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Data Steward
Job Location:
Job Location:
Pretoria - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
23 September 2026 (2 days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
21 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Position is to act as a data steward and support the information management function in managing and overseeing data and information assets to provide the business with high-quality and consistently accessible data and information.
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Prepare and provide accurate and reliable data and information in support of strategic decisions.
- Acquire new data sources to enable effective departmental decision-making.
- Create and maintain consistent metadata in a manner that allows for clear and unambiguous data definitions and meets legislative quality and security requirements.
- Create and maintain business metadata for published data sources to ensure they are easily discoverable and meaningful to information consumers.
- Prepare relevant data for appropriate consumers in the company Group and relevant stakeholders and monitor published data sources for usage relevance and quality feedback.
- Ensure that assigned data elements are current do not conflict with other data elements in the metadata registry and are used consistently 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 their appropriate application.
- Propose and implement refinements and continuous improvements to systems tools methods and processes in own area.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- A bachelors degree in either information technology computer science or mathematics or an equivalent NQF7 qualification in a related field;
- Five to eight years experience in any of the relevant data management disciplines such as data governance metadata management master data management business intelligence and data development; and
- Relevant certifications such as Certified Data Steward will be an advantage.
