Senior Data Manager This role is a full-time
opportunity to join the Local Peoples team permanently, with your
first project supporting our Federal Government client. Local
Peoples partners with government agencies to deliver data-driven
insights, governance frameworks, and information management
capabilities. Beyond this project, you will contribute to impactful
initiatives that improve data quality, accessibility, and
decision-making across Australian Government agencies. About the
first project: The initial engagement involves supporting Services
Australia to implement and maintain robust data management
practices, quality controls, and governance arrangements. You will
work closely with the agency’s data community to monitor, report,
and ensure adherence to policies, frameworks, and standards. The
role combines technical data expertise, stakeholder engagement, and
business process improvement to maximise the value of
organisational data. The position is based in the ACT with hybrid
working arrangements, requiring full-time presence for the first 6
weeks and typically a minimum of 3 days onsite thereafter.
Responsibilities: Ensure agency-wide adherence to data quality
assurance and governance practices. Develop, implement, and
maintain data management and platform documentation to support best
practice. Manage and provide advice on data stewardship,
classification, business glossaries, and data quality
documentation. Undertake validation and analysis of business rules,
metadata, statistics, relationships, and patterns. Support the
uplift of agency data literacy, governance maturity, and quality
management practices. Facilitate integration, collection, and
editing of data, ensuring compliance with security, privacy, and
ethical standards. Contribute to business process improvements
using data insights and technology solutions. Collaborate with
internal and external stakeholders to deliver actionable data
outputs, products, and services. Support database design, storage
management, and the production of reports, ensuring reliability and
consistency of data.



Provide expert advice and guidance to maximise
the use and value of organisational data. Qualifications:
Experience in data management, information management, or related
disciplines. Robust understanding of data governance, data quality
assurance, and business process improvement. Demonstrated ability
to work independently under limited direction, manage competing
priorities, and contribute to organisational planning. Essential
Criteria: Business Process Improvement: Level 5 – analysis, design,
and implementation of process improvements. Data Access,
Governance, and Management: Level 2-5 – ensuring data security,
privacy, ethics, and adherence to standards. Data Classification
and Collection: Level 2 – knowledge of protocols, coding,
methodologies, and metadata analysis. Data Editing and Quality
Assurance: Level 2 – ability to produce accurate, trustworthy, and
fit-for-purpose datasets. Data Modelling, Integration, and Database
Design: Level 4 – implement structures and designs to support
organisational data needs. Governance and Information Management:
Level 5-6 – implement frameworks, policies, and standards, advising
stakeholders. Value Organisational Data as Assets: Level 1 –
identify opportunities to leverage data for evidence-based decision
making. Residency and Clearance Must have Baseline Clearance or be
able to obtain one Australian Citizen This role is open to ACT
(full-time onsite for the first 6 weeks, then hybrid arrangements)
Who are Local Peoples? Local Peoples is a strategic research and
design studio based in Melbourne and Canberra. Our mission is to
design healthy, resilient and resourceful communities. We are proud




to be a certified B-Corporation with a strong focus on our social,
environmental and economic impact. We work across brand and digital
design, place and experience design,, content and community
engagement. Our key partners include state and local government,
social enterprises, universities and large commercial
organisations. All are experiencing complex challenges right now
and we believe that design research, thinking and delivery can help
to solve these challenges and make positive change for people and
the planet. We produce www.mattersjournal.com , a publication and
community of 100K+, which focuses on design-led social innovation
and impact. Why join Local Peoples? Representative and inclusive -
we are dedicated to building an inclusive and accessible workplace
for people from diverse backgrounds Impact driven - work towards
achieving real impact for people and the environment Fantastic
culture - driven by a welcoming, supportive and collaborative team
environment Professional support for design excellence - benefit
from being a part of one of Australia’s fastest growing design and
delivery communities Flexible working arrangements - including the
ability to work remotely Market rate salaries - attractive
remuneration packages in line with the market rate Flexible
employment types - including the preference for permanent, but will
consider contracting Local Peoples proudly supports the LGBTQ+
community, neurodiverse individuals, and First Nations people. We
are committed to creating inclusive spaces where everyone,
regardless of their identity, feels valued and respected. Together,
we strive for equality and a positive future for all. Local Peoples
works, creates, and plays on the lands of the Wurundjeri, Bunurong,
and Wathaurong peoples of the Kulin Nation, land which has never
been ceded. We thank them for caring for this land for over 40,000
years and recognize and pay our deepest respect to Elders past,
present, and emerging. This always was and always will be
Aboriginal land

📌 Senior Data Manager (Australian Capital Territory)
🏢 Local Peoples
📍 Australian Capital Territory