(1269) Data Steward - CSD 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 across corporate services and built environment domains.
• Acquire new data sources in order to enable effective departmental decision making for CSD’s projects or operations, including those related to facilities, engineering, and the built environment.
• Create and maintain consistent meta data in a manner that allows for clear and unambiguous data definition and meets legislative, quality and security requirements.
• Create and maintain business metadata for published data sources to ensure that it is easily discoverable and meaningful to information consumers.
• Prepare relevant data for appropriate consumers in the SARB Group and relevant stakeholders and monitor the published data sources for usage/relevance/quality feedback.
• Ensure that the assigned data element is current and does not conflict with other data elements in the metadata registry and ensure consistency in data usage across various systems.
• Proactively identify and resolve data integrity and quality issues.
• Stay current with developments in all 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.
• Collaborate with technical support staff and analysts to ensure data readiness for dashboards, reports, and operational insights.
• Support data onboarding and training for departmental users engaging with the digital twin or smart building interfaces.

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• a Bachelor’s degree (NQF 7) in information technology, computer science, mathematics OR equivalent; and
• at least five to eight years’ job-related experience within the relevant environment.