Data Governance Coordinator

Data Governance Coordinator, Open Data

The Bureau of Data Technology and Standards, Data Governance and Informatics (DGIU), seeks a Data Governance Coordinator, Open Data who will be responsible for the proper disclosure of the DOHMH's public data assets on the Mayor's Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) central Open Data web portal. This role ensures the department's compliance with Open Data Law, Local Law 11 of 2012.

This law mandates that all NYC Agencies make their public datasets available on a single NYC Mayoral Office web portal (Open Data Portal), which is managed by the Mayor's Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI). DOHMH strives to make health data available to our constituents as one means to facilitate health equity. The availability of these public data assets is intended to "streamline intra-governmental and inter-governmental communication, promote innovative strategies for social progress and to create economic opportunities."

The Data Governance Coordinator, Open Data under the Data Governance Implementation Manager, will develop, implement, and maintain processes and protocols ensuring the proper disclosure of the department's public data assets to Open Data, OTI. The agency's Data Modernization Initiative that includes growing expertise in data anonymity is providing new efficiency to this effort. In addition, this position will help DOHMH programs showcase the availability of their data to the public by coordinating with programs the addition of new data to the Open Data web portal.

This position will liaise with OTI personnel, and DOHMH information technology, legal, communications, and data steward personnel to ensure that we meet the required deliverables.

Reporting to the Data Governance Implementation Manager, they will ensure DOHMH complies with NYC Open Data Laws, develop and support processes related to data use agreements (DUAs), and support key data governance initiatives related to the Enterprise Data Platform (EDP).

Specifically the Open Data Governance Coordinator will:

• Engage DOHMH stakeholders to promote the importance of making health data available to NYC constituents, identify eligible datasets, and ensure timely data and documentation deliverables for Open data. Creatively engage with DOHMH programs to help them showcase their data in Open Data.
• Liaise with DOHMH information technology, legal, communications, and data steward personnel to ensure requirements are met and to prepare and deliver the agency's Annual Open Data compliance plan.
• Coordinate with DOHMH communications staff to perform public outreach and presentation with the aim of increasing strategic use of the City's datasets and to comply with OTI requirements.
• Coordinate and communicate with the DOHMH General Counsel Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Office to determine FOIL requests that are Open Data eligible.
• Liaise with DOHMH stakeholders to prepare data for publication
  • Collaborate with DOHMH statistician privacy liaisons to ensure data confidentiality and to structure public health datasets for Open Data release, where needed.
  • Ensure data prepared for publication are appropriately formatted and machine-readable while meeting the requirements of OTI.
  • Review data asset data dictionaries and corresponding metadata and documentation to ensure they meet OTI requirements prior to publishing
• Maintain governance tracking and communication systems keeping up-to-date contact information and timely, accurate and complete deliverables. Address any delays or missed deadlines of data and metadata releases.
• Address Open Data public inquiries through the coordination of responses from DOHMH data managers.
• Liaise with DOHMH stakeholders to prepare data for publication
• Liaise with DOHMH stakeholders to prepare data for publication
• Prepare and maintain documentation to support all operations pertaining to Open Data.
• Document the rationale and justification for tools and services needed to maintain DOHMH compliance with Open Data.
• Support the Data Governance and Informatics Unit in data governance operations, including the following: schedule meetings, develop agendas, document project conversations, follow-up…