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Data Governance Consultant @ DataCareers

City Arcade, Manchester AreaOnsiteFull-time
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Salary: £44,000 - 84,000 per year

Requirements: Proven experience delivering Data Governance frameworks or Data Ownership/Data Stewardship models.Strong understanding of the end-to-end data lifecycle.Experience translating governance policies into operational processes.Ability to manage multiple workstreams and priorities.Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills.Experience supporting organisational change and driving adoption of new governance practices.Previous Data Governance experience within a UK Central Government department.Must have Public Sector experience. Responsibilities: Support the identification, onboarding, and enablement of Data Owner and Data Steward roles.Facilitate conceptual data model workshops with business and technical stakeholders.Embed data ownership principles across the data lifecycle to improve accountability and decision-making.Support the development of a Data Governance Knowledge Hub, providing a central source of governance guidance, standards, and best practice.Strengthen collaboration between central data management functions and business teams to encourage consistent governance across the organisation.Contribute to the continuous improvement of the organisations Data Ownership Model and wider governance framework.Support change and adoption activities to ensure new governance practices are successfully embedded. Technologies: EmbeddedSupport More:

We are a leading consultancy delivering a major data transformation programme within a UK Central Government organisation. This is a 9-month fixed-term contract based in Manchester, offering a salary of £60,000 per annum plus benefits. You will join a collaborative consultancy environment and play a key role in establishing enterprise-wide data governance, improving data ownership, and supporting strategic transformation across a complex public sector environment.

last updated 33 week of 2026

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