Senior Network Data Advisor contract with Local Gov

Your New Company
Join a major public sector organisation delivering a significant transport technology program designed to improve how road network access decisions are managed and automated.
You'll work within an established project team alongside technical specialists, policy teams, operational stakeholders, road and asset managers, local government and external delivery partners. This is an opportunity to contribute to a complex program with a strong focus on network data, data quality and operational readiness.
Your New Role
As the Senior Advisor (Network/Data), you will provide specialist network and data capability across multiple releases of the National Automated Access System (NAAS).
You will be responsible for coordinating, validating and preparing road, route, structure, restriction, condition, access and business-rule data to support accurate automated access decisions. Working across multiple data owners and stakeholders, you'll maintain a consolidated view of data readiness and ensure information is fit for operational and system use.
Key responsibilities will include:

- Establishing and maintaining a consolidated view of network and data readiness across current and future NAAS releases
- Coordinating the collection, analysis, validation and conversion of network, route, structure, restriction and access datasets
- Assessing data completeness, consistency, traceability and overall fitness for operational use
- Identifying data gaps, quality issues, dependencies and remediation requirements
- Translating existing access arrangements and operational conditions into system-ready data and business rules
- Preparing data inputs and evidence packs to support UAT, system validation and defect resolution
- Tracking data remediation activities, defects, dependencies, risks and escalation requirements
- Developing data documentation, lineage records,



decision records and stewardship materials
- Preparing technical advice, data-readiness reports, briefings and recommendations
- Supporting the transition of validated datasets and ongoing data stewardship responsibilities into business-as-usual operations

What You'll Need to Succeed
To succeed in this role, you'll bring strong experience in network data, spatial/GIS information, asset information, data analysis, data quality, transport network management, heavy vehicle access or a closely related field.
You will ideally demonstrate:

- Robust experience analysing and reconciling large or complex datasets from multiple sources
- Knowledge of road, route, structure, restriction, condition, asset or operational datasets
- Experience identifying data quality issues and applying structured quality assurance processes
- The ability to translate operational and business requirements into clear, traceable and implementation-ready data products
- Experience supporting system implementations, data conversion, UAT, defect resolution or release readiness
- Knowledge of data governance, data lineage, stewardship and business transition practices
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills across technical and non-technical environments
- The ability to work effectively in a matrix project environment involving multiple subject matter experts and data owners
- Highly developed written communication skills, including technical documentation, reports, briefings and recommendations

What you'll get in return

You'll have the opportunity to work on a high-profile transport technology initiative with broad operational impact across road networks and future vehicle access arrangements.

A long-term contract opportunity through to 7 May 2027What you need to do now

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