Data Quality and Reporting Officer – Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service

About the role:

Working within the Data and Performance Team the role will support the Service in driving performance and decision making by providing good quality data. The role requires you to ensure the quality, reliability and integrity of data through validation checks and quality assurance. In addition, you will extract and analyse data and information to provide reports for internal performance management purposes and to report to central government and our communities.

About you:

We are seeking a highly perceptive and driven individual who has a strong attention to detail and ability to check, analyse and present data to a broad range of audiences.
Specifically, we are seeking individuals who have knowledge of quality standards and values the need for high quality data.

The successful candidate will be inspired to demonstrate and promote behaviours in line with the Job Profile and our Behaviour Competency Framework as attached.

The key focus of this role (Key Responsibilities and Deliverables) is:

• Analyse data and ensure its integrity
• Produce detailed, timely and accurate reports and information as required, including data mapping.
• Complete data returns for external organisations, for example Home Office and His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS).
• Maintain and review the accuracy and efficiency of existing databases and systems and assist with development and improvement.
• Support and contribute to any project or work package within Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS), as required.

Key role requirements (knowledge, skills and experience):

• The ability to consider data quality and assurance from collection, through modelling, to reporting, assessing processes required to ensure quality information in, and to draw the required information out.
• An understanding of data administration and management functions (collection, analysis, distribution etc).
• Ability to work effectively with others, within the team, across the organisation and with external partners.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including use of analysis functions such as pivot tables.
• Good understanding of how to validate data in systems.

It is anticipated that the assessment/interview process will run week commencing 21 April 2025.

Anticipated start date: June 2025

The interview will consist of a competency and behavioural based interview taking approximately 45 minutes, in addition there will be a work-based assessment/scenario given at the time of interview taking approximately 20 minutes.