The National Park Service Sierra Nevada Inventory & Monitoring Network is re-announcing its permanent Data Manager position and we would appreciate your assistance in sending this announcement information to others who may be interested in this opportunity.
Job information: Title: Data Manager Series/Grade: GS-2210/0401/0408-9/11 Duty Location: Sequoia National Park Opens: July 9, 2007 Closes: July 30, 2007 This is a permanent, full-time, professional data management position for the National Park Service, Sierra Nevada Network, Inventory and Monitoring Program. The program is a cooperative effort by four national park units to accomplish inventory and monitoring of park natural resources. The incumbent serves as the data manager for the Network park units--Devils Postpile National Monument, and Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia National Parks, all in California. These parks offer outstanding opportunities for hiking, camping, cross-country skiing, and other outdoor activities. The incumbents major responsibilities include program development; database systems design and management; data acquisition and quality management; data documentation (metadata); data archiving and security; and data retrieval, reporting and dissemination. This position is also responsible for developing and implementing a Data Management Plan for the Networks long-term monitoring program. The incumbent must be willing to travel frequently to all network National Parks, to coordinate meetings with park staffs and cooperators, and to integrate the networks data management planning and implementation with local park programs. The job requires coordination with other data managers at park, network and national levels, ensuring local data management practices and databases meet national standards, and working closely with collaborators and park staff to develop common understanding of sound data management practices. While this is primarily an office job, the employee should be comfortable hiking and participating in field work in remote backcountry locations for occasional field data collection training and oversight. The position will supervise 1 to several data management support positions. Duty station: This position will be stationed at Sequoia National Park, at the Ash Mountain Headquarters. For additional information contact Linda Mutch at 559-565-3174 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] See http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp? JobID=59751328&aid=40435726-977&WT.mc_n=MKT000125 for more details. The announcment number is SEKI-07-45EE.
