The role
Are you a creative problem-solver with a passion for data and the environment? We’re looking for a technically skilled and imaginative individual to join our Master Data Team as an Advisor. In this pivotal role, you’ll help shape the future of the Welsh Environmental Information Portal—a platform that transforms Natural Resources Wales’ data into compelling story apps and interactive reports for a wide range of users.
Your work will directly support smarter decision-making, policy development, and public engagement by ensuring our environmental data is accurate, accessible, and impactful.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Collaborating with a forward-thinking, flexible team that works across locations.
- Supporting and enhancing the tools and systems that power our data services.
- Helping colleagues across the organisation unlock the full potential of our data through visualisation and reporting.
- Playing a key role in making environmental information not just available—but meaningful.
This is more than a data role—it’s a chance to make a real difference. You’ll be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning, all while contributing to the protection and sustainable management of Wales’ natural resources.
As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to the nearest NRW office to your home and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.
To make an informal enquiry about this role, please contact Georgia Power at Georgia.G.Power@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk
Interviews will take place through Microsoft Teams
Successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) check. Appointments are normally made within 4 to 8 weeks of the closing date.
About us
This role sits in the Master Data Team which is a vital part of our Digital, Data and Technology directorate, driving how we manage, share, and make sense of data across Natural Resources Wales. We're passionate about harnessing the power of data and digital innovation to protect and enhance Wales’ natural environment. Whether it's supporting evidence-based decisions or creating tools that bring environmental stories to life, our work helps shape a more sustainable future for everyone.
What you will do
- Support the system owner for NRW's suite of master data tools (e.g. data stores, data integration tools and dashboard / reporting tools) by providing technical database administration and configuration; managing user permissions and working closely with colleagues in ICT, external contractors or partners on developments, upgrades etc.
- Import, export, transform, validate and quality assure NRW data following NRW/industry standards. This will be across a variety of data themes, data formats and from a range of IT applications.
- Provide ITIL resolver support, training and guidance to staff across NRW, dealing with complex technical support queries from staff in the use of NRW's suite of data integration tools and dashboard / reporting tools.
- Maintain corporate reference dictionaries and term lists that are used to standardise (master) data capture and retrieval in NRW.
- Work with NRW data custodians and specialists in the master data team to help define, manage, check and audit NRW's corporate data standards. This includes the writing scripts to help with quality checking.
- Create operational reports, dashboards and business views of our data to meet operational needs.
- Support the team leader and master data specialists to deliver improvement projects and solutions by contributing to the specification, testing and service introduction of new solutions.
- Represent master data in relevant task and finish groups, networks and governance groups.
- Support and train new or temporary staff within the Master Reference Data Team.
- Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post
- Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post
- Be committed to your own development through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
- Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.
Your qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills
In your application and interview you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method.
- Excellent data management skills and experience in managing data in a business context E.g. collating, warehousing, managing, transforming, manipulating, interrogating, archiving, extracting, analysing and using data; including experience in using enterprise reporting, integration or transformation tools e.g. FME, SSRS, PowerBI, SSAS, SSIS.
- Experience of database administration of either a corporate database, a data warehousing, data integration tools, or data interrogating, visualisation and reporting tools.
- An understanding of data sensitivities and experience of managing sensitive and confidential information.
- Degree in a relevant subject or a good grounding in data management, natural, environmental or computer science.
- Experience of providing users support in a data or IT environment. An understanding of the ITIL framework or similar governance framework for application development and user support is desirable.
- The ability to use Windows and Microsoft Office applications confidently.
Welsh Language level requirements
- Essential: Level A1 - Entry level
Welsh language levels
Please note if you do not meet the A1 requirement i.e., ability to understand basic phrases and ability to pronounce Welsh names correctly, then NRW offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Benefits
This role will offer a range of benefits, including:
- Civil Service Pension Scheme offering employer contributions of 28.97% (successful internal staff will remain in their current pension scheme)
- 28 days annual leave, rising to 33 days
- generous leave entitlements for all your life needs
- commitment to professional development
- health and wellbeing benefits and support
- weekly wellbeing hour to use as you choose
See full details for all the employee benefits you will receive.
Please keep reading
We’re passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We are committed to equal opportunities, and we guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
We want to attract and retain talented and highly skilled staff, so we make sure that our pay scales remain competitive. We advertise the full pay scale on our job descriptions. Appointed candidates start at the first point of the pay scale and annual increments are paid each year.
We want our staff to grow professionally and personally. From leadership development to access to further and higher education courses, our staff have opportunities to expand their knowledge on variety of topics, stay current in their field and continue to learn as their career progresses.
We are a Bilingual organisation which complies with the Welsh Language Standards. Welsh language skills are considered an asset to NRW, and we encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills.
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