Data Administration Manager 2

The Data Administration Manager 2 leads a team of data professionals responsible for the design, governance, and operational management of statewide education data systems, with a central focus on producing Ohio’s Local Report Card for schools and districts. This position oversees the full data lifecycle to ensure accountability data is accurate, timely, and aligned with state and federal requirements. The Data Administration Manager 2 directs the team’s work in developing data standards, maintaining metadata and the data dictionary, and implementing policies for data systems. The role collaborates with program office leaders, IT staff, and database administrators to translate legislation into data requirements, design data models and structures, and support long‑term system integration. The data manager provides guidance, training, and project oversight to staff, ensuring high‑quality analytic work and reliable public reporting that reflects the department’s strategic vision.

Duties:

Leads team of information technology professionals to develop, publish & enforce policies regarding data collection, reporting, and analytics for data systems [e.g., Education Management Information System (EMIS)] that are consistent with department's long term direction, monitors long term system integration, works in conjunction with program area responsible for developing standards for new & existing data definition (e.g., name, length, field), reviews new school laws (e.g., laws focused on assigned program office data reporting) and translates to changes in data collection and reporting, determines appropriate software selection to maintain data administration standards; designs & developments data warehouses and databases (e.g., ensures effective use of data, determines data end user needs, where data is stored, how current data needs to be, what metadata describes data, where data elements originate from in systems flow, what business transactions cause data to enter system, what causes data to be updated); determines how data is accumulated & maintained, determines who has access to levels of data; act as lead worker (i.e., provides work direction & training; tracks status of projects) over lower-level data administration managers &/or other information technology personnel.

Assists upper management in developing corporate information strategies; ensures strategies from leadership are implemented; designs, develops and oversees the data dictionary (i.e. ensures all items & definitions in data dictionary are documented & cross referenced to other programs &/or data items & updated, ensures system definition follows metadata); manages data system reporting, collection, and validation of school districts accountability and assigned program office data (e.g., EMIS, Scholarship System, School Foundation System); ensures data is used & maintained in line with vision of department; works with staff in standards area to ensure naming standards are consistent; works with database administrators in turning logical data model into physical data model; provides technical support to on-going data development efforts; collaborates with database administrators in developing new data elements and definitions to ensure database administration standards for database models and metadata are followed; researches and assists department sections/offices with resolution of complex data issues.

Attends trainings in database design, data administration &/or data analytics (i.e., to develop & refine established skills & enable incumbents to work independently as data policy manager & to stay abreast of new technologies related to data administration, including Artificial Intelligence and machine learning); researches & refers to programming standards manuals or technical documentation to assist in program development or problem-solving; operates computer to access, enter, retrieve & test data.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

The work location of this position is 25 South Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215. You will be required to report to this work location full-time, if selected.

If this position is filled with an internal employee who has an approved telework agreement, the employee may be required to report in-person during the initial training period.

At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees*. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits, visit our Total Rewards website! Our benefits package includes:

• Medical Coverage
• Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
• Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
• Public Retirement Systems (such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS) & Optional Deferred Compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)

• Benefits eligibility is dependent on a number of factors. The Agency Contact listed above will be able to provide specific benefits information for this position.

Completion of undergraduate core program in business or public administration or data processing/computer science/information systems technology; 3 yrs. exp. or 3 yrs. trg. in developing & maintaining data administration policies & procedures for automated systems which included responsibility for developing standards for new & existing data definition, product evaluation, recommending software selection, design & development of data bases to include security measures/controls & how data is to be accumulated maintained, archived & removed from system.

• Or 12 mos. exp. as Data Administration Manager 1, 67171.

• Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above.

The final candidate selected for this position will be required to undergo a criminal background check as well as other investigative reviews. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position, unless restricted under state or federal law or federal restrictions. An individual assessment of an applicant's prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that values diversity and seeks talented individuals from diverse backgrounds. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected class. Questions or concerns about this should be directed to the Office of Human Resources ([email protected]).

Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a model employer of individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.

The State of Ohio is a drug-free workplace which prohibits the use of marijuana (recreational marijuana/non-medical cannabis). Please note, this position may be subject to additional restrictions pursuant to the State of Ohio Drug-Free Workplace Policy (HR-39), and as outlined in the posting.