Data Management Planning Coordinator

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Ocean Associates Inc. (OAI) is seeking a Data Management Planning Coordinator to support the needs of the National Ocean Service (NOS), which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). OAI is a Virginia corporation established in 2003 that provides consulting and technical services to the U.S. government, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and the private sector. We specialize in scientific program and project management, strategic planning, professional and technical services, and stakeholder engagement, supporting government contracts. 

Background

The National Ocean Service (NOS) is one of five Line Offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). Within NOAA, eight NOS Program Offices administer and support the implementation of more than 20 statutory authorities by deploying a broad range of scientific, technical, and management expertise that supports holistic and interdisciplinary approaches to coastal issues and challenges. Mission offices are geographically dispersed, from American Samoa to Scituate, MA. Each Program Office owns, operates, and manages its own mission-specific IT hardware, data, services and products.

The NOS Assistant Chief Information Officer (ACIO), who is part of the NOS/Assistant Administrator/Management & Budget Office (AAMBO), oversees the NOS Information Management Office (IMO). The IMO operates and provides NOS-wide infrastructure services, including an Active Directory forest that manages almost 3000 user end points and over 300 servers across NOS, with a corresponding network and domain management infrastructure. These infrastructure services, along with ACIO governance, policy, and IT security oversight, support the NOS Program Office IT systems which advance he NOS mission to develop and support resilient and sustainable coastal communities and economies.

Description

The NOS Data Governance Board & Data Management teams manage and maintain the data governance and geospatial metadata portfolio for the NOS Program Office community. This position shall provide specific services to the data management team in support of the overall NOS data management community. These services include coordinating among NOS program offices to organize NOS Data Management Working Group meetings; supporting administration and oversight of the NOS Annual Metadata and Data Management Plan inventory and catalog; technical administration of the NOS metadata management system; and providing metadata guidance to support the needs of all NOS Program Office staff as needed. Also provide support for NOAA-wide data management activities, including support for the NOS Assistant Chief Data Officer (ACDO) assisting with the NOAA Data Strategy and NOAA Data Strategic Action Plan implementation teams and activities, and responding to actions from the NOAA Chief Data Officer (CDO) for Federal data governance policies, legislation and requirements. Also provide support for NOAA-wide GIS support activities, including support for the NOAA Geospatial Information Officer (GIO) assisting with priority activities of the NOAA GIS Working Group, the Commerce Geospatial Working Group, and supporting NOAA’s requirements under the Geospatial Data Act of 2018. 

Tasks 

Support the NOS Assistant Chief Data Officer (ACDO) in completing all activities required for successful data management, including the following tasks:

• Lead the data governance capabilities in the National Ocean Service (NOS) serving as a subject matter expert for NOS program offices involving scientific, environmental data, and metadata management through the complete lifecycle
• Provide leadership for enterprise-wide and line office data efforts and initiatives, coordinate across the agency, and ensure consistency and compliance with Federal and agency laws, strategies, and policies. 
• Seeks to streamline NOAA’s data policies, practices, and implementation plans to support interoperability and standards, enables advanced analytics; and markedly improves data quality, access, and usage
• Develop, implement, and support strategic plans for long-term NOS and NOAA data management goals and objectives
• Provide expertise and consult on major data-related or data-intensive initiatives within NOS and across NOAA as applicable
• Sustain and enhance collaboration and relationships with other data managers across NOS and NOAA. 
• Guide NOS Programs on producing and managing quality metadata and ensuring that it adheres to current federal government standards<