- Continuing
- Full Time
- Position based at Bundoora Campus
- Salary HEO8 starting from $115, 566 plus 17% superannuation
About the position
The university has embarked on the implementation of a robust, scalable, metadata-driven data governance framework which prioritises high value, high-risk data assets. This will ensure that secure, trusted, and high-quality data assets are accessible and governed in alignment with enterprise priorities—enabling innovation, compliance, operational excellence, and strategic decision-making.
The role contributes to metadata and reference data standards, metadata quality, completeness and maintenance processes, and data documentation that supports trusted, governed, and reusable enterprise data assets. The position works closely with data stewards, custodians, business analysts, platform teams, and analytics professionals to resolve metadata and reference data gaps and inconsistencies, define and document business definitions and rules, build shared understanding of data meaning, lineage and usage, and support ongoing metadata reference data and stewardship.
Duties will include but are not limited to:
- Maintain and enhance enterprise metadata repositories, glossary entries, lineage documentation and data dictionaries for governed datasets.
- Apply Metadata Management practices to ensure consistent meaning, semantic clarity, definitional accuracy, domain stewardship and lifecycle documentation.
- Coordinate metadata updates with stewards, SMEs and platform owners to ensure catalogues remain current, searchable and aligned to institutional standards.
- Develop and maintain authoritative glossary definitions, controlled vocabularies and reference data.
- Apply naming conventions, standard terminology, domain rules and semantic consistency across academic and administrative portfolios.
Skills and Experience
To be considered for this position, you will have:
- Demonstrated experience in metadata cataloguing, business glossary development, lineage documentation or structured data documentation in a complex organisation.
- Strong understanding of Metadata Management, Data Governance and Reference Data, including documentation standards
- Ability to analyse datasets, interpret business context, and translate domain logic into high quality metadata documentation.
- Demonstrated capability to author, maintain and review metadata assets, definitions, lineage and reference data with high accuracy and consistency.
Please refer to the Position Description for other duties, skills and experience required for this position.
Benefits 
PD - Data Governance and Metadata Cataloguing Specialist.pdf
- 17% employer contributed superannuation
- On site child care facilities
- Flexible work arrangements
- Discounts for staff and their family members to study a range of La Trobe courses
How to apply
Closing date: By 11:55pm on Monday 9th March 2026
Position Enquiries: Rohan Thomas, Associate Director Information Management
Email: Rohan.Thomas@latrobe.edu.au
Recruitment Enquiries: recruitment@latrobe.edu.au
Only candidates with Full Working Rights in Australia may apply for this position.
Please submit an online application ONLY and include the following documents:
- Cover letter,
- An up-to-date resume and;
- A separate document addressing each bullet point under the Essential Criteria ‘Skills and knowledge required for the position’, which is located in the position description.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
We welcome and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
La Trobe University is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We take an intersectional approach by actively supporting and encouraging people of all backgrounds and abilities to submit an application and aim to ensure that the recruitment and employee experience is as accessible and inclusive as possible. Flexibility in interview format will be offered to shortlisted candidates.
All La Trobe University employees are bound by the Working with Children Act 2005. If you are successful, you will be required to hold a valid Victorian Employee Working with Children Check prior to commencement.
Why La Trobe:
- Develop your career at an innovative, global university where you’ll collaborate with community and industry to create impact.
- Enjoy working on our inspiring and stunning campuses – the perfect hub for industry, students and academics
- Help transform the lives of students, partners and communities now and in the future
La Trobe’s Cultural Qualities:
La Trobe University is committed to upholding the National Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence (GBV Code). This aligns with our mission to create safe and respectful communities. Candidates will be asked during the recruitment process to declare whether they have ever been investigated for, or found to have engaged in, gender-based violence in previous employment and/or in legal proceedings and provide relevant information to assist in determining suitability. Gender-based violence means any form of physical or non-physical violence, harassment, abuse or threats based on gender, that results in, or is likely to result in harm, coercion, control, fear or deprivation liberty or autonomy.
