Data Governance Lead

• Exciting opportunity to take full ownership of our Data Governance journey
• Flexible working options, WFH days + company wellbeing program
• Permanent full-time position + monthly RDO
• $105,762 - $118,346, band 7 (subject to experience) + super

The City of Casey is one of Victoria’s largest, fastest growing and most diverse cities. The Council plans and delivers quality services and infrastructure for the more than 400,000 residents who call Casey home.

Our workspace is located within Bunjil Place, a must-visit destination nestled within Narre Warren in Melbourne’s south east. Bunjil Place reflects and enhances the city’s rich diversity by providing an energetic and cosmopolitan atmosphere through a lively community meeting place.

Our Benefits:

Benefits | City of Casey 

• Development-focused organisation with access to diverse professional development courses, networks and programs, including financial support for obtaining relevant certifications.
• Flexible work options, including remote work, flexible hours, and the ability to purchase additional leave.
• Multi-award-winning architectural office building with equipped kitchens, free coffee, onsite café, library, and so much more.
• 2 minutes’ walk to Westfield shopping centre, free onsite carpark, gym/pool with discounted memberships and free workout Wednesday.

We live our values of dreaming big, empowering each other, and making our community proud.

A bit about the role

As the Data Governance Lead at the City of Casey, you'll be at the forefront of driving effective data governance across our organisation. Your role will focus on enhancing our data maturity and quality, ensuring compliance, and developing a robust data governance framework.

You'll collaborate with technical and business teams to define data policies, improve data quality, and promote a culture of data literacy. This is a key leadership position where you will shape our data architecture, improve processes, and ensure compliance with privacy laws, all while fostering a high standard of data ownership and accountability throughout the organisation.

What you’ll deliver

• Define and maintain data architecture, policies and standards to provide a coherent and appropriate data governance framework, that links to both information and cyber security governance.
• Work with business data owners and core data teams, in particular analytics, spatial, information management and architecture to develop and agree appropriate data governance across the organisation.
• Work with business data owners and their teams to implement data governance and support data quality improvements.
• Promote data literacy across the organisation and conduct training sessions and workshops on data governance best practices.
• Define data ownership and accountability across our business and develop guidelines and principles to support this.

What you’ll bring

• Relevant bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related subject; information management, computer science, data analysis, statistics, engineering or similar.
• Significant experience of data governance or related fields; analysing multiple data types and structures to effectively and efficiently manage them as a coherent whole.
• Demonstrated ability to use highly developed communication skills to proactively engage with stakeholders to lift their understanding and ability to make best use of their data.
• Demonstrated ability to understand, manipulate and analyse varied data sets.
• Experience with on-premise and cloud applications and data sources.
• Willingness to undergo pre-employment background checks including National Criminal History Check, Working with Children Check & Eligibility to Work check.
• A curious, collaborative, and inclusive community mindset.

What’s next?

If you think this role might be for you, we would love to hear from you.

Please apply by following the links and attaching a cover letter and resume. We do not require any selection criteria to be addressed.

To find out more about the role, please contact John Howell, Head of Data Analytics and Security jhowell@casey.vic.gov.au.

Applications will be accepted until 11.55pm on Sunday 8th December 2024.

We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

At the City of Casey, we are proud to be an inclusive, child safe, and equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, cultures, backgrounds, and abilities, including those with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTIQA+ communities, multicultural communities, and refugee or migrant backgrounds.

We are committed to providing a diverse, safe, and inclusive environment where everyone can grow and succeed. We promote gender equity and actively address barriers to employment, ensuring participation without discrimination and supporting workplace adjustments.

For any reasonable adjustments or access needs during the application or interview process, please contact the Talent Team at 9709 9777 or Talent@casey.vic.gov.au.

The City of Casey reserves the right not to make any appointments for this position.

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