Overview:
Contract: Permanent
Location: Hybrid working - Head office: Quorum Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
Hours per week: 37
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum, depending on experience
Shape real change with an NCFE career
Imagine a career where your contributions affect not only what people learn, but the way that learning is developed and delivered. NCFE is a place where employees not only make a positive social impact – influencing the lives of thousands of learners – but where you will have the opportunity to influence the way we work and directly shape our future direction.
With over 170 years of education experience our core purpose remains at the heart of the organisation – to promote and advance learning to create a fairer, more inclusive society. We have built a high-performance workplace culture, backed by a strong set of values and behaviours, to ensure we’re working together as one organisation to make sure no learner is left behind.
About the role
We’re seeking experienced Data Engineers to join our Data and Analytics team. This is a challenging and exciting role within the team.
Your responsibilities will include working on key projects for our core business and digital transformation delivering data integrations, pipelines, and warehousing solutions. In addition, you will help to create an environment in which the Data & Analytics team can grow through improving our data engineering practices.
NCFE is in the process of moving to a Microsoft Azure Synapse and Data Factory based landscape for our data integration and data warehousing needs. In addition, we are adopting MS Dynamics 365 suite of applications for our core systems and intend to utilise the MS Dataverse in our technology architecture. You'll need to be able to build data engineering solutions for this landscape as well as working in our legacy architecture of SSIS, SSRS and SQL server.
We'd love to hear from you if you hold the following key skills and experience:
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Strong Microsoft SQL knowledge and experience.
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Data modelling experience.
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Experience with Microsoft Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse
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Experience of integration SSIS and SSRS.
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Experience in developing integration solutions.
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Experience of working with JSON, XML, flat files, structured and non-structured datasets.
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Ability to coach individuals to resolve any data/reporting related issues.
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Ability to work on your own initiative and work to within deadlines.
We’d also like to highlight the following learning, development and career opportunities in this role:
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We’ll support and encourage your continued technical and management development.
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You’ll work with our Solutions Architects, Data Engineering Manager and IT Development.
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You’ll be responsible, as part of a wider team of data engineers, for the development of data integrations, pipelines and warehouses for our Digital Transformation and other projects.
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Your key objectives will include the adoption of best practices to support our data engineering needs.
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As well as experience in adoption of Microsoft Azure Synapse, ADF and Integration Services you’ll be familiar with SSRS and SSIS to understand work with our legacy estate
This role requires hybrid working therefore you will need to be within travel distance of Head Office to ensure you can work from the office 2 times a month.
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What will we offer you in return?
One of the biggest rewards of a career with NCFE is contributing to our promise to support the delivery of the highest possible quality learning experiences for our learners and for them to achieve the best possible outcomes as a result.
You will also have access to a fantastic range of employee benefits and support for your personal and professional development. Benefits include:
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Company Pension, employer’s contribution up to 9% when you contribute 3%
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Life Assurance (4 x basic salary)
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£200 personal development allowance per year
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£400 towards any NCFE accredited qualifications per year
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Two hours a month to spend on personal development
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Free learning resources on our in-house 'Learning to Grow' platform
We also support your health and wellbeing by giving all colleagues access to:
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A minimum of 25 days holiday per year, plus 8 bank holidays
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An additional 3 days off during the Christmas closure
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A flexible and hybrid approach to working to support a work-life balance
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Westfield Health Cash Plan worth up to the value of £635
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Employee Assistance Programme - including a 24/7 confidential help line and counselling sessions
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Doctor Line - same day appointments
Want to know more about NCFE?
Take a look at our website https://www.ncfe.org.uk/
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) statement
Creating a fairer and more inclusive society is at the core of who we are at NCFE. We're committed to building rich diversity into our workforce at all levels, to ensure that we understand and are representative of the communities and customers we serve.
We do not discriminate against anyone due to their gender, sexuality, race, age, religion, beliefs, identity, social background, visible or hidden disability, or neurodiversity. Instead, we pride ourselves on our collaborative, vibrant and high-performance culture which embraces everyone, celebrates uniqueness, and enables everyone's voice to be heard.
Our dedicated Diversity and Inclusion team works across our organisation to achieve this.
How to apply
Before applying, please note that we require all candidates to be able to demonstrate proof of Right to Work in the UK.
Ready to join us and shape real change? Apply with your CV if you have the commitment to excel in this position. We look forward to learning more about you.
Closing Date: Tuesday 18 April 2023
Interview Date: w/c 24 April 2023