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Oregon Housing and Community Services
Oregon Housing and Community Services

201-500 employees

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Community Development
About Oregon Housing and Community Services

Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) is the state agency responsible for affordable housing and community development in Oregon. Its mission is to provide safe, accessible, and affordable housing options to Oregonians, while supporting community development initiatives that improve quality of life. OHCS administers a variety of programs including rental assistance, homeownership support, homelessness prevention, and community revitalization efforts. The agency works closely with local governments, nonprofits, and private partners to address housing needs and promote economic opportunity across the state.

5 months ago

Data Governance Officer

Portland - Hybrid
Full-time
Mid Level
Data Governance Officer
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Description
  • The primary purpose of this position is to ensure the Agency has effective data management and data governance plans that are being implemented and tracked.
  • The person in this position will create policies and procedures for how people interact with, share, and use data within OHCS.
  • They will lead work on completing and maintaining the Agency’s data inventory and they will ensure we have written documentation on our data collection, cleaning, and reporting methodologies.
  • OHCS navigates multiple data systems for multiple programs, and the Data Governance Officer (DGO) will work to streamline data collection and database management alongside program staff.
  • The DGO will develop strategy for advancing agency data management and use practices to ensure the agency can sufficiently meet evolving data and information needs.
  • The position will serve as an agency operational consultant and subject matter expert and advisor on emerging best practices, governance, strategy, and service provision related to data.
  • The position works closely with the OHCS Chief Information Officer (CIO), Agency leaders, and management teams to align business and data initiatives, and contribute to other related agency strategic planning and implementation efforts.
  • This position will counsel agency leadership regarding areas where data and information management improvements, policy decisions, and direction are needed.
  • The DGO will serve as the point of contact for all Data Stewards across the Agency and a data governance (DG) subject matter expert for OHCS, facilitating various aspects of DG processes and co-leading the Data Governance Committee with a member of the IS team.
  • In addition to supporting internal DG processes, the DGO will also act as a representative for the Oregon Data Steward Council.
  • As a representative of the Oregon Data Steward Council, it is the DGO’s responsibility to stay up to date with state-level requirements to determine changes that may arise related to their role.
  • To successfully complete this role, the DGO will work closely with the State Chief Data Officer (CDO) to ensure OHCS remains in compliance with state-level requirements and expectations.
  • The DGO will also function as OHCS’s Open Data Coordinator, working to ensure that OHCS meets Open Data Standard requirements for Oregon’s state agencies, such as biennial data inventory, open data plan documentation, and data submission to the Open Data Portal.
  • This will include regular contact with the Open Data staff affiliated with the CDO’s office and attending regular Open Data Coordinator meetings.
  • The DGO will provide leadership to business areas within the agency in applying data management and governance best practices and will play a key role in aligning data governance with broader agency strategy.
  • This position also requires an individual to have skills necessary to work with internal and external partners to build DELC’s capacity in the area of data justice and work collaboratively to enact equity-focused improvements to DG policy and processes over time.
  • The minimum qualifications include a Bachelor's Degree in any discipline with coursework in statistics or quantitative analysis and one year of experience with data analysis or four years of research experience.
  • Desired attributes include leadership, project management, data quality management, DEI principles, stakeholder collaboration, and familiarity with data tools like SQL, Tableau, Power BI, and ArcGIS.
  • The role offers a competitive salary, benefits including health insurance, vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, flexible spending, and retirement plans.
  • The position is full-time, hybrid, and represented by SEIU, with a start date around February 2026.

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Requirements
  • A Bachelor's Degree in any discipline that included six-quarter units in statistics or quantitative analysis methods and procedures, and one year experience using computerized applications to independently gather, compile, and analyze data and prepare narrative or statistical reports.
  • OR Four years of research experience using computerized applications to independently gather, compile, and analyze data and prepare narrative or statistical reports.

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Benefits
  • Employer-paid health insurance
  • Vacation leave
  • Sick leave
  • Eleven paid holidays
  • Three paid personal days
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Employer contribution retirement plan (PERS)