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<div itemprop='datePosted' style='display:none'>2025-09-25T06:40:42+00:00</div>
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<div itemprop='name' style='display:none'>Save the Children</div>
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<div itemprop='description' style='display:none'><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Principal Accountabilities</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lead and oversee data governance processes, ensuring all key business stakeholders are engaged and supported in understanding and utilising our data infrastructure effectively</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Establish and maintain clear expectations for business functions regarding their data governance responsibilities, including maintaining data definitions and ensuring data quality</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Structure and streamline data availability, ensuring that business users have clear and accessible information to make informed decisions</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chair and manage key forums such as the Product Owners Forum and the Analytics Community of Practice to foster collaboration and shared learning across the organisation</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Take business ownership of cross-functional data products, ensuring that reporting and analytics tools meet the needs of all stakeholders while maintaining data integrity</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate closely with IT to ensure seamless integration of technical and business aspects of data management products and processes, promoting a unified and efficient approach</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Experience and Skills</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Essential</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Data Governance Expertise: Extensive experience in leading implementation of data governance frameworks, data catalogues, metadata management, and data quality processes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Data Quality Management: Significant experience in ensuring data integrity, accuracy, and consistency across systems.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Analytics and Reporting Tools: Extensive experience with various reporting and analytics tools, such as Tableau, Power BI, or SAS</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Team Leadership: Ability to lead cross-functional teams, offering guidance and fostering a collaborative environment that aligns with SCI's values</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Stakeholder Engagement: Proven experience in engaging and managing stakeholders from diverse business functions effectively</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Facilitation: Experience in chairing forums of key technical stakeholders, encouraging shared learning and solutions. Capable of translating complex technical information to actionable, clear summary information</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Technical-Non-Technical Integration: Ability to work closely with IT to ensure seamless integration of technical and business aspects in data management processes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strategic Vision: Ability to think strategically about data governance on a global scale, setting ambitious and challenging goals for the team. Encourages and applies new and innovative solutions to drive data governance and management efforts</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Desirable</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Non-profit sector knowledge/experience</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Education and Qualifications</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience managing data governance initiatives in large organizations</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Educated to degree level or equivalent work experience</span></li>
</ul></div>
<div itemprop='responsibilities' style='display:none'>Lead and oversee data governance processes, ensuring all key business stakeholders are engaged and supported in understanding and utilising our data infrastructure effectively
Establish and maintain clear expectations for business functions regarding their data governance responsibilities, including maintaining data definitions and ensuring data quality
Structure and streamline data availability, ensuring that business users have clear and accessible information to make informed decisions
Chair and manage key forums such as the Product Owners Forum and the Analytics Community of Practice to foster collaboration and shared learning across the organisation
Take business ownership of cross-functional data products, ensuring that reporting and analytics tools meet the needs of all stakeholders while maintaining data integrity
Collaborate closely with IT to ensure seamless integration of technical and business aspects of data management products and processes, promoting a unified and efficient approach</div>
<div itemprop='skills' style='display:none'>Data Governance Expertise: Extensive experience in leading implementation of data governance frameworks, data catalogues, metadata management, and data quality processes.
Data Quality Management: Significant experience in ensuring data integrity, accuracy, and consistency across systems.
Analytics and Reporting Tools: Extensive experience with various reporting and analytics tools, such as Tableau, Power BI, or SAS
Team Leadership: Ability to lead cross-functional teams, offering guidance and fostering a collaborative environment that aligns with SCI's values
Stakeholder Engagement: Proven experience in engaging and managing stakeholders from diverse business functions effectively
Facilitation: Experience in chairing forums of key technical stakeholders, encouraging shared learning and solutions. Capable of translating complex technical information to actionable, clear summary information
Technical-Non-Technical Integration: Ability to work closely with IT to ensure seamless integration of technical and business aspects in data management processes
Strategic Vision: Ability to think strategically about data governance on a global scale, setting ambitious and challenging goals for the team. Encourages and applies new and innovative solutions to drive data governance and management efforts</div>
<div itemprop='qualifications' style='display:none'>
Non-profit sector knowledge/experience
Education and Qualifications
Experience managing data governance initiatives in large organizations
Educated to degree level or equivalent work experience</div>
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<div itemprop='credentialCategory' style='display:none'>bachelor degree</div>
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<div itemprop='monthsOfExperience' style='display:none'>12</div>
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<div itemprop='identifier' style='display:none'>JOB-68d4e3eab478d</div>
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<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'><strong>Vacancy title:</strong><br />Head, Data Governance</p>
<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #808080;'>[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Human Services, Category: Computer & IT]</p>
<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'><strong>Jobs at:</strong><br />Save the Children</p>
<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'><strong>Deadline of this Job:</strong><br />Thursday, October 9 2025</p>
<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'><strong>Duty Station:</strong><br />Kenya | Nairobi | Kenya</p>
<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'><strong>Summary</strong><br />Date Posted: Thursday, September 25 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed</p>
