(1729) Metadata Management Specialist - BSTD at South African Reserve Bank

Detailed description

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

• Develop tactical strategies and related action plans for metadata.
• Develop and promote metadata awareness across the SARB Group to ensure the appropriate collection and usage of data.
• Create, maintain and integrate a metadata environment that enables the sharing and standardisation of business information.
• Maintain and support the metadata platform as well as facilitate enhancements to it.
• Define business terms and develop a business dictionary/glossary to create a common understanding of business terms for the SARB Group and its relevant stakeholders.
• Determine the usage and treatment of business terms in business operations and functions to create a common understanding.
• Develop controls for business terms to support reliable decision-making.
• Monitor, measure and report on metadata quality levels to ensure the correct information is captured.
• Enable the improvement of metadata capability by developing and training relevant stakeholders in all aspects of metadata (e.g. the maintenance of the business glossary).
• Play an oversight role in the remediation of metadata issues.
• Proactively broaden own knowledge of metadata and apply new knowledge, technologies and skills for the benefit of the SARB Group.
• Actively participate in processes that continually aim to improve metadata-related systems, processes and procedures.
• Develop and manage stakeholder relationships to promote metadata awareness across the SARB Group and to support reliable decision-making.
• Drive the automation of metadata management processes and functions. 

Job requirements

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

• a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Management Information Systems, or an equivalent qualification in a related field;
• at least seven to eight years’ experience in the field of metadata management;
• experience in the financial sector would be a strong advantage; and
• a relevant data management certification (e.g. CDMP Associate).