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Data Manager, Institute for Housing Studies

Data Manager - IHS

Posted Date: 10/14/2011Requisition #: 16887
Functional Title: Data Manager - IHSPosition Type: Full-Time
Salaried/Hourly: ExemptCategory: Other - Other
Department: Institute for Housing StudiesCampus: Loop Campus
Location: US-IL-Chicago
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General Summary

This position is funded by an external grant source. If the grant terminates for any reason, if grant funding is lost or reduced for any reason, or if the budgetary needs for fulfilling the grant requirements change, your employment with the University will be immediately discontinued.

The Institute for Housing Studies is a research center that provides data and analysis to inform housing-related policy and resource allocation decisions. Created in 2007 as a partner to the Preservation Compact, a rental housing strategy for Cook County, the Institute for Housing Studies (IHS) has produced a number of data products, including rent, vacancy, and repeat sales price indices to identify changes in the rental housing market in Cook County. IHS offers technical assistance to affordable housing stakeholders and community-based organizations and makes its data available through published reports and the IHS website. The Data Manager will manage the IHS data clearinghouse and develop and implement processes to efficiently assemble, clean, store, maintain, and analyze data in the IHS data clearinghouse and will work to build applications to improve the capacity of IHS staff to access data from the clearinghouse. The Data Manager will also manage the design, function, and maintenance, testing, and quality assurance of the queriable data portion of the IHS website and the related databases. An ideal candidate will also be able to create and/or oversee the creation of a GIS data repository's.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities
  • Develop and implement processes to efficiently manage the assembly, cleaning, storage, maintenance, and analysis of data in the IHS data clearinghouse.
  • Develop and test applications to improve IHS ability to mine data clearinghouse and better connect data in the clearinghouse to IHS staff.
  • Work with IHS staff to synthesize and analyze housing data for research.
  • Develop and maintain documentation on data models, data dictionaries, physical database configuration, and daily database maintenance functions.
  • Create metadata in a way that ensures users and related applications can access necessary data sets.
  • Develop data queries and retrieval systems.
  • Create and/or oversee the creation of a GIS data repository that may be used by IHS staff.
  • Manage the design, function, maintenance, testing, and quality assurance of the queriable data portion of the IHS website and the related databases.
  • Supervise student workers working on the data clearinghouse project.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Requirements
  • Master’s degree in Economics, Statistics, Public Policy, or Urban Planning combined with training in computer science or related field. Equivalent experience can be substituted for Master's degree.
  • At least two years of data project management experience.
  • Good analytical skills and a strong background in statistical analysis.
  • Experience with SAS.
  • Experience with Linux, all windows, and Unix programming.

Because this position is grant funded, IHS is not able to sponsor visas for foreign workers.

Preferred Requirements:

  • At least one year of programming experience with languages including: SAS, Python, C++, C#, MySQL, and PHP.
  • Any Linux related database administrator work experience.
  • Experience with ArcView or any geographic information system (GIS).
  • Experience with housing related data and an interest in housing and community development issues.

Salary & Benefits:

DePaul offers comprehensive and competitive pay and benefits to attract and retain talent to further the University's mission. Please click on the following link to review the full Benefits Summary. https://hr.depaul.edu/Benefits/index.html


Required Background Screening:

All final candidates extended an offer of employment will undergo background screening.

DePaul University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.