Profectus is seeking expressions of interest from experienced Data Governance Specialists for likely future opportunities across the Australian Government. The work is likely to require setting up and running data governance arrangements, including data ownership and stewardship, data standards, metadata and data quality management, and the policies that control how data is shared and used.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop and maintain data governance policies, standards and procedures
- Define data ownership, custodianship and stewardship roles
- Set up and support data governance committees and decision processes
- Build and maintain data catalogues, business glossaries and metadata
- Define data quality rules and monitor data quality issues
- Assess data sharing requests against legislative, privacy and policy requirements
- Support data classification and handling in line with government requirements
- Assess data governance maturity and recommend improvements
- Provide data governance guidance to program and delivery teams

Required Experience

- Minimum five years in data governance or data management roles
- Developing data governance policies,



standards and operating models
- Data ownership and stewardship models
- Metadata management and data catalogues
- Data sharing, privacy and information management requirements
- Stakeholder engagement across business and technical teams
- DAMA CDMP certification or working knowledge of DAMA-DMBOK
- Data governance tools such as Microsoft Purview, Collibra or Alation
- Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022 or Five Safes framework
- Government or other regulated-industry data programs

Security Clearance Requirements

- Must be an Australian Citizen
- Must hold a current AGSVA Baseline Security Clearance (minimum)

Working Arrangements

- Hybrid

Why Profectus

Profectus partners with Australian Government agencies to deliver trusted ICT capability across complex delivery programs. We take a long term, relationship driven approach, supporting our people across the full lifecycle of their engagement while contributing to outcomes of national importance.

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📌 Data Governance Specialist (Canberra)
🏢 Profectus
📍 Canberra