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Data Governance Specialist
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Remote
Rate: £550 - £600 per day DOE
Status: OUTSIDE IR35
Clearance: Eligible for SC Clearance
Start Date: ASAP
Summary:
My market leading client are looking to secure the services of a contract-based data governance specialist to assist with critical project work for a government customer.
Ideal consultants will come from a strong consultancy background with a proven track record of supporting public sector transformation projects. Consultants will need to be able to start ASAP.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and implement data governance frameworks, policies and operating models.
- Define data ownership, stewardship and accountability structures.
- Establish governance for attributes, metadata, data standards and lifecycle management.
- Ensure traceability between policy, risk, controls and technical implementation.
- Support compliance, audit and assurance activities.
- Facilitate governance workshops and decision-making forums.
- Drive consistency across multiple projects, organisations and stakeholders.
- Produce governance artefacts, standards, processes and reporting.
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Essential Experience
- Defining cross organisation data-sharing agreements
- Establishing attribute / policy-based access control context and translating into enforceable conditions
- Exposure to Government security standards i.e. Technology Code of Practice, NCSC guidance, GovAssure, UK GDPR and data handling schemes
- Establishing practical data ownership, stewardship, metadata and data quality practices.
- UK data protection legislation and controls (UK GDPR, DPA 2018, DPIAs, RoPA etc)
- Strong understanding of data governance, risk and compliance principles.
- Collaborating closely with business and technical stakeholders.
- Excellent stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills.
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