Working title:

Data Manager

Official title:

INFORM PROCESS CONSLT(S44DN) or ASSOC INF PROC CONSLT(S44FN)

Degree and area of specialization:

Bachelor's degree required in computer science or a related field.

Minimum number of years and type of relevant work experience:

Required:
Three years or more years' experience working with either MS SQL Server or Oracle in conjunction with large database projects. This includes hands on experience with acquisition of datasets from third parties (or from sensor/technical systems).
Knowledge of data warehouse ETL and data cleaning techniques.

Preferred:
Additional experience with statistical analysis applications and data reporting tools a plus.
Familiarity with data quality and data governance procedures a plus.

Principal duties:

The successful applicant will be responsible for the development and management of database application tasks for the Value-Added Research Center (VARC). VARC is a compilation of 17 different grants whose shared mission is to build collaborative relationships with educational entities to improve student learning. This involves the efforts of numerous UW faculty and scientists.. Since VARC's inception it has been awarded federal, state and private funding in excess of $5 million.

The incumbent will act as a consultant and provide data collection design and data warehouse system recommendations to faculty and staff from a number of scholarly fields - including, Economics, Educational Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Sociology, Political Science, Cognitive Psychology, and Industrial Engineering.

The encumbent will coordinate of data base application with entities external to WCER. The data manager would routinely work with district and state educational agency research offices. The data manager will be expected to contribute to the writing of grant deliverables on data systems and present at regional and annual meetings. These meetings are attended by academics, district project managers and superintendents.

The successful candidate will develop and manage VARC's non-database information technology and manage the raw data files, Extract ,Transform, and Load (ETL) resources, analytic (intermediate) data files, analytic script files (e.g., SAS code, R, SPSS scripts), and reporting tools (e.g., excel files); and, development of project meta-data schema.

TO ENSURE CONSIDERATION

Application must be received by: JUNE 20, 2008

HOW TO APPLY:

Please email your cover letter and resume to wcerbusofc@wcer.wisc.edu. Enter PVL #59267 in the subject box.

Unless another application procedure has been specified above, please send resume and cover letter referring to Position Vacancy Listing #59267 to