Data Specification Specialist

Data Specification Specialist - 2 year fixed term contract Salary: £40,122 per annum Location: Flexible - able to travel within our operating regions Hours: 37 hours per week Closing date: 8 October 2025 The Vacancy Is data your thing? Do you enjoy how the use of data can influence business decisions? If so keep reading. As our Data Specification Specialist, you’ll be playing a pivotal role in ensuring the quality, consistency and integrity of data relating to our physical assets and components. The role will see you developing, implementing and maintaining robust data specifications, standards and governance frameworks, which will support strategic decision making, asset management and compliance. You’ll be overseeing data migration and integration projects to ensure effective transfer and consolidation of data. You’ll be developing data mapping and transformation rules to maintain data integrity. Responsibilities for the role will also include – • Developing comprehensive data specifications, including data definitions, formats and quality standards • Collaborating with internal stakeholders to identify data requirements, ensuring alignment with business objectives • Establishing data governance policies, procedures and standards to ensure data quality, integrity and security • Implementing data quality assurance measures, including data cleansing, validation and reconciliation processes About you You will come to the role with proven experience of data management and data governance preferably within the housing or construction industry. You’ll have proficiency in data management tools and technologies, eg SQL, Python, data visualisation tools. You will have knowledge of industry-specific standards and regulations related to physical asset date, eg ISO, PAS. Your analytical skills will be one of your main strengths and you’ll be confident in your problem solving skills. You will understand how data isn’t understood by everyone, so you’ll be able to adapt your messaging to suit your audience, using your strong communication skills to ensure that there’s understanding. This is a hybrid role. The team do come together for meetings from time to time, so having the ability to travel to Devizes and Andover as required will be important. What’s in it for me We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like: • Flexible working – whilst some roles need to be carried out in a specific place at a specific time, where possible we encourage our colleagues to work to their own schedule at a location that suits them, their team and our business’ needs • A focus on colleague wellbeing – workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash plan • We invest in colleagues’ careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks • Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance • Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back • Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots more • Enhanced leave • We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives Ready to apply? To apply, please use information provided in the advert and role profile to let us know why you’d be good for the job. Please submit a copy of your up-to-date CV along with a supporting statement. We create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and believe that creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work is the right thing to do. Aster is not a sponsorship organisation and all candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & it’s subsidiary brands.