Data Migration and Governance Specialist Full Time NEW

Role Overview

Thirteen Group is seeking two Data Migration and Governance Specialists (internally known as a Data Migration and Governance Engineer) on a 12-month fixed term contract.

Experience in NEC or Asprey data migrations would be highly advantageous!

We’re undertaking key transformation projects to help us create a smarter, more connected Thirteen. By bringing in better technology and clearer data, we’re looking to create a future where customers get a smoother experience and colleagues have the tools they need to do their best work.

This is a hybrid role, so you’ll be expected to work between home and our fantastic office at Hudson Quay in Middlesbrough. We’ll need you to be flexible around business and team need, so you may need to come into the office more frequently when required.

Thirteen Benefits

• Salary £51,398 per annum
• Annual leave starting at 28 days and rising to 31 days after three years, a day off for your birthday, plus bank holidays.
• Pension up to 17% contributions (flexible contribution rates of up to 7% colleague and up to 10% employer).
• Simply Health save money on common health expenses and get access to health and wellbeing support services.
• T’dar our Discount and Reward platform giving you huge savings on everyday brands.
• Opportunities to buy and sell annual leave

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver proactive data quality monitoring using validation rules, automated checks and reporting to ensure trusted data.
• Identify and resolve data issues, working with technical and operational teams to address root causes and embed improvements.
• Support data migration, integration and cleansing activities, ensuring data integrity throughout system transitions.
• Maintain and enhance data governance assets, including data dictionaries, lineage, and standards.
• Collaborate with business users and system owners to improve data input quality and promote consistent standards.
• Enable data quality tooling and support audit and compliance requirements through accurate reporting and evidence.

About You

• Experience of delivering data migration, data quality or governance activities within complex system environments.
• An understanding of ETL, data cleansing and integration principles and how they apply in practice.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with a structured approach to root-cause analysis and issue resolution.
• The ability to work across technical and non-technical teams, influencing improvements in data processes and standards.
• A strong focus on data accuracy, consistency and continuous improvement, with a passion for high-quality data.
• Experience using Microsoft Purview (or similar tools) for data scanning, data cataloguing and supporting data quality and governance activities.

Why Thirteen

At Thirteen, we work together to provide quality homes, build stronger communities, and support people to live well. As the largest housing association in the North East and among the top 25 nationally, we manage over 36,000 homes, with over 1,600 colleagues providing services for around 100,000 customers.

Our vision is to be the most trusted housing association, with happy customers. In fact, we put customers at the heart of everything we do.

• Join a team that’s local at heart but welcomes talent from everywhere.
• Be part of an organisation that values diversity and inclusivity.
• Be a part of a company that offers tailored support services, going beyond just housing solutions.

Interested?

For more details, please refer to the attached documents.

If you’d like to talk more about the role, please contact Lesley Addison, Data Migration and Governance Manager on 07741 831357 for an informal discussion.

NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES, please.

Are You Ready for a Rewarding Challenge?

Join us at Thirteen Group and be a part of our vision to improve lives every day. APPLY NOW and start your journey towards making a meaningful impact in our community!

As part of our hiring process, if you’re successful we’ll need to verify your right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not a Skilled Worker Sponsoring Employer at this time.