Data Management Specialist - Economics and Social Science Research (FishSET) (19-1189)

Location: Seattle, WA (98115)

Anticipated Start Date: November 5, 2019

Position Type: Full Year, Full Time, Hourly/Non-Exempt

Benefits Eligible: Yes | www.psmfc.org/benefits

Salary Target: $27.50/hour

Job Number: 19-1189

Closing Date: October 25, 2019 at midnight

Group Definition: Data Management Specialists (Social Sciences) use a background in the social sciences as they assist in the population, maintenance, enhancement and distribution of databases. They locate, obtain, standardize, enter, verify, and correct various data sets related to project goals and work plans.

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, working with NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service's Alaska Fishery Science Center, has developed a set of tools, the Spatial Economic Toolbox for Fisheries (FishSET). The primary purpose of FishSET is to improve economic modeling of spatial management problem in fisheries management. FishSET will package models of fisher behavior together so that they can be run comparatively easily on any dataset. Additional tools to spatially summarize the data and to compare models results are also being developed. The Data Management Specialist will work with Economics and Social Science Research (ESSR) program scientists and other staff at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (Seattle, WA) on data-driven projects intended to inform fishery managers and the public. The position involves working with confidential fisheries data in the Alaska Fisheries Information Network data warehouse using Oracle/SQL and other scripting languages to query, wrangle, and summarize data; and assisting in data analysis using general statistical methods and data visualization developed using the R programming language and related applications.. This position is aimed towards recent graduates, current graduate students, or career analysts with 4 years of experience.

Essential Functions: (The functions listed below are characteristic of the type and level of work associated with this group and pay band. They are not all-inclusive. Individual positions may perform some or all, as well as other similar work.)

At the lower end of the range, employees:

At the upper end of the range, employees:

Knowledge Required by the Position:

The employee must have knowledge of:

Sufficient to: input data; structure information retrievals; edit, combine and manipulate data; and/or provide reports for users. This knowledge allows the employee to assess or interpret the significance of the results and relate that to the overall objective of the assignment. 

Additional Mandatory skills:  

Physical Demands:

The work is generally sedentary, although there may be some nominal walking or standing for short periods of time, or carrying of light loads of papers, books, reports, etc. that require only moderate physical ability and physical stress.

Work Environment:

The works area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. The work involves the common risks or discomforts typical of office, meeting rooms, libraries, and the like.

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

A range of experience and education may be presented. Candidates must present one year of Specialized Experience** AND four years of successfully completed education above high school in anthropology, economics, statistics, computer science, or any other field that provides the same knowledge. An equivalent combination of experience and education is also qualifying.

**Specialized Experience is experience that equips the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position being filled. To be creditable, Specialized Experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled.