Project Data Coordinator

Job Posting Details

Position Number:

Payroll

Title:

DATA SYS ANL 2 TX (005453)

Job Code: 005453

Job Open Date: 08/04/2026

Application Review Begins: 8/19/26

Department Code (Name): NCEA (CENTER ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS)

Percentage of Time: 100

Union Code (Name): TX – Technical Professionals

Employee Class (Appointment Type): Staff:
Career

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Classified Indicator Description (Personnel Program): PSS

Salary Grade: STEPS

Pay Rate/Range: The budgeted salary range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $36/hour. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience; the budget for the position; and the application of fair, equitable, and consistent pay practices at the University. The full salary range for this position is $36 to $64.07/ hour.

Work Location: 1021 Anacapa Street

Working Days and Hours
: M-F 8am-4pm

Benefits Eligibility: Full Benefits

Type of Remote or Hybrid Work Arrangement, if applicable: Hybrid

Special Instructions

For full consideration, please include a resume and a cover letter as part of your application.

Department Marketing Statement

Established in 1995, the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) is a research center of the University of California, Santa Barbara and was the first national synthesis center of its kind. There is broad acknowledgement that NCEAS has significantly altered the way ecological science is conducted, towards being more collaborative, open, integrative, relevant, and technologically informed. Different from the scientific tradition of solitary lab or fieldwork, NCEAS fosters collaborative synthesis research – assembling interdisciplinary teams to distill existing data, ideas, theories, or methods drawn from many sources, across multiple fields of inquiry, to accelerate the generation of new scientific knowledge at a broad scale.

NCEAS is located in downtown Santa Barbara in a beautiful city filled with activities -- downtown, on the beaches, and in the mountains. NCEAS is committed to improving diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in science. We value diversity in expertise, backgrounds, needs and experiences, and aim to see diversity reflected among our residents and visitors. We are committed to providing a safe, productive, and welcoming environment for everyone in our community.

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Brief Summary Of

Job Duties

The Data Systems Analyst manages ecologically and environmentally relevant data from the Arctic Data Center and other funded projects at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS). The analyst contacts data providers and consults the literature to manage and archive data of moderate complexity for preservation. This includes gathering and analyzing information from data providers and editing metadata to make the data understandable and useful for synthesis activities.

The analyst also performs a wide variety of analysis and data modeling activities to assess and remedy data quality issues, as well as characterize and visualize data for synthesis. The analyst works closely with the Director of Informatics Research and Development to identify issues that need attention to streamline the data management process, with NCEAS' Scientific Programmers to implement approaches to streamline data management operations, and with researchers from targeted projects to archive data and metadata.

The analyst also organizes and mentors graduate student interns and fellows who contribute to the data management goals of the Center, and participates in data science training activities serving the Arctic research and other NCEAS communities.



Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in environmental, ecological, or related research fields involving data management
• Demonstrable experience working in one or more scripted statistical frameworks such as R or Matlab Required
• Qualified candidates must have excellent writing and speaking skills in English allowing communication of complex technical topics with a science audience.
• Must have strong organizational skills, strong problem solving skills, and be service oriented.
• Knowledge of data management systems, practices, and standards, and demonstrable statistical analysis and modeling skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in environmental, ecological, or related science fields is desirable, as is extensive knowledge and skill in data management, metadata standards, data standards, R, statistics, and modeling.
• Skill in other programming languages is desirable
• Satisfactory criminal history background check
• Position is funded by federal contract/sub-contract and requires E-Verify check
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