Job Title: Data Manager-Data Quality
Salary: The starting salary is £48,995, which includes allowances totalling £3,009.
The salary is broken down as £45,986 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £54,863. Plus, a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: London & Hybrid (60% / 3-days per week in office). You can choose a ‘home base’ Met location from: Lambeth, Bromley, Bow, Hendon or Sidcup. We offer the flexibility to work in a Hybrid way, where you can deliver your best, including Working from Home (WFH). Travel across the Met Estate, to attend meetings as required by the business, is expected.
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Policing London is a hugely complex challenge that evolves every day. To make sure the Met is up to the task, we need the right IT and systems across our organisation. As a Data Manager-Data Quality, you will help to enable us to do our best for the London area. Join us and play your part in making London the safest capital in the world and delivering ‘More Trust, Less Crime and High Standards’.
As a member of the Met, you will also enjoy great benefits including annual leave, civil service pension arrangements, maternity/paternity support, as well as being part of a continuous learning culture.
Digital & Innovation Business Group
The Digital & Innovation Business Group brings together technology, the effective use of data, and our capability to deliver change and reform to drive the Met forward: this is central to progressing delivery of New Met for London 2. It includes the Met’s Transformation, Technology, Data and Analytics functions, as well as work underway to make the organisation more productive and efficient (referred to as Productivity & Efficiency or P&E). The Group was created in early 2026 and is led by Marie Heracleous, Chief Digital & Innovation Officer. It’s an exciting time to be part of D&I, as it builds new capabilities and ways of working to support the frontline and make a real difference to London.
D&I is committed to creating an inclusive working environment. We support hybrid working, and the hiring manager will be happy to discuss arrangements for this role.
Job Purpose
The Data Foundations function acts as the custodian of physical and digital data held within the Met. The Met has recently introduced a new crime and intelligence recording system which replacing multiple legacy systems, fundamentally changing the way the Met records, stores, and recalls data. The Data Manager-Data Quality vacancy is an exciting opportunity to influence the way the Met uses the data created to drive operational, tactical and strategic decision making. You will be joining a busy, complex and diverse portfolio of data SME’s and will be expected to actively foster a positive working culture based on trust, inclusivity and a proactive mentality. This is a dynamic role which involves working closely with the Senior Data Manager-Data Quality, teams within DDaT, and across the wider Met. You will act as a change agent, advocating for the effective use of data to meet strategic priorities whilst continually seeking opportunities to innovate. You will be joining a directorate where significant value is placed on your development and where you will have opportunities to learn, grow and progress.
Key Role Responsibilities
The Met Data Quality team plays an invaluable role in the data lifecycle to enable the Met to effectively utilise the data it holds to drive decision-making.
- Managing a team of Data Quality Supervisors and Data Quality Assistants.
- Supporting the work of your team members recognising and promoting opportunities to develop their skills.
- Upholding and improving Data quality standards, providing guidance and supporting frontline officers.
- Undertaking interventions to improve compliance where necessary.
- Working with the Senior Data Manager-Data Quality to improve understanding of Data Quality requirements and shortfalls to drive data accuracy.
- Ongoing development and monitoring of the Data Quality and Integrity Improvement Plan.
- Creating reports and dashboards with strong and impactful visuals and insight that are relevant to the business to effectively communicate data analysis results to non-technical stakeholders.
- Escalating Data Quality issues to the Senior Data Manager-Data Quality to ensure any identified risks are recorded and can be bought to the attention of the appropriate governance board to enable risk mitigation.
- Developing a deep understanding of data quality principles, how these can benefit Policing, evaluating the risk of when these are not in place.
- Managing the production of monthly data quality reports, prioritising core operational policing data and national reporting requirements.
We are looking for individuals who have a passion for data and understand the value of Data Quality in Policing.
Additional Information
Vetting Clearance
This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis. Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e)) level before taking up the post.
Working Pattern
Employment: Permanent, Full-Time (36-hours per week)
Hybrid Working available in line with the Metropolitan Police Service hybrid working policy.
You will be expected to work from a Met location for at least three days a week (60% of working time) to support our operational teams and collaborate effectively. For up to two days per week (no more than 40% of working time), you may be permitted to work from home, balancing flexibility with organisational need.
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply button “. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement (1-page of A4, 500 words maximum) you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experience (outlined in the essential criteria) make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and/or Personal Statement.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 10th September 2026.
Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview.
