Data Governance System Coordinator (Institutional Effectiveness Specialist IV)

Kentucky Community and Technical College System • Versailles, KY

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Data Governance System Coordinator leads the implementation, administration, and continuous improvement of the KCTCS data governance framework. The position directs governance activities across colleges and system office departments, convenes data stakeholders, establishes and maintains governance processes, standards, and documentation, advances data quality initiatives, and promotes consistent data definitions, stewardship practices, and reporting methodologies. It serves as the central point of coordination for systemwide data governance, driving governance priorities, facilitating resolution of cross-functional data issues, and ensuring decisions are documented, communicated, and implemented to strengthen institutional data quality, consistency, and reliability for reporting, compliance, planning, and decision-making.

Positions with the KCTCS System Office in Versailles, Kentucky, are term-contract positions, with continuance expected based on performance. The role follows a hybrid schedule and requires onsite work at least three days per work week. Hybrid schedules are periodically reviewed and may be modified or terminated at any time.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and four years of relevant experience, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of data governance, data stewardship, metadata management, data quality, and data standards principles.
• Ability to design, implement, manage, and continuously improve practical governance structures, processes, and documentation, translating priorities into action.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate collaboration among diverse stakeholder groups, build consensus, and resolve complex cross-functional issues.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, including the ability to coordinate multiple initiatives and priorities simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex data, reporting, and governance concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to analyze business processes, identify governance needs, and translate requirements into practical standards, procedures, and documentation.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment in evaluating issues, prioritizing work, and recommending courses of action.
• Ability to adapt and maintain momentum in a developing and evolving governance environment.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree and seven years of progressively responsible experience.
• Education in Information Systems, Data Analytics, Business Administration, Public Administration, Higher Education Administration, Institutional Research, Statistics, or a related field.
• Experience in higher education, including institutional research, institutional effectiveness, reporting, compliance, or related functions guided by external requirements and institutional business practices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the IR/IE Management Council and governance stakeholders to establish data governance priorities.
• Evaluate, prioritize, and recommend resolution strategies for cross-functional data issues.
• Coordinate implementation of Council directives concerning data definitions, data ownership, stewardship responsibilities, reporting methodologies, and governance standards.
• Lead administration and coordination of the KCTCS data governance framework.
• Establish and manage governance processes, committees, priorities, decision-rights structures, policies, standards, and stewardship practices.
• Manage governance documentation and institutional knowledge assets, including data dictionaries, business glossaries, metadata repositories, business rules, reporting methodologies, decisions, procedures, standards, and reference materials.
• Direct governance communication, training, stakeholder engagement, and adoption activities; communicate priorities, standards, and decisions and develop training materials and practical guidance.
• Promote stakeholder understanding and consistent application of governance practices across KCTCS.
• Direct data quality management activities, including establishing standards, metrics, monitoring processes, and issue-resolution workflows.
• Identify, prioritize, escalate, and track data quality concerns; coordinate corrective actions and monitor their implementation through resolution.

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental coverage for employees and their families.
• Tuition reimbursement or waiver for the employee, spouse, and dependents.
• 403(b) retirement plan with a 10% employer match for a 5% employee contribution.
• Vacation and sick time.
• Work-life balance.
• 9.5 paid holidays.
• Two weeks of institutional closing pay in the last two weeks of December for qualifying positions.
• Employee Assistance Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level