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Head of Data Governance & Compliance

Full time Data Science Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Data Governance

Job Description

Presidential Department, Statistical Office

01.01.2025 or by arrangement

Your tasks

Data Governance: Together with your team, you are responsible for setting up and expanding the cantonal data governance and managing the data board. You also maintain the data community within the administration in close contact with our stakeholders.

Open Government Data: Together with the Data Engineering & AI department, you are responsible for managing the data portal and publishing OGD. You are responsible for supporting the content of the publication process, including assessing the data in terms of data protection law.

Data catalogue: The Statistical Office is responsible for setting up and maintaining the cantonal data catalogue. You and your team will closely support the departments in entering and updating their metadata in the data catalogue.

Registers and master data: You are responsible for maintaining the cantonal building and housing register as well as supporting the authorities in setting up thematic data spaces, harmonizing attributes and joint data management.

Member of the Management Board of the Statistical Office: Together with the other department heads, the staff management and the office management, you form the management board of the Statistical Office and are thus jointly responsible for the strategic development of the office.

your profile

Experience: You enjoy working in a data-related environment; experience in public administration, preferably in a management position, is an advantage.

Personality: You are an open, communicative person with a strong interest in data and you like to take on responsibility. Your quick comprehension and strong strategic thinking help you to quickly get to grips with new challenges.

Education: You have a university degree at master's level and can look back on several years of work in an environment relevant to this position.

Language: You communicate in perfect German, both written and spoken; knowledge of a second national language and English is a plus.

insight into our work

The Statistical Office of the Canton of Basel-Stadt is part of the Presidential Department and is responsible for providing statistical information. Its responsibilities also include managing the specialist office for open government data. Transparent, reliable and with a passion for data, the office produces statistics on a variety of topics: from society to the environment to work. These statistics are used to evaluate Basel-Stadt and the canton's offerings on an objective basis and to develop them further in a targeted manner.

Your benefits

Use your talents and potential

We support your professional advancement with a variety of training and development opportunities across all phases of life.

Reconcile your career with your private life

We support you in the best possible way with flexitime, part-time and home office options, as well as annual and trust-based working hours and job sharing options.

Benefit from our family-friendly conditions

We support you with more time for your family and a maintenance allowance in addition to the family allowance.

Count on us, even when things aren't going well

thanks to professional care management and 100% continued salary payment in the event of illness or accident throughout the entire employment relationship.

Bring your personality into it

We value and utilize the diversity of our employees and ensure a working environment with equal opportunities.

Benefit from the services of the Basel-Stadt pension fund

We cover the majority of ongoing contributions and offer savings plan options and opportunities for flexible retirement.

Questions about the application process?

your contact

questions about the function

Jonas Eckenfels
Deputy Head of the Statistical Office
Tel. +41 61 267 87 48

Questions about your application

Isabelle Teichmüller
HR Business Partner
Tel. +41 61 267 87 55

Versatile.
Working for Basel-Stadt.

All of our more than 11,000 employees have one thing in common: they are committed to the pulse of the city by supporting, empowering, directing, shaping and protecting. With their commitment, they contribute every day to making Basel-Stadt a place worth living in and loving. Our employees and their opportunities are just as diverse as our tasks. Welcome to the team of the Canton of Basel-Stadt!

Kanton Basel-Stadt
About Kanton Basel-Stadt

37 km2, three municipalities and almost 200,000 inhabitants. In Basel-Stadt, the variety and range of offers of a big city are combined with the charm and manageability of a small town. Basel-Stadt is the center of a trinational metropolitan region and works closely with its neighbors in the areas of politics, business and science. As an attractive center of life, Basel-Stadt offers museums, restaurants and clubs as well as well-kept parks and playgrounds. Would you like to work for us? Diverse tasks and challenges await you. Whether in a managerial position or as a specialist – your commitment will benefit the residents. With a good 10,000 employees, we are one of the most important employers in the region – and one of the most attractive as well. We pay attention to equal opportunities and make it possible to reconcile work and family life. With us you will find space for your professional development. The canton's job market: http://www.stellen.bs.ch Here you will find all of our vacancies and with a job subscription you can be kept informed about new vacancies. The canton of Basel-Stadt on social media: https://www.facebook.com/Rathaus.Basel https://twitter.com/BaselStadt https://www.youtube.com/kantonbaselstadt https://www.instagram. com/kantonbaselstadt/

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