Data Quality Officer

Full Time Fixed Term Contract (up until 30 June 2027)
- Hybrid work available between home and Preston Office
- Monthly RDO available

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Data Quality Officer to join our team at Darebin City Council. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of data across our systems to support informed decision-making and effective service delivery. Working closely with Business units across Council, you will monitor data standards, identify and resolve data quality issues and help implement best practices in data governance.
- 2 year fixed term (up until June 30th 2027)
- Hybrid work available between home and our office in Preston
- Monthly RDO available
- Help steer Council in its first steps on our data governance journey
- Play a pivotal role in the cleaning and auditing of data critical to our councils journey to improve our data driven decision making processes

At Darebin, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of how we work. Our commitment to these values is unwavering, they are central to our mission, to our impact and to help us better serve our community. We know that having varied perspectives and lived experiences helps generate better ideas to enable a diverse, inclusive and connected community.

**About Darebin City Council**
Located in Melbourne's northern suburbs, Darebin City Council is home to one of the largest, most diverse communities in terms of culture, language, religion, socio-economic background, occupation, and housing needs. The city has one of the largest populations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents in metropolitan Melbourne. Our Vision is for a community that works together to advance community life.

**About the Role**
As a Data Quality Officer, you will work within the IT team to improve data quality in our key systems in preparation for larger IT change projects commencing soon.

This role will need to work closely with business units across Council to identify data issues, implement solutions for improved data capture and processing of information, fix and resolve problems through various methods and assist Council on our Data Governance Journey.
- Monitor and maintain the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of council customer data in our Name and Address register (NAR)
- Identify and resolve data errors to improve service efficiency.
- Support the rollout of data quality standards and train staff in use of best practices.
- Collaborate with teams to embed a culture of data accountability.
- Produce reports to track data quality performance

**Skills & Experience**
- Relevant tertiary education in data management OR equivalent skills gained through experience.
- Experience with administering a corporate client database (pathway software preferred but not essential).
- Knowledge and demonstrated skills in managing property data
- Ability to analyse and resolve problems with attention to detail particularly regarding data content accuracy.
- Previous experience delivering training programs.
- Council requires a current Working with Children Check

**Culture**
As a progressive leader in Local Government, Darebin City Council is passionate about social inclusion, sustainability, engagement and service excellence. We are proud of the diversity of our workforce and recognise the strength this provides in meeting the needs of the community we serve. We are committed to upholding a positive and supportive work environment that values the contribution of all employees and treats all employees with dignity and respect.

**Benefits**
We offer a range of benefits to our employees including opportunities for personal and professional development, flexible work practices, Employee Assistance Program, recognition and reward program - Appreciate Great and a variety of generous paid and unpaid leave options.

**How to Apply**

We are also happy to adjust our recruitment process to support your accessibility needs.

Contact, Ben Crockett GIS Team Leader via our customer service number on 8470 8888 for a confidential discussion.

**Applications close on 26 June 2025 at 11.30pm.**
- Darebin is committed to providing a safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, and thorough 'Safety Screening' processes apply._