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# Data Steward

- **Company:** East Sussex County Council
- **Location:** Lewes, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Cyber Security, Data Architecture, Data Governance, Data Presentation, Power BI, Tableau (Software), Enterprise Data Management, Microsoft Fabric
- **Published:** October 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.co.uk/job/gb15ec5c9c4084fe6b9160c62cefe0a71e/eaa

## About the Role

* Have experience of using Power BI and/or Tableau, including creating and managing dashboards.
 * Can analyse, interpret and clearly present complex data while working in accordance with data-protection requirements.
 * Communicate clearly and confidently with technical and non-technical audiences, adapting complex information to suit different needs.
 * Work collaboratively and can build effective professional relationships across teams and services.
 * Can plan and organise a varied workload, investigate problems and deliver accurate work to short deadlines., * Your experience of using Power BI and/or Tableau, including creating or managing dashboards.
 * Your experience of analysing, interpreting and presenting data, including complex or sensitive information.
 * How you have identified and helped resolve a data-quality or information-management issue.
 * How you communicate complex information clearly to different audiences.
 * Your experience of collaborating across teams or services to achieve a shared outcome.
 * How you organise competing priorities and maintain accuracy when working to deadlines.
 * Your understanding of data protection, secure information handling, retention and confidentiality.

## Description

Do you enjoy turning complex data into trusted information that helps people make better decisions? Join us as a Data Steward and help improve the quality, governance and use of data across East Sussex County Council, supporting better services and outcomes for residents, partners and staff.
As Data Steward, you will work within IT & Digital alongside the Data Architect, Business Intelligence teams and colleagues across the Council. You will help ensure that important datasets are accurate, clearly defined, well-governed and ready to support reporting and insight. Your work will include investigating data-quality issues, agreeing improvements with system owners, maintaining data definitions and documentation, and helping colleagues understand their responsibilities for data. You will also support the Council's transition from Tableau to Power BI and the implementation of Microsoft Fabric as a trusted corporate data platform., This is an opportunity to help shape how data is understood, governed and used across a large and diverse organisation. You will work at the heart of a significant data-modernisation programme, supporting the implementation of Microsoft Fabric and Power BI and helping establish trusted data practices that can make a tangible difference to Council services. The role provides exposure to a wide range of services, systems and datasets, alongside opportunities to develop practical experience in data governance, data quality, business intelligence and organisational change.