Description
Administer institutional data collections and repositories, managing their acquisition, documentation, quality, access, and preservation. May conduct instructional, research, governance, and public service activities to support responsible data use.
- • Develop and maintain data catalogs, metadata standards, and record-keeping in repository systems.
- • Provide data discovery support and guidance to researchers, analysts, and the public as appropriate.
- • Monitor repositories and pipelines for integrity, storage health, performance, and backups.
- • Train and coordinate data stewards, analysts, interns, and volunteers on curation practices.
- • Negotiate and authorize data sharing agreements, licenses, and data access approvals.
- • Plan and execute data audits, profiling, and provenance research in areas of expertise.
- • Partner with governance bodies to set policies, standards, budgets, and roadmaps for data management.
- • Represent the institution at governance councils and conferences to promote data use and partnerships.
- • Organize workshops, office hours, and community events to increase data literacy and adoption.
- • Write and review data management plans, governance documents, grant sections, reports, and communications.
- • Evaluate incoming datasets for quality, lineage, completeness, bias, and regulatory compliance.
- • Coordinate privacy, security, and risk assessments; enforce controls for sensitive data.
- • Define specifications for data products, reference datasets, and reproducible extracts or samples.
- • Plan and manage data acquisition, storage, publication, and access; design portals and documentation.
- • Design and deliver tours, trainings, and instructional sessions on tools, standards, and best practices.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
