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Data Officer

Salary £34,100 pa
Location Bedford
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This is a Fixed Term Contract, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

About the Role

As a Data Officer, you will play a key part in supporting the delivery of our Asset Management Strategy. You will ensure that our property data is accurate, accessible and meaningful, helping us plan and deliver essential works and meet our long‑term strategic goals.

You will:

  • Manage the end‑to‑end process for gathering and validating stock condition data, ensuring all properties are surveyed in line with our five‑year cycle.
  • Lead on the collection, validation and analysis of asset, compliance and stock condition data to support strategic planning and investment decisions.
  • Work closely with the Asset Data Manager and Project teams to prepare planned works programmes and ensure data is clean, complete and ready for budget planning.
  • Maintain and update our Asset Performance Model, providing insights that support decisions on investment, performance and growth.
  • Test and challenge current data systems and processes to ensure our sources are consistent, auditable and reliable.
  • Investigate data anomalies to improve accuracy and support better decision‑making.
  • Produce high‑quality analysis and reports for teams across the business.
  • Support enquiries from internal stakeholders, providing accurate property‑related information.
  • Update stock condition surveys and provide guidance to users.
  • Contribute to our work on Decent Homes Standard and energy efficiency reporting, supporting our commitment to reach EPC Band C by 2030 and net zero by 2050.

About You

We’re looking for someone who is analytical, collaborative and passionate about data quality.

As a Data Officer you will bring:

Key Skills & Attributes

  • Highly numerate with a strong practical understanding of data analysis, statistical techniques and reporting.
  • Confident communicator with excellent written and verbal skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective working relationships across teams.
  • Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, and data skills specifically in the use of formulas, pivot tables, tables, querying etc. Ability to adapt to specialist software.
  • Able to work independently as well as positively with colleagues and external partners.
  • A professional approach and commitment to representing bpha positively at all times.

Experience & Qualifications

  • Experience working with data, ideally in a property, compliance or asset management environment.
  • Good general level of education (or relevant experience).

INDHIGH

bpha is a Housing Association located in the Oxford to Cambridge Corridor, which is committed to providing its customers with high quality, value for money services whilst continuing to develop energy efficient, sustainable and affordable housing.

We are a leading provider and developer of affordable homes – for rent, shared ownership and supported housing.

We work together with communities – to improve opportunities, independence and quality of life for our residents, and to benefit the wider community. We bring people together, and run and support a wide range of community activities.

We invest the money we make in existing homes, to enable us to build new homes, and to deliver new and improved services.

As a bpha employee, you’d be joining 500 passionate and valued colleagues. All working together, to achieve our mission and deliver quality service for over 20,000 homes and a more than 33,000 residents (and counting!).

‘Quality homes. Connected communities’.

Our vision underpins our commitment to provide and maintain safe, sustainable, efficient, high standard homes for local people.

Our values underpin the work that we do and are ingrained in our culture at bpha. We are looking for people who can share these values and translate them into day-to-day practices for the benefit of our communities, customers and fellow colleagues. So that we can realise our vision, together.

We are ambitious

We are better together

We show empathy

We take responsibility

We believe that benefits should be more than just perks. For us, they aren’t simply little extras added on at the end, they’re fundamental parts of what we stand for, from the very beginning. As standard.

That’s why at bpha, we reward our employees by making sure we give them a supportive and caring environment, that empowers them to be happy, healthy and inspired, every day.

  • Holiday entitlement of 28-33 days a year, plus public holidays
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Competitive pay
  • Life assurance cover

  • Private healthcare
  • Mental Health First Aid
  • Counselling service
  • Eye tests
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Free annual flu jabs
  • Wellbeing activities and events
  • Free fruit and refreshments

  • Long service award
  • Annual staff recognition awards
  • Discretionary reward scheme

  • Annual volunteering day
  • Social events, clubs and activities
  • Breakout areas
  • Onsite cafe/restaurant at headquarters

  • Opportunities for professional training and qualifications
  • Workshops and training sessions for new skills
  • A fresh and modern eLearning platform

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