CQC - Senior Data Visualisation Specialist

Job description

Grade B - £39,390 - £47,121 per annum (National Framework) or £44,792 - £52,523 per annum (London Framework – if you are London office based or homebased and live within the boundary of the M25) – There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £553 per annum for those working from home

Contracted Hours: Full time 37 hours per week however compressed and/or part-time hours may be considered.

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing date: Thursday 23th May 2024 at 11.59pm 

This role is NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

Are you committed to helping us regulate health and social care within England?

When thinking about what drives you every day in your job, what keeps you motivated and passionate about your work what comes to mind?  For 3000+ people at the CQC we end each day knowing that we have made a difference to the lives of those most in need in our communities.  We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve.  We are looking for people who are caring, demonstrate integrity and work well as part of a team to join with us and share in this sense of achievement.  If you would like to help us make a positive impact to health and social care within England, then read on.

Why this could be a great role for you….

Are you passionate about transforming data into impactful visual stories? Are you skilled at developing both exploratory and explanatory visualisations to uncover insights and communicate complex data effectively?

Do you have expertise in UX / UI design and data visualisation to craft engaging and user-friendly interfaces to meet business requirements?  

The role of the Senior Visualisation Specialist at the CQC champions data visualisation best practice, helping to define and guide the organisation in how to use visualisation methods for data-driven insights and to tell impactful data stories.  

Collaborating with other visualisation and data analytics experts, the role contributes to the creation of a repository of reusable visualisations and UI elements for reporting, ensuring that visualisation principles are established and maintained across the CQC estate of reports, insight and publications.  

CQC is committed to investing in new evergreen technology to ensure that it can equip its colleagues with the best technology to undertake their vital regulatory work. CQC has put in place an extensive Microsoft architecture alongside Databricks to achieve this. Visualisation that enables colleagues to understand the insights they have access to, is at the heart of ensuring we are achieving our aims of being an insight driven regulator. 

What we can offer you...

Your health and wellbeing are important to us and are supported through generous annual leave (starting at 27 days and rising with service to 32.5 days, plus 8 Bank Holidays), a cycle to work scheme, discounted gym vouchers and access to a free employee assistance service 24 hours a day. We also understand the importance of financial health and offer membership of the NHS pension scheme, contributing about 14% of basic salary. You will also be able to access discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics, fleet cars, plus we also have an internal reward scheme which could see you earn yourself a voucher or two! All of our Homeworkers are also kitted out with everything they need to comfortably work from home.

We want to support you to succeed and be your very best, with opportunities for training and development along with the support of experienced managers and mentors.  

We want to make working for CQC a great experience for everyone, and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole self to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality network.

What you will bring…

You will have an excellent understanding of data communication, visualisation techniques and best practice for data design.  As a Senior Visualisation Specialist, you will have the opportunity to lead on the development of internal skills and create high quality visualisation and reporting within CQC. You will have experience leading on the development of complex visualisations and custom components, helping to deliver innovative and engaging content in collaboration with experts in analysis. 

Accountabilities:

Lead on the development of internal skills and capability for the creation of high-quality visualisation and reporting within CQC. 
Ensure organisational standards for reporting and visualisation are understood and adopted across D&I and the wider organisation. 
Support in defining and understanding data visualisation and reporting requirements, ensuring they are unambiguous and understood. 
Help select and design visualisations that successfully communicate complex data and insights. 
Develop complex visualisations or custom components to meet insight needs. 
Drive a culture of reusable visualisation components. 
Coach and train colleagues in visualisation design and implementation. 
Identify new techniques and tools to advance CQC’s approach to data visualisation and reporting. 
Design and undertake appropriate quality control and assurance for delivery of output. 
Provide direction and guidance to peers and junior colleagues, including line management and development of teams, where required. 
Promote a strong data culture across CQC in line with the organisational data strategy. 
Role model inclusive behaviours in everyday interactions. 
Promote a culture of respect and fairness and understand personal responsibilities around delivering against CQC diversity and inclusion strategy. 
Demonstrate competence and support others to achieve behavioural excellence through our Success Profiles (Grade B) ensuring yourself and those you work with are the best that they can be. 
Role model and support others to instil our values into everything that we do.

Essential Skills and Experience:

Educated to degree level or have equivalent professional experience. 
Excellent understanding of data communication, visualisation techniques and best practice for data design. 
Expert knowledge of BI tools and data visualisation libraries and associated coding languages. 
Able to balance the principles of great visual design with the constraints of available tooling. 
Experience defining templates and standards for data visualisation. 
Able to interact with technical and non-technical audiences to successfully understand and articulate their needs 
Strong decision-making skills and capability to make sound judgement with limited supervision.  
Experience in reconciling conflicting views and articulating coherent rationales for action. 
Ability to identify problems and lead the delivery of solutions and preventative measures, escalating where appropriate. 
Proven ability to understand stakeholder needs, manage stakeholder expectations and influence at all levels on the use of data and insight. 
Proven ability to tailor the communication of insight in the most appropriate and compelling way for the audience, including through storytelling and visualisation. 

Desirable Skills and Experience: 

Knowledge and understanding of the health and care sectors. 
Good understanding of the principles of user interaction, experience design and good visual practice. 
Experience delivering training on use of BI tools. 
Experience using Microsoft Power BI for reporting and visualisation. 
Experience using JavaScript libraries such as D3, Vega, jQuery for visualisation. 

For an informal discussion or further information on this role, please contact Taryn Coop, Visualisation Lead: [email protected] 

Individual adjustments... 

We are committed to being open and transparent around our processes and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. We seek to support candidates to identify potential challenges and work with them to identify and facilitate reasonable adjustments as appropriate. Should you require assistance and/or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the team via email: [email protected] 

CQC is committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our people can flourish and reach their full potential. We know diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from everyone regardless of: age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

Our Values

Excellence – Meeting our challenge to be a high-performing organisation
Caring – Treating everyone with dignity and respect
Integrity – Demonstrating our passion for ‘doing the right thing’
Teamwork – Enabling us to be the best we can