MD Data Community Coordinator

The Department of Information Technology (DoIT) provides support to state agencies, the Executive Office of the Governor, the Governor’s coordinating offices, and a variety of independent agencies within the Executive Branch.

Striving to provide the highest level of customer service to its internal and external customers, DoIT supports Maryland's agencies and commissions through its leadership and strategic direction for Information Technology and Telecommunications, establishing a long range, target technology architecture, encouraging cross agency collaboration and advocating best practices for operations and project management.

100 Community Place, Crownsville, MD  21032

This position is within the Data Literacy Program and will report to the Data Literacy program manager. This position is responsible for cultivating, managing, and nurturing an active and engaged community of state, county and local government data professionals, including data scientists, analysts, engineers, and other stakeholders. The goal is to foster knowledge sharing, collaboration, and the growth of a vibrant data ecosystem throughout the State of Maryland. Through data.maryland.gov. maintain communications and advance participation, facilitate feedback and modernization to the hosted learning experiences. This position is also responsible for support of the Maryland Council on Open Data, the State CDO Council, Data Governance Steering Committee, and other similar groups. 

This position will work closely with other Data Services team members to implement deliverables of the program and will work closely with State agencies and other strategic partners to ensure the program aligns with best practices and advances the priorities of the current administration. 

***This is a contractual position, with limited benefits***

Community Building: Develop and implement strategies to create and maintain a thriving data community across the State. Foster a sense of belonging and collaboration among community members. Organize and facilitate community events, workshops, and meetups.

Mentorship and Coaching: Facilitate communities of practice, small groups and one-on-one mentorship opportunities to individuals seeking to improve their data knowledge and skills. Facilitate knowledge sharing and peer-to-peer learning within the community.

Collaboration and Partnerships: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate data literacy initiatives into organizational processes. Build relationships with external partners to expand the reach and impact of the data literacy program.

Content Creation & Curation: Create and curate educational content, including articles, tutorials, case studies, and success stories relevant to the data community. Collaborate with subject matter experts to develop high-quality materials for the community.

Education: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.

Experience: Six years of administrative staff or professional work.

Notes:

1. Candidates may substitute 30 college credit hours from an accredited college or university for each year up to four years of the required experience.

2. Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and two years of experience in administrative staff or professional work for the required experience.

3. Candidates may substitute the possession of a Master's degree from an accredited college or university for the required experience.

4. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer involving staff work related to the administration of rules, regulations, policy, procedures and processes, or overseeing or coordinating unit operations or functioning as a staff assistant to a higher ranking commissioned officer on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in Information Technology, Computer Science, Management Information Systems or other information technology related field.

Three years’ experience designing, developing, implementing and maintaining programs directly related to improving data literacy skills across a large organization. 

Please make sure that you provide sufficient information on your application to show that you meet the qualifications for this recruitment. All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date. We will not consider information submitted after this date. Successful candidates will be ranked as Best Qualified, Better Qualified, or Qualified and placed on the eligible (employment) list for at least one year.

The assessment may consist of a rating of your education, training, and experience related to the requirements of the position. It is important that you provide complete and accurate information on your application. Please report all experience and education that is related to this position.

Benefits

Contractual employees who work for an agency and have a current employment contract of 30 or more hours a week (or on average 130 hours per month) will be eligible for subsidized health benefits coverage for themselves and their dependents.  View rates on the Department of Budget & Management website, State Employees, Health Benefits, Contractual/Variable rates.

Leave

Paid leave will accrue at a rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked. 

Online applications are highly recommended. However, if you are unable to apply online, the paper application and supplemental questionnaire may be submitted to: Department of Budget and Management, Recruitment and Examination Division, 301 W. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21201. Paper application materials must be received in our office by the closing date for the recruitment. No postmarks will be accepted.

For questions regarding this recruitment, please contact the DBM Recruitment and Examination Division at Application.Help@maryland.gov or 410-767-4850, MD TTY Relay Service 1-800-735-2258.

We thank our Veterans for their service to our country.

People with disabilities and bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

As an equal opportunity employer, Maryland is committed to recruitment, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State's diversity.