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We are seeking a **Data Specialist **who will be responsible for auditing HR data and generating reports across various HR systems and applications. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of HR processes and practices and knowledge of HR policies and procedures. The incumbent will partner with KSAS leadership, departments, programs, centers, and institutes to correct data inaccuracies and develop KSAS HR-specific data best practices and guidelines for the Krieger School. This position is expected to end on 12/30/2026; additional details will be discussed during the interview.

The Data Specialist is responsible for entering, maintaining, auditing, and processing sensitive data for the assigned area. The Data Specialist is responsible for maximizing technological capabilities to reduce manual processes, preparing and processing ad-hoc and scheduled reports, and recommending resources for process-improvement tasks. The Data Specialist will run and resolve data anomalies/inconsistencies and generate reports.

**Specific Duties & Responsibilities**

- Provide data support for the team, all associated end-users, and members of senior management.

- Validate data and the accurate completion or routing of each reporting project based on predetermined processes.

- Act as the initial contact for data corrections, escalate as necessary, and execute approved corrections.

- Act as a resource and guide for clients and business partners regarding data and standardized business processes.

- Maintain complete and accurate records.

- Ensure the highest level of accuracy for data entered into the systems to ensure successful data audits.

- Audit data entry on a regular basis for accuracy and compliance.

- Prepare and present data metrics as needed.

- Create standard and/or ad-hoc reports out of assigned systems to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal reporting guidelines.

- Participate in the creation of new queries and reports as needed.

- Initiate technology service requests to revise or develop existing or new modules for processing data or reports.

- Assist with the support of all aspects of the assigned data process as it relates to data requests, including but not limited to data availability, feasibility of requests, ad-hoc reports, and technical support.

- Adhere to organizational and department-specific safety and confidentiality policies and standards.

- Use functional and technical knowledge to provide end-users with general guidance and informal training as needed.

- Assist with the creation of internal training tools and process guides for staff to maximize effective use of the applications and systems.

- Prepare and present workshops to users to explain system requirements and system procedures.

- May respond to technical issues and recommend changes to the existing data platform.

- Other duties as assigned.

~~In addition to the duties above~~

- Support data governance efforts by ensuring data integrity and consistency across systems.

- Conducts routine HR audits and reports. Partners with departments, programs, centers, and institutes to maintain compliance with policies and procedures.

- Assists with the maintenance of human resources data in various system applications (such E210, SAP, OPEN, etc.) and assists with ongoing process improvements.

- Develop and maintain dashboards and reports to track HR metrics such as turnover rates, workforce trends, etc.

- Identify trends and patterns in data to provide insights and recommendations to HR Director and Assistant Director.

**Minimum Qualifications**

- High School Diploma or graduation equivalent.

- Three years of administrative/academic related experience.

- Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Experience using and developing Power BI dashboards.

- SAP experience and knowledge.

**Technical Skills & Expected Level Of Proficiency**

- Business Process Analysis - Awareness

- Data Management and Analysis - Awareness

- Database Querying - Awareness

- Data Validation and Quality Assurance - Awareness

- Oral and written communications - Awareness

- Technical Training - Awareness

Classified Title: Data Specialist

Job Posting Title (Working Title): Data Specialist (KSAS Human Resources)

Role/Level/Range: ATO 37.5/03/OF

Starting Salary Range: $21.25 - $36.90 HRLY ($70,000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)

Employee group: Full Time

Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00 pm

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Location: Hybrid/JH at Keswick

Department name: KSAS Human Resources

Personnel area: School of Arts & Sciences

Data Specialist (KSAS Human Resources)

We are America’s first research university, founded in 1876 on the principle that by pursuing big ideas and sharing what we learn, we can make the world a better place. For more than 140 years, our faculty and students have worked side by side in pursuit of discoveries that improve lives.

Johns Hopkins enrolls more than 24,000 full- and part-time students throughout nine academic divisions. Our faculty and students study, teach, and learn across more than 260 programs in the arts and music, the humanities, the social and natural sciences, engineering, international studies, education, business, and the health professions.The university has four campuses in Baltimore; one in Washington, D.C.; one in Montgomery County, Maryland; and facilities throughout the Baltimore-Washington region as well as in China and Italy.

The university takes its name from 19th-century Maryland philanthropist Johns Hopkins, an entrepreneur who believed in improving public health and education in Baltimore and beyond.

