Junior Data Engineer, Cape Town â Remote
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Junior data role in Cape Town: researching, capturing, and maintaining student accommodation data (prices, availability) to a high standard of accuracy, with self-driven quality assurance and documentation. Despite the title, work is data research and entry using everyday digital tools rather than heavy engineering.
REQUIREMENTS
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- Matric, relevant qualification
- Strong, sustained attention to detail during repetitive and high-volume work
- Good time management and self-organisation
- Sound research and problem-solving: verifies before trusting, investigates before escalating; researches and makes informed decisions with good justification
- Clear written and spoken English
- Takes ownership of tasks end to end; asks for support appropriately; works well in a team
- Comfortable learning new tools and adapting as processes change
- Confident with computers and everyday digital tools
- Research and verify data across multiple sources
- Gather market intelligence to support the development of the dataset
- Capture and maintain data across relevant sources to a high standard of accuracy and completeness, including regular accommodation price and availability updates
- Apply quality assurance to your own work; identify and correct errors, inconsistencies, and gaps
- Observe and analyse data changes across the student accommodation sector
- Follow data guidelines, processes, and quality assurance checks consistently
- Resolve issues independently where possible; escalate promptly when not
- Organise your workload to meet deadlines without compromising quality
- Communicate updates, questions, and blockers clearly; document your work for others to follow
- Support dataset-related projects and other areas of the business during busy periods, as needed
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