[Eril-l] Vacancy Announcement: Technical Information Specialist (Data Products & Services Manager) -Beltsville, MD - National Agricultural Library (Closes 3/17/2020)

Crone, Vicky vicky.crone at usda.gov
Wed Mar 4 09:00:17 PST 2020


Dear Colleagues,

The National Agricultural Library (NAL) has an open job opportunity for a Technical Information Specialist (Data Products and Services Manager) GS-1412 grade 13 in the Knowledge Services Division, Beltsville, Maryland.

The job opportunity is open from Tuesday, March 3 through Tuesday, March 17, 2020 (open to the public and Career transition candidates (CTAP, ICTAP, and RPL)).  Apply here -- https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/561566500<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usajobs.gov%2FGetJob%2FViewDetails%2F561566500&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1d1d2fd1e12e42bb849908d7bfd351bf%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637188788001333293&sdata=aYG4nWg69HdwgcNYKL6w0JLL1TmRmXRUj%2FbUATh2Bwo%3D&reserved=0>

Background:
The incumbent is responsible for managing NAL's services and products that make USDA-funded scientific research data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Re-usable (FAIR). The incumbent will manage vision, strategy, and implementation of best practices for scientific metadata and data repository services and products.

Major Duties:

  *   Gathers and manages business and customer requirements for NAL data repository products and services that support creation, curation, and publication of scientific metadata (e.g. Ag Data Commons https://data.nal.usda.gov/<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdata.nal.usda.gov%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1d1d2fd1e12e42bb849908d7bfd351bf%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637188788001343247&sdata=3xtrOW2vW9rQ%2FrRrZOV1Mrh%2FEJMuZmckD5uLNXNtKHY%3D&reserved=0> ).
  *   Provides informatics expertise related to scientific metadata, metadata standards, and their implementation in information management and transfer services; stays current with state of the art.
  *   Responsible for implementing requirements of NAL specified in the USDA Public Access Policy for Digital Scientific Data.
  *   Works with department, agency, and scientific community stakeholders to define public access and open data requirements in each phase of the Scientific Research Data lifecycle.
  *   Manages vision, strategy, and roadmap for NAL FAIR data and Data Management Planning services, understands and adheres to short and long-term strategy and goals.
  *   Ensures goals are tied to institutional strategy/goals and specific customer priorities for achieving goals, manages the process for collecting and synthesizing requirements and sets customer feedback.
  *   Provides team leadership for NAL products and services.
  *   Responsible for team culture; continuous improvement of team business processes and practices; internal and external stakeholder engagement and communication; and team alignment with vision, strategy and goals.
  *   Responsible for product and service delivery, including specific project planning and execution; defining incremental quality requirements; and for defining and meeting key performance indicators for products and services.
  *   Responsible for procurement actions related to mission requirements.
Occasional travel is expected for this position.

Please direct questions to:
Faisa Mohallim
Telephone: 703-259-9477
E-mail: faisa.mohallim at usda.gov<mailto:faisa.mohallim at usda.gov>

This is a competitive position open to the public, all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.  We request that  you share this announcement with other potential candidates.

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