Sanctuary is one of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and community services. With around 13,000 employees, we maintain a culture where diversity is valued and talent is nurtured and rewarded.
Data Engineer
Worcester
£73,166 - £77,017 per year plus Company car or car allowance
35 hours per week – 9:00am to 5:00pm
This role sits in Data Management Team as part of Technology which is responsible for delivering Technology capability within Sanctuary Group to ensure employees have access to the systems they need to perform their duties. This role reports into the Head of Data Engineering.
The role of Data Engineer will include:
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-Managing and delivering the continuous improvement of Sanctuary's enterprise data engineering capabilities
-Full responsibility for the end-to-end ETL lifecycle across a complex SAP and non-SAP data landscape, responsible for defining, building and scaling a modern data platform aligned to business needs
-Championing modern data engineering practices and shape the roadmap for data engineering initiatives ensuring resilience, availability, scalability, governance and performance to support Sanctuary's business goals
-Partnering with Data Governance, Data Architecure, Data Enablement, BI and business teams to fully understand data requirements and build fit-for-purpose solutions
Skills and experiences:
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-Understanding of SAP data structures and LSMW data uploads
-Good understanding of SAP analytics product roadmap
-Comprehensive experience managing Data Engineering initiatives in complex environments
-Excellent organisational and planning skills
Why work for us?
We provide homes and care for more than 250,000 people in England and Scotland. Our customers are at the heart of all we do. With around 14,000 colleagues, we foster a diverse and inclusive culture, and nurture and reward talent.
Our Benefits
As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:
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-25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays
-A pension scheme with matching employer contributions from Sanctuary up to set limits
-Life Assurance
-Employee Volunteering scheme
-Employee Advice Service including counselling
-Cycle to Work scheme
-Voluntary health plans
-Employee discounts
-Wellbeing support and tools
-Employee recognition scheme
-Employee platform to access your reward and wellbeing package online, find exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources and recognition tools
-Employee Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
-Role salary is £54,197 with an additional policy allowance of £18,969 per annum (rising to £57,050 with an additional policy allowance of £19,967 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)
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Closing Date: 5 October 2025
If you're unsure about any details, have questions about the role or want to discuss a need for adjustments, our fantastic talent team will be happy to help you # reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.
View more detail about what it’s like to work for our organisation, and what we offer on our Sanctuary careers pages at - sanctuary/join-our-team
Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.
Building Equality and Diversity
Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent unlawful working.
Sanctuary Group is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.
