V Skill HF-D7.3-003 sector-specific 8 skills

Data governance and ownership

Records who owns and stewards which data, which definitions apply and how decisions about data use are made.

How hrmforce measures this

Behaviour-based interview with fixed questions and a rating scale per question.

Level	Behaviour at this level
N1 Guided	Maintains the register of data owners and definitions as instructed and reports ambiguities to the coordinator. works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task
N3 Proficient	Assigns ownership for a data domain, has definitions agreed and records decision making about data use traceably. sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process
N5 Leading	Establishes the organisation's data governance model and holds executives to their role as owners of data. sets the standard and the policy · strategic, under high uncertainty · organisation, value chain or profession

N2 and N4 are deliberately not anchored. Raters place them between the anchors, following the O*NET convention.

These skills inherit the assessment route and the behavioural anchors of this construct.

T	Skill	Definition	Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
V	Assigning data ownership Data ownership	Assigns an owner per data collection with authority over definitions, access and quality.	rising
V	Setting up data stewardship Data stewardship	Places day to day care for definitions, quality and questions about data with appointed stewards in the business.	rising
V	Drafting a data policy Data policy	Writes policy on use, sharing, quality and retention of data that employees can actually apply.	rising
V	Maintaining a data catalogue Data catalogue	Registers available data sets with owner, meaning and terms of use in a searchable catalogue.	rising
V	Organising decision making on data use Data governance forum	Sets up a forum that weighs requests for new data use on value, risk and lawfulness and records decisions.	rising
V	Assessing data access requests Data access request	Assesses whether an access request fits role, purpose and legal basis and records the consideration traceably.	rising
V	Making data sharing agreements Data sharing agreement	Records with internal or external parties which data is shared, for what purpose, how long and under which conditions.	rising
V	Monitoring data governance compliance Compliance monitoring	Checks with periodic measurements whether agreements on definitions, access and quality are followed in practice.	rising