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<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'><strong>JOB DETAILS:</strong><br /><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Principal Accountabilities</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lead and oversee data governance processes, ensuring all key business stakeholders are engaged and supported in understanding and utilising our data infrastructure effectively</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Establish and maintain clear expectations for business functions regarding their data governance responsibilities, including maintaining data definitions and ensuring data quality</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Structure and streamline data availability, ensuring that business users have clear and accessible information to make informed decisions</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chair and manage key forums such as the Product Owners Forum and the Analytics Community of Practice to foster collaboration and shared learning across the organisation</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Take business ownership of cross-functional data products, ensuring that reporting and analytics tools meet the needs of all stakeholders while maintaining data integrity</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate closely with IT to ensure seamless integration of technical and business aspects of data management products and processes, promoting a unified and efficient approach</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Experience and Skills</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Essential</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Data Governance Expertise: Extensive experience in leading implementation of data governance frameworks, data catalogues, metadata management, and data quality processes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Data Quality Management: Significant experience in ensuring data integrity, accuracy, and consistency across systems.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Analytics and Reporting Tools: Extensive experience with various reporting and analytics tools, such as Tableau, Power BI, or SAS</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Team Leadership: Ability to lead cross-functional teams, offering guidance and fostering a collaborative environment that aligns with SCI's values</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Stakeholder Engagement: Proven experience in engaging and managing stakeholders from diverse business functions effectively</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Facilitation: Experience in chairing forums of key technical stakeholders, encouraging shared learning and solutions. Capable of translating complex technical information to actionable, clear summary information</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Technical-Non-Technical Integration: Ability to work closely with IT to ensure seamless integration of technical and business aspects in data management processes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strategic Vision: Ability to think strategically about data governance on a global scale, setting ambitious and challenging goals for the team. Encourages and applies new and innovative solutions to drive data governance and management efforts</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Desirable</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Non-profit sector knowledge/experience</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Education and Qualifications</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience managing data governance initiatives in large organizations</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Educated to degree level or equivalent work experience</span></li>
</ul></p>
<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'>Work Hours: 8</p>
<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'>Experience in Months: 12</p>
<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'>Level of Education: bachelor degree</p>
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<div itemprop='title' style='display:none'>Head, Data Governance</div>
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<div itemprop='name' style='display:none'>Save the Children</div>
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<div itemprop='url' style='display:none'>https://www.savethechildren.net/</div>
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<div itemprop='validThrough' style='display:none'>2025-10-09T17:00:00+00:00</div>
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<div itemprop='workHours' style='display:none'>8</div>
<div itemprop='description' style='display:none'><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Principal Accountabilities</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lead and oversee data governance processes, ensuring all key business stakeholders are engaged and supported in understanding and utilising our data infrastructure effectively</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Establish and maintain clear expectations for business functions regarding their data governance responsibilities, including maintaining data definitions and ensuring data quality</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Structure and streamline data availability, ensuring that business users have clear and accessible information to make informed decisions</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chair and manage key forums such as the Product Owners Forum and the Analytics Community of Practice to foster collaboration and shared learning across the organisation</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Take business ownership of cross-functional data products, ensuring that reporting and analytics tools meet the needs of all stakeholders while maintaining data integrity</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate closely with IT to ensure seamless integration of technical and business aspects of data management products and processes, promoting a unified and efficient approach</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Experience and Skills</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Essential</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Data Governance Expertise: Extensive experience in leading implementation of data governance frameworks, data catalogues, metadata management, and data quality processes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Data Quality Management: Significant experience in ensuring data integrity, accuracy, and consistency across systems.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Analytics and Reporting Tools: Extensive experience with various reporting and analytics tools, such as Tableau, Power BI, or SAS</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Team Leadership: Ability to lead cross-functional teams, offering guidance and fostering a collaborative environment that aligns with SCI's values</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Stakeholder Engagement: Proven experience in engaging and managing stakeholders from diverse business functions effectively</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Facilitation: Experience in chairing forums of key technical stakeholders, encouraging shared learning and solutions. Capable of translating complex technical information to actionable, clear summary information</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Technical-Non-Technical Integration: Ability to work closely with IT to ensure seamless integration of technical and business aspects in data management processes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strategic Vision: Ability to think strategically about data governance on a global scale, setting ambitious and challenging goals for the team. Encourages and applies new and innovative solutions to drive data governance and management efforts</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Desirable</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Non-profit sector knowledge/experience</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Education and Qualifications</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience managing data governance initiatives in large organizations</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Educated to degree level or equivalent work experience</span></li>
</ul></div>
<div itemprop='responsibilities' style='display:none'>Lead and oversee data governance processes, ensuring all key business stakeholders are engaged and supported in understanding and utilising our data infrastructure effectively
Establish and maintain clear expectations for business functions regarding their data governance responsibilities, including maintaining data definitions and ensuring data quality
Structure and streamline data availability, ensuring that business users have clear and accessible information to make informed decisions
Chair and manage key forums such as the Product Owners Forum and the Analytics Community of Practice to foster collaboration and shared learning across the organisation
Take business ownership of cross-functional data products, ensuring that reporting and analytics tools meet the needs of all stakeholders while maintaining data integrity
Collaborate closely with IT to ensure seamless integration of technical and business aspects of data management products and processes, promoting a unified and efficient approach</div>
<div itemprop='skills' style='display:none'>Data Governance Expertise: Extensive experience in leading implementation of data governance frameworks, data catalogues, metadata management, and data quality processes.
