Data Governance & Quality Associate

We are seeking a motivated and highly organised Data Quality Governance Associate to join our Chief Data Office team, reporting to the Data Quality Lead. This is a junior governance and stakeholder-facing role focused on supporting the adoption of data quality frameworks, standards and operating practices across the business.

The successful candidate will help embed data quality best practice by working with business stakeholders to clarify roles and responsibilities, identify data owners and data stewards, document operating procedures, support process improvement, and promote business ownership of data quality. This role is suited to someone with an interest in data governance, data quality management, business engagement, process improvement and operating model support. It is not primarily a hands-on data cleansing, reporting, dashboarding or technical data analysis role. 

Key Responsibilities  

• Support the Data Quality Lead in the implementation and ongoing improvement of data quality frameworks, standards, policies and procedures. 

• Help embed data quality best practice across the business by engaging with stakeholders and supporting them in understanding their responsibilities for managing data quality. 

• Assist in identifying and documenting data owners, data stewards and data custodians across key business areas. 

• Support the definition and documentation of roles and responsibilities, including RACI matrices and operating model documentation for data quality activities. 

• Create, maintain and improve standard operating procedures, process documentation, guidance materials and other governance artefacts relating to data quality. 

• Support stakeholder workshops, meetings and working groups focused on data ownership, stewardship, issue management and data quality improvement. 

• Help promote a culture of accountability for data quality by supporting business teams on the journey towards active ownership and stewardship of their data. 

• Support the design and improvement of data quality processes, including issue identification, escalation, ownership, remediation tracking and governance reporting. 

• Assist in maintaining data quality governance documentation, including standards, procedures, process maps, action logs and decision records. 

• Work with cross-functional teams to support the documentation of data definitions, data lineage, metadata and critical data elements where required. 

• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives relating to data governance, data quality management and business adoption. 

Experience & Qualifications