Secretary:

• is the custodian of education data on behalf of the state (as the department’s Chief Executive Officer)
• ensures data investments align with education outcomes and community expectations
• establishes governance and accountability for data management, with effective monitoring and auditing measures.

Chief Data Officer:

• drives data governance, management, analysis, and use throughout the data’s lifecycle
• ensures data quality, accessibility, and capability aligns with NSW policies and frameworks to leverage data and achieve the department’s objectives.

Chief Information Officer:

• manages and maintains department infrastructure and cloud services for enterprise data and metadata
• ensures secure management of department data as per the Cyber security policy.

Executive, managers and principals:

• ensure effective communication and implementation of this policy, associated standards and frameworks across all areas within their control.

Staff:

• must comply with the Code of ethics and conduct procedure to manage and protect the data/information they work with daily. This includes the responsible use and management of confidential information, including copyright and intellectual property.

Other role-specific responsibilities

As well as the responsibilities described above, specific staff are assigned as owners and stewards of specific information assets. These roles include:

Data owners:

• approve all policies and actions related to the data set, such as collection and quality plans, and decisions about data sharing.

Data stewards:

• manage the dataset in accordance with all policies and implements decisions and plans.

Information Governance Group:

• approves frameworks and guides developed under this policy
• ensures the department's custodianship role is discharged effectively
• provides overall governance for developing information management functions across the department.