Data Governance Specialist

Drive enterprise-wide data governance that empowers smarter decisions.
- Collaborate with diverse leaders in a culture of innovation, trust, & inclusion
- Lead meaningful change with real impact across water, people, and environment.

**About us**:
Unitywater operates in one of Australia’s most exceptional environments in terms of natural beauty, geographical and demographic breadth. We operate on Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal Country, proudly providing safe and reliable water to customers in Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Noosa. We are a water utility serving one of the fastest growing regions in the country.
We think a pretty good job starts here.

**About the role**:
At Unitywater, data is at the heart of how we create value for our people, customers, and communities. As our Data Governance Specialist, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping a data-driven culture by leading the design, implementation, and evolution of contemporary data governance frameworks. You’ll partner across the business to embed best practice in data quality, ownership, and stewardship, ensuring data is trusted, accessible, and delivers real impact.

This is an opportunity to influence at all levels, drive continuous improvement, and help build a culture where data informs smarter decisions and supports our strategic goals.

**What You’ll Do**
- **Lead and embed frameworks**: Design, implement, and evolve Unitywater’s Data Governance Framework.
- **Champion data quality**: Define and monitor standards, KPIs, and dashboards to improve trust.
- **Strengthen data security & privacy**: Support compliance through classification, ownership, and protection protocols.
- **Enable collaboration**: Drive clear processes for data sharing, access, and usability across the business.
- **Support the culture**: Mentor stakeholders, guide Data Stewards, and grow communities of practice.
- **Stay future-focused**: Keep ahead of industry trends, ensuring Unitywater applies contemporary governance practices.

***About you**:
Our One Unitywater behaviours - **Create the Future, Care Together, and Own It** - define how we work together at Unitywater. To contribute to this, you will demonstrate the following skills and qualities for the role:

- Relevant qualifications and/or strong experience in data governance or related fields.
- Knowledge of frameworks like DAMA DMBOK, COBIT, ISO27001, GDPR or similar.
- Strong understanding of compliance requirements and emerging data governance trends.
- Ability to influence, collaborate and build trusted relationships at all levels.
- Skills in data governance tools (Microsoft Purview experience an advantage).
- A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with the confidence to lead positive change.

**Your value-add**:

- Design, implement and champion Unitywater’s Data Governance Framework.
- Set and embed data quality standards, metrics, and reporting dashboards.
- Partner across the business to ensure compliance, security, and accessibility of data.
- Guide and mentor data stewards, building capability and awareness across the organisation.
- Stay ahead of trends and bring fresh, innovative practices to our data governance.

**Working at Unitywater**:
As a Unitywater team member you will enjoy a range of benefits:

- **Flexibility**:We value flexibility and support work-life balance with hybrid and flexible working, purchased annual leave and access to floating public holidays. Tell us what this looks like for you
- **Wellbeing**:We offer several initiatives to support your wellbeing, such as discounted private health insurance, salary packaging, employee assistance program, and access to retailer discounts and benefits.
- **Learning and Development**:We offer a range of opportunities to feed your curiosity such as: Walk on Country experience, study assistance, and access to a dedicated learning program and professional memberships.
- **Extras**:We invite you to join our dedicated employee networks focused on First Nations Reconciliation, LGBTIQ+, CALD, Gender, Life Stage diversity, and Accessibility.

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, gender and expressions, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities. We are committed to a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community we serve and fostering a workplace that is diverse and inclusive, where you feel connected, are safe to be yourself and supported to be the best version of yourself.

**Additional information**:

- We are proud to be recognized as an employer of choice for women by WORK180.
- We are proud members of **Pride in Diversity** and **Australian Disability Network**.
- We are a **2025 Circle Back Initiative Employer** - we commit to respond to every applicant.

***How to apply**:

- If you’re successful we will need you to undergo a few checks. We know they might not be the fun part, but you will need to confirm your right to work in Australia and complete relevant pre-employment checks, including verification of crimina