Data Governance Officer

Australian Taxation Office; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Australian Taxation Office is seeking EL1 Data Governance Officers to enable safe, legal and responsible access to data and analytics. You will develop and implement governance policies, guidelines, and frameworks to support compliant staff and robust data governance across multiple domains.

Role focuses on governance assurance, policy interpretation for complex data use cases, and collaboration with stakeholders to embed policy into processes and culture.

Responsibilities

• developing and implementing governance policies that are consistent and compliant with legislation, regulations, government policy, organisational objectives and risk tolerance
• developing and implementing guidelines, standards, processes and training materials to support staff to comply with policy obligations
• developing, implementing and maintaining frameworks that define how data and analytics is governed
• developing and implementing data and analytics governance assurance programs and activities that oversee, measure and report on compliance with policy, and identifying and remediating gaps, risks and issues
• interpreting the application of policy to complex data and analytics use cases and providing timely, practical and actionable advice to stakeholders that balances risk and value
• partnering with stakeholders to integrate policies into organisational culture, processes and practices.

Job description

We are seeking Data Governance Officers to join our Data Management branch.

Data Governance Officers play a critical role in enabling the safe, legal, ethical, secure and responsible access and use of data and analytics in the ATO.

Data and analytics use in the ATO is wide ranging and includes but is not limited to data matching, curation, visualisation, risk modelling, data sharing, automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

EL1 Data Governance Officers are responsible for:

• developing and implementing governance policies that are consistent and compliant with legislation, regulations, government policy, organisational objectives and risk tolerance
• developing and implementing guidelines, standards, processes and training materials to support staff to comply with policy obligations
• developing, implementing and maintaining frameworks that define how data and analytics is governed
• developing and implementing data and analytics governance assurance programs and activities that oversee, measure and report on compliance with policy, and identifying and remediating gaps, risks and issues
• interpreting the application of policy to complex data and analytics use cases and providing timely, practical and actionable advice to stakeholders that balances risk and value
• partnering with stakeholders to integrate policies into organisational culture, processes and practices.

These roles may be offered on an ongoing or non-ongoing basis in Adelaide, Box Hill (VIC), Brisbane CBD, Canberra, Dandenong, Hobart, Melbourne CBD, Moonee Ponds, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth or Sydney CBD.

We embrace the strength of diversity – through our people and the perspectives they bring.

We are committed to inclusive recruitment practices and encourage applications from people with disability or neurodivergence, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and individuals from all backgrounds. Reasonable adjustments can be provided throughout the selection process.