Information Governance Specialist - BSTD at South African Reserve Bank

Brief description

• The main purpose of this position is to drive the improvement of data governance and security maturity within the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Group, supporting reliable decision-making, proper data usage and data protection.

Detailed description

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

• Assess data governance and security maturity levels within the SARB Group, benchmarking against best practices.
• Develop standards, guidelines, processes and procedures for data governance and security within the SARB Group.
• Raise awareness of data governance and security throughout the organisation to ensure appropriate use of business information. 
• Support the development of the SARB data strategy and monitor its progress.
• Define measurement criteria and metrics for data governance and security to enable reliable decision-making and proper data usage.
• Monitor, measure and report on data stewardship levels to ensure appropriate use of data.
• Enhance data governance and security capability by developing relevant stakeholders in all aspects of data governance and security.
• Provide oversight in resolving data governance and security issues.
• Oversee the development of a data security management plan.
• Develop and maintain effective stakeholder relations to promote data governance and security awareness, supporting reliable decision-making and appropriate data use across the organisation.

Qualifications
Job requirements

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

• a Bachelor’s degree in either Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering or an equivalent qualification in a related field; 
• five to eight years’ experience in data management; and
• relevant data governance and security certification (e.g. CDMP Associate) will be an advantage. 

Additional requirements include:

knowledge and skill in:

• enterprise information management (EIM) strategy;
• EIM legislation and governance, risk and compliance;
• information governance;
• EIM reporting;
• industry, organisational and business awareness; and
• continued learning and/or professional development.

Deadline:26th January,2026