Metadata Management Specialist - BSTD

Brief Description

The main purpose of this position is to execute metadata management processes to enable the improvement of metadata maturity levels within the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Group (the SARB and its subsidiaries) to support reliable and effective decision-making.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Develop tactical strategies and related action plans for metadata.
• Develop and promote metadata awareness across the SARB Group to ensure the appropriate collection and usage of data.
• Create, maintain and integrate a metadata environment that enables the sharing and standardisation of business information.
• Maintain and support the metadata platform as well as facilitate enhancements to it.
• Define business terms and develop a business dictionary/glossary to create a common understanding of business terms for the SARB Group and its relevant stakeholders.
• Determine the usage and treatment of business terms in business operations and functions to create a common understanding.
• Develop controls for business terms to support reliable decision-making.
• Monitor, measure and report on metadata quality levels to ensure the correct information is captured.
• Enable the improvement of metadata capability by developing and training relevant stakeholders in all aspects of metadata (e.g. the maintenance of the business glossary).
• Play an oversight role in the remediation of metadata issues.
• Proactively broaden own knowledge of metadata and apply new knowledge, technologies and skills for the benefit of the SARB Group.
• Actively participate in processes that continually aim to improve metadata-related systems, processes and procedures.
• Develop and manage stakeholder relationships to promote metadata awareness across the SARB Group and to support reliable decision-making.
• Drive the automation of metadata management processes and functions.