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Data standards

Data standards involve established practices to make it easier and more effective to share and use data across government.

Quoted from the UK GDaD PCF.

Levels

1. Awareness

This skill level is currently not defined.

2. Working

You can:

  • use data policies, processes and standards effectively
  • work with subject matter experts to develop standards, policies and guidance to protect data
  • monitor compliance with policies and standards in a team and take action if needed
  • analyse the impact if a standard is breached
3. Practitioner

You can:

  • create data standards for different subjects and ensure senior leaders understand them
  • work with subject matter experts across the organisation to introduce data standards best practice
  • monitor compliance with policies and standards in the organisation
  • make recommendations about how the organisation should resolve breaches of standards
4. Expert

You can:

  • create data standards for the organisation
  • advocate for, and oversee compliance with, data policies and standards
  • decide where standards need to be set across the organisation, and how to set them in the wider context of government

Contains public sector information from the UK Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework (https://understand-digital-data-roles-skills.service.gov.uk/), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.

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Role levels that expect this skill

Role levelRoleBandExpected level
Data architectData architect8aWorking
Senior data architectData architect8bPractitioner
Chief data architectData architect8cExpert
Data governance managerData governance manager7Working
Lead data governance managerData governance manager8bPractitioner
Head of data governanceData governance manager8cExpert