Job Description

Brief description

The main purpose of this position is to analyse and provide insight into the current state of data and its maturity, and to support reliable and effective decision-making within the Corporate Services Department (CSD) to support various divisions - such as Facilities Management, Engineering and Programme Delivery - within the South African Reserve Bank (SARB).

Detailed description

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


Discover data by applying data discovery mechanisms to establish the datasets within CSD's projects or operations, including those related to facilities, engineering and the built environment. Identify the data profiles of the datasets discovered to determine completeness and compliance as well as for the purpose of data management across the corporate services and built environment domains. Establish relationships between data elements and their impact on the business. Understand business requirements and address matters of data completeness and data quality/integrity. Conduct analysis to track dataset life cycles from initial generation to eventual archival and/or deletion. Conduct data analysis to determine various categories of data and information to align with business requirements. Conduct data analysis to determine the importance of the data to the business and the probability of reuse, aligning data outcomes with departmental needs and corporate objectives. Produce regular reports and provide status updates as well as information for the business domain. Develop and manage stakeholder relations to promote data management across the relevant departments, support reliable decision-making, and support data governance and appropriate data usage. * Provide input and specialist advice as data transitions from source to destination.