Data Steward -RSD at South African Reserve Bank

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Prepare and provide accurate and reliable data and information in support of strategic decisions.
• Create and maintain business metadata for published data sources to ensure that it is easily discoverable and meaningful to information consumers.
• Create and maintain consistent metadata in a manner that allows for clear and unambiguous data definition and meets all legislative, quality and security requirements.
• Acquire new data sources in order to enable more effective departmental decision-making.
• Prepare relevant data for appropriate consumers in the PA and for relevant stakeholders, and monitor the published data sources for usage, relevance and quality feedback.
• Ensure that the assigned data element is current and does not conflict with other data elements in the metadata registry
•  Ensure consistency in data usage across various systems.
• Proactively identify and resolve data integrity and quality issues.
• Stay current with developments in all the functional areas relevant to information management, and ensure appropriate application thereof.
• Propose and implement the refinement and continuous improvement of systems, tools, methods and processes in own area.

QUALIFICATIONS

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must possess:

• the minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology (IT), Computer Science or Mathematics; and 
• the minimum of 5–8  years of experience in a relevant environment (e.g. master data management or data governance).

The following would be an added advantage: 

• relevant certifications (e.g. being qualified as a Certified Data Steward).

Additional requirements are as follows:

• Enterprise Information Management (EIM) legislation and governance as well as risk and compliance knowledge and skill;
• EIM reporting knowledge and skill;
• information governance knowledge and skill;
• data security knowledge and skill;
• reference and master data knowledge and skill;
• metadata management knowledge and skill;
• data quality management knowledge and skill;
• competence in Microsoft (MS) Office software packages (e.g. MS Excel, MS Word and MS PowerPoint);
• proficiency in verbal and written communication, including presentation and report-writing skills; and
• continuous improvement knowledge and skill