategic oversight and governance of ESR workstructures and organisational hierarchies across the Trust
The Trust is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via its Green Plan, with net zero carbon targets of 2040 for its NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for its NHS Carbon Footprint Plus.
Job Requirements:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent level of knowledge and experience relevant to workforce systems, workforce information, HR technology, informatics or a related field
- Chartered Member of the CIPD (or willingness to gain this registration within 12 months of appointment)
- Substantial senior experience of leading workforce, People or HR systems within a large and complex organisation
- Significant Project Management experience with a track record of bringing innovations to operational reality
- Highly developed specialist knowledge of the Electronic Staff Record (ESR), including its role within core NHS workforce processes
Desirable skills:
- PRINCE2 or equivalent project management qualification
- Experience of working with NHSBSA ESR teams, ESR regional networks or ESR Special Interest Groups
Essential skills:
- Ability to understand, manipulate and analyse electronic HR data and present appropriately
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and familiar with the concepts of relational databases
- Experience of communicating with a wide range of people on complex issues and/or in complex situations