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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a discipline related to research, data science, information management, environmental science, social science, geography, computer science, or a related field.
• Four years of related experience in research analysis, data analysis, data management, or a related field.
• OR An equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree strongly preferred.
• Research data management and documentation
• IRB protocols and compliance
• Data mining and resource evaluation
• Database design and data structures
• Metadata development and management
• Functional and technical documentation
• Management of multi-modal datasets including survey, sensor, geospatial, image, audio, and environmental data
• FAIR data principles and data stewardship practices
• Microsoft Azure cloud services
• ArcGIS or other geospatial analysis software
• GitHub, GitLab, or version control systems
• SQL and/or NoSQL databases
• Web-based research applications
• Dashboard development and data visualization platforms
• Web design and human-computer interaction principles
• Statistical programming languages such as R, Python, SQL, and NoSQL
• Scripting languages such as Python, JavaScript, or similar technologies
• Cloud-based research cyberinfrastructure
• Community-engaged and interdisciplinary research
• Indigenous data governance and collaborative research partnerships
• Building relationships with Tribal Nations, academic researchers, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies
• Translating technical concepts for non-technical audiences
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
• Managing complex workflows involving multiple projects and data sources
• Integrating and analyzing diverse, multi-modal datasets
• Supporting collaborative research data platforms
• Creating compelling data stories, dashboards, reports, and visualizations
• Bridging technical, scientific, and community perspectives within interdisciplinary teams

Responsibilities

• Support design, development, and implementation of community-driven research initiatives in collaboration with Tribal Nations and project partners.
• Partner with collaborators to define research goals, timelines, deliverables, and data requirements.
• Serve as the primary coordinator and steward of project data resources.
• Gather and translate research and data management requirements from internal and external stakeholders.
• Participate in meetings, community engagement activities, workshops, presentations, listening sessions, and partner events.
• Collaborate with faculty, researchers, students, and community partners to develop innovative research solutions and data products.
• Support ongoing enhancement, maintenance, and development of the Noondawind web-based research platform.
• Administer Microsoft Azure resources supporting research infrastructure.
• Manage ArcGIS and geospatial technology resources.
• Maintain platform code repositories and technical documentation.
• Manage, integrate, clean, and analyze quantitative, qualitative, geospatial, environmental, and multi-modal datasets.
• Conduct statistical analyses, geospatial analyses, textual analyses, dashboard creation, and data visualization.
• Develop reports, dashboards, maps, charts, figures, and data products using established analytical methods.
• Collaborate with researchers, artists, designers, technical specialists, and community partners to support integrated project outcomes.
• Prepare visualizations and communication materials for presentations, publications, meetings, and community dissemination activities.
• Support project management, research administration, metadata development, and research documentation efforts.
• Assist with Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocols and compliance activities.
• Maintain documentation including workflows, data inventories, technical manuals, publications, presentations, and project records.
• Contribute to the development and review of data governance policies, data-sharing agreements, Indigenous data sovereignty practices, authorship guidelines, and reporting procedures.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• comprehensive and competitive medical and dental care programs
• generous retirement benefits
• a wide array of family-friendly and cultural programs