Industry: Higher Education
Company Size: 10,001+ employees

The Johns Hopkins University

We are seeking a **Developer ** at METRC for a part-time, entry-level role embedded in our Data Engineering team. You will work under the direct guidance of our Senior Cloud Engineer and Developer II on the maintenance of existing research software and the support of new development efforts. We run multiple longitudinal randomized clinical multi-site trials and have built an in-house Data Engineering shop to support them — this role is an opportunity to grow inside that environment from the ground up.

Domain experience in clinical research is a plus but is not expected. If you are a developer with foundational skills in R and/or Python and a willingness to learn, you will find plenty of meaningful work here. We use Basecamp internally rather than JIRA; familiarity with either is welcome but neither is required.

As with our other developer roles, our software design patterns and development cycles naturally follow the rhythms of study life cycles — meaning you will be working on software that needs to remain functional and extensible across studies that may not yet be designed. We use a DataOps methodology rooted in Agile principles. At the Developer I level, your primary contribution will be in supporting and learning within that framework under close supervision, with increasing independence over time.

**General Summary**

Support the creation, implementation, maintenance, performance, production support and documentation of various departmental and enterprise-wide application systems. This includes but is not limited to the installation, modification, and testing of new and/or upgraded applications (packages or home grown), operating systems, file structures, hardware, communication devices, and productivity tools. Assist with database maintenance and application system code support.

**Job Scope/Complexity**

Demonstrate a basic understanding of project life cycle and support sections of life cycle. Under direct supervision, assist with full life-cycle of small and/or parts of a large project. Once priorities are set, perform tasks under direct supervision with regular process updates. Examples can easily be found in existing code, methods or online. Typically, concepts used are simple and standard.

**Specific Duties & Responsibilities**

- The responsibilities listed below are typical examples of the work performed by this position.

- Not all duties assigned to this position are included, nor is it expected that everyone in this position will be assigned every job responsibility.

~~Analysis & Requirements Gathering~~

-  Under direct supervision support business/clinical/education problems by meeting with clients and more Sr. IT colleagues to observe and understand current processes and the issues related to those processes. Contribute to written documentation of findings to share with the client and other IT colleagues.

-  Review system requirements by meeting with clients and Sr. IT colleagues and researching existing technology to understand the business requirements for new applications.

~~Design & Development~~

-  Contribute to the development of detailed tasks by analyzing project scope and milestones for projects in order to ensure product is delivered in a timely fashion according to software lifecycle standards.

-  Contribute to functional/technical specifications by reviewing the provided system requirements, assist with putting them into functional and technical descriptions for use by programmers and business analysts to develop technical solutions.

-  Assist with the development/change of data input, files/database structures, data transformation, algorithms, and data output by using appropriate computer language/tools to provide technical solution for application development tasks.

-  Assist with documentation of code and associated processes by adhering to development methodologies, adding code comments and appropriate documentation to various knowledge-based system(s) to simplify code maintenance and to improve the support.

~~Testing & Documentation~~

-  Assist with the creation and documentation of test scenarios using the appropriate testing tools to validate and verify application functionality.

-  Assist with the testing of all changes by using the appropriate test scenarios to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handled in a meaningful way.

-  Contribute to the creation and maintenance of documentation by writing audience-appropriate materials to serve as technical and/or end-user references.

~~Implementation & Maintenance~~

-  Assist with the Implementation of changes by adhering to the change management policies and procedures for any given project to communicate to all parties the nature, significance, and risk factors of the solution.

-  Assist in the monitoring of changes and resolution of problems by responding to problems as they occur, by reviewing all processing and output of the newly implemented solution, and by proactively ensuring the solution works successfully to satisfy the customer requirements and to provide a smooth transition to the new solution.

-  Provide support by triaging and resolving issues to ensure prompt, effective service.

~~In addition to the duties described above~~

- Assist in the development and maintenance of custom R packages that automate the cleaning, analysis, and distribution of METRC administrative and study data.

- Support ETL/ELT script updates as part of our ongoing migration away from GCP-hosted servers and toward our data warehouse infrastructure.

- Contribute to the testing and documentation of data pipeline components, helping ensure reproducibility and reliability across study datasets.

**Minimum Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s Degree.

- No prior professional experience required.

- Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Foundational programming experience in R and/or Python (coursework, independent projects, or internships accepted).

- Related classwork or internships with computer systems and applications preferred.

- Exposure to relational databases or data pipeline concepts; familiarity with version control (Git).

Classified Title: Developer

Role/Level/Range: ATO 40/E/03/OG

Starting Salary Range: $24.25 - $42.50 HRLY ($25.00 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)

Employee group: Part-time

Schedule: Monday to Friday, 25 hours per week

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Location: Remote

Department name: Health Policy & Management -METRC

Personnel area: School of Public Health

Developer (The Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium)

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