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Data governance (data architect)

Data governance involves the set of standards, processes and policies that ensures your data is consistent and reliable throughout the data life cycle.

Quoted from the UK GDaD PCF.

Levels

1. Awareness

This skill level is currently not defined.

2. Working

You can:

  • understand what data governance is required
  • take responsibility for the assurance of data solutions and make recommendations to ensure compliance
3. Practitioner

You can:

  • evolve and define data governance
  • take responsibility for supporting and collaborating around wider governance
  • assure and integrate data services to meet the needs of multiple business services
  • work proactively to ensure the organisation designs architecture that considers data
4. Expert

You can:

  • ensure data governance supports changes to the organisational strategy
  • align data governance with wider governance (for example, budget)
  • assure corporate services by understanding important risks and providing mitigation through assurance mechanisms

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