Project Coordinator-Grant Funded (Contingent II)

Maryland Connect • Patuxent Riding, MD

90d • $68,000 - $74,990

About The Position

The Center for Data Analytics Education seeks a qualified Project Coordinator to oversee the implementation of various project components. The project aims to build capacity in data analytics strategies, models, curriculum design, and research within the education department. A key initiative involves offering mini grants to professors for integrating data into their curriculum or conducting data-driven community projects. The Project Coordinator will play a pivotal role in supporting faculty and student training, research, and community engagement across diverse data science areas.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the effective implementation of the Department of Education grant, ensuring alignment with project goals and timelines.
• Coordinate activities related to faculty training, curriculum development, and community engagement.
• Administer the mini grant program, including the application process, evaluation, and selection of proposals.
• Provide guidance to professors awarded mini grants and facilitate the successful execution of their projects.
• Support research initiatives within the Center for Data Analytics by facilitating collaboration between faculty and students.
• Assist in the identification of research opportunities, data sources, and methodologies.
• Foster partnerships with external organizations to enhance community engagement in data science projects.
• Promote the Center for Data Analytics' involvement in data-driven initiatives that benefit the broader community.
• Establish mechanisms for monitoring and evaluating the impact of project activities.
• Collect and analyze data to assess the effectiveness of faculty and student training programs.
• Support training programs for faculty and students in various data science areas.

Benefits

• medical, dental, prescription, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance
• paid time for paid sick leave and annual leave
• 10 paid holidays per year
• tuition remission
• supplemental retirement

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