Data Quality Management: Significant experience in ensuring data integrity, accuracy, and consistency across systems.
Analytics and Reporting Tools: Extensive experience with various reporting and analytics tools, such as Tableau, Power BI, or SAS
Team Leadership: Ability to lead cross-functional teams, offering guidance and fostering a collaborative environment that aligns with SCI's values
Stakeholder Engagement: Proven experience in engaging and managing stakeholders from diverse business functions effectively
Facilitation: Experience in chairing forums of key technical stakeholders, encouraging shared learning and solutions. Capable of translating complex technical information to actionable, clear summary information
Technical-Non-Technical Integration: Ability to work closely with IT to ensure seamless integration of technical and business aspects in data management processes
Strategic Vision: Ability to think strategically about data governance on a global scale, setting ambitious and challenging goals for the team. Encourages and applies new and innovative solutions to drive data governance and management efforts</div>
<div itemprop='qualifications' style='display:none'>
Non-profit sector knowledge/experience
Education and Qualifications
Experience managing data governance initiatives in large organizations
Educated to degree level or equivalent work experience</div>
<div itemprop='educationRequirements' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/EducationalOccupationalCredential' style='display:none'>
<div itemprop='credentialCategory' style='display:none'>bachelor degree</div>
</div>
<div itemprop='experienceRequirements' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/OccupationalExperienceRequirements' style='display:none'>
<div itemprop='monthsOfExperience' style='display:none'>12</div>
</div>
<div itemprop='identifier' style='display:none'>JOB-68d4e3eab478d</div>
</div>
<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'><strong>Vacancy title:</strong><br />Head, Data Governance</p>
<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #808080;'>[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Human Services, Category: Computer & IT]</p>
<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'><strong>Jobs at:</strong><br />Save the Children</p>
<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'><strong>Deadline of this Job:</strong><br />Thursday, October 9 2025</p>
<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'><strong>Duty Station:</strong><br />Kenya | Nairobi | Kenya</p>
<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'><strong>Summary</strong><br />Date Posted: Thursday, September 25 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed</p>
<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'>
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<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'><strong>JOB DETAILS:</strong><br /><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Principal Accountabilities</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lead and oversee data governance processes, ensuring all key business stakeholders are engaged and supported in understanding and utilising our data infrastructure effectively</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Establish and maintain clear expectations for business functions regarding their data governance responsibilities, including maintaining data definitions and ensuring data quality</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Structure and streamline data availability, ensuring that business users have clear and accessible information to make informed decisions</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chair and manage key forums such as the Product Owners Forum and the Analytics Community of Practice to foster collaboration and shared learning across the organisation</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Take business ownership of cross-functional data products, ensuring that reporting and analytics tools meet the needs of all stakeholders while maintaining data integrity</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate closely with IT to ensure seamless integration of technical and business aspects of data management products and processes, promoting a unified and efficient approach</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Experience and Skills</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Essential</strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Data Governance Expertise: Extensive experience in leading implementation of data governance frameworks, data catalogues, metadata management, and data quality processes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Data Quality Management: Significant experience in ensuring data integrity, accuracy, and consistency across systems.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Analytics and Reporting Tools: Extensive experience with various reporting and analytics tools, such as Tableau, Power BI, or SAS</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Team Leadership: Ability to lead cross-functional teams, offering guidance and fostering a collaborative environment that aligns with SCI's values</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Stakeholder Engagement: Proven experience in engaging and managing stakeholders from diverse business functions effectively</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Facilitation: Experience in chairing forums of key technical stakeholders, encouraging shared learning and solutions. Capable of translating complex technical information to actionable, clear summary information</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Technical-Non-Technical Integration: Ability to work closely with IT to ensure seamless integration of technical and business aspects in data management processes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strategic Vision: Ability to think strategically about data governance on a global scale, setting ambitious and challenging goals for the team. Encourages and applies new and innovative solutions to drive data governance and management efforts</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Desirable</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Non-profit sector knowledge/experience</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Education and Qualifications</strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience managing data governance initiatives in large organizations</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Educated to degree level or equivalent work experience</span></li>
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<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'>Work Hours: 8</p>
<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'>Experience in Months: 12</p>
<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'>Level of Education: bachelor degree</p>
<p style='font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;'><strong>Job application procedure</strong><br /><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Interested applicant please, Click here to apply</span></p></p>
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Job Info
Job Category:
Computer/ IT jobs in Kenya
Job Type:
Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Thursday, October 9 2025
Duty Station: Kenya | Nairobi | Kenya
Posted:
25-09-2025
No of Jobs:
1
Start Publishing:
25-09-2025
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030):
25-09-2099
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