What are the responsibilities and job description for the Digital Project Coordinator position at LIBRARY OF CONGRESS?
This position is located in the Collections Discovery and Metadata Service Division, Digital Services Directorate, Discovery and Preservation Services.
The position description number is 059586.
The salary range reflects the locality pay adjustments for the Wash, D.C., Metro area.
The incumbent will work a flexitime or compflex work schedule.
This is a non-supervisory, bargaining unit position.
Relocation expenses will not be authorized for the person selected under this vacancy.
Qualifications:
Applicants must have had progressively responsible experience and training sufficient in scope and quality to furnish them with an acceptable level of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the position without more than normal supervision.
Knowledge of the FOLIO Library Services Platform including implementation, troubleshooting, configuration, analysis, development, and testing of features or integrations.**
Ability to coordinate and optimize systems support and technology in a library or archives setting.**
Ability to research and analyze technical issues.**
Ability to perform project management functions.
Ability to write technical documents.
Ability to interact collaboratively with others at all levels.
Ability to identify and solve problems.
Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing.
Responsibilities:
Plans and designs centralized and mission-specific projects under established and/or proposed program objectives. Identifies and carries out necessary actions related to implementation, monitoring, evaluation and management of technical information programs and projects. Designs and coordinates mission-specific strategic objectives within the technical information area, identifying actions related to program/project implementation, monitoring, and evaluating activities under established and/or proposed objectives.
Exercises independent judgment and applies broad technical knowledge of technical information conditions and trends in preparing or assuring preparation of implementation documents, concept and decision papers, and memoranda. Assists in advancing the state-of-the-art of the technical information discipline, and in improving approaches in activity management.
Works collaboratively in the designs and participates in broad technical information assessments, and participates in development and review. Presents and defends positions, as required. Provides guidance to stakeholder and other groups. Coordinates information and builds consensus from various organizations involved in the preparation and approval of various initiatives.
Researches and identifies complex program issues or problems affecting program initiatives in major agency organizational components, such as a Library-wide system. Makes recommendations for and coordinates resolutions and improvements.
Provides expert analysis and advice on complex program related information technology (IT) issues or problems where new analytical techniques must be developed to identify and evaluate findings. Based on operations and changing program requirements, identifies relevant issues. Collects relevant information from many varied sources, some of which are difficult to access. Makes authoritative recommendations to management.
Plans and coordinates agency-wide implementation of process improvement methods and concepts to improve the quality of systems, applications and tools. Conducts feasibility studies to develop alternative and cost effective approaches to satisfying customer requirements. Provides expert evaluation of the requirements, analyzes alternatives, and recommends technical solutions relating to the complete life cycle for information systems and information systems components. Writes technical business cases, and coordinates the implementation of improvements to IT systems, applications, tools and practices.
Prepares cost analyses of the various alternative approaches to the systems, applications and tools, considering factors such as timing, personnel, and equipment requirements and priorities. Makes recommendations on advantageous approaches for enhancing existing systems, applications and tools or for purchasing or developing new systems, applications and tools that satisfy customer needs at the lowest cost. Assesses new systems design methodologies to improve IT system functionality. Presents recommendations for adopting new methodologies to customer program organizations and leads implementation activities in coordination with OCIO.
Salary : $121,785