We are working with a Federal Government service delivery agency to secure a Senior Metadata Officer (APS 6 equivalent). In this role, you will take operational leadership of metadata development across enterprise datasets, supervise metadata developers, and lead quality assurance to prepare mission-critical data assets for official registration and AI readiness.

Key Responsibilities

- Workstream Leadership: Plan and coordinate metadata development work packages for assigned enterprise datasets, track blockers and delivery milestones, and mentor/supervise metadata developers.
- Metadata Curation & Assurance: Curate and assess metadata records, data models, Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) artefacts, data dictionaries, and lineage documentation.
- Harmonisation: Resolve duplication, data gaps, and terminology inconsistencies across related assets; author clear, plain-English definitions and standardised data element descriptions.
- Standards Compliance: Apply formal metadata standards (primarily ISO/IEC 11179), alongside frameworks such as ONDC, DCAT,



and National Archives of Australia (NAA) requirements.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate workshops with business SMEs, data stewards, data engineers, and AI project leads to validate definitions and drive data asset registration.

What You Bring

- Demonstrated expertise implementing the ISO/IEC 11179 metadata standard for metadata registries and dictionaries (essential).
- Working knowledge of ONDC metadata attributes, DCAT, or NAA standards.
- Proven experience leading metadata development, quality assurance, or related enterprise data management work.
- Solid profiling and technical capability (advanced Excel, SQL, data model/lineage analysis).
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to bridge technical engineering and non-technical policy/business teams.
- Mandatory: Australian Citizenship (AGSVA Baseline or NV1 clearance held or checkable history required).

📌 Senior Metadata Officer (Melbourne)
🏢 Motion Recruitment
📍 Melbourne