Data Administration Manager 2

State of Ohio • Columbus, OH

16h • Onsite

About The Position

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. The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce is a diverse team of passionate, education-focused professionals responsible for overseeing and enhancing the quality of education for each of Ohio’s 1.7 million students. The Department provides the resources and supports essential to raising student achievement and accelerating learning opportunities, advancing the connectivity between K-12 and postsecondary learning, creating programs to support and expand workforce experiences, and ensuring students have the necessary supports to be ready each day to learn. As the governing body responsible for overseeing and enhancing the quality of education within the State of Ohio, the Department of Education and Workforce is dedicated to promoting educational excellence and ensuring equal access to learning opportunities for all students. The Department is committed to collaborating with schools, districts, educators, students, families, businesses, nonprofits and all stakeholders to achieve our educational goals.

Requirements

• Completion of undergraduate core program in business or public administration or data processing/computer science/information systems technology
• 3 years experience or 3 years training 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
• 12 months experience as Data Administration Manager 1, 67171
• Equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above
• Job Skills: Database Administration

Responsibilities

• 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
• Acts 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

Benefits

• 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 )

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees