The Research Associate will support the IMPACT Project Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). NASA's IMPACT Project Office monitors trends and progressions across the informatics, data science, and information technology communities in order to inform strategy and develop effective solutions for Earth science data management and dissemination. Additionally, the IMPACT Project Office provides a broad user perspective as to how NASA Earth science data and information are represented and communicated. The IMPACT project fosters cross-community collaborations to improve all phases of the Earth science data life cycle, including processes, policies, engineering, and information communication.
Duties / Responsibilities
- Perform metadata quality assessments for the earth science catalog
- Review scientific and technical materials for clarity and quality
- Maintain reporting pipeline of IMPACT accomplishments
- Use of technical writing and editing skills to support and contribute to IMPACT reporting requirements
- Support communications efforts with data providers as needed
- Provide assistance to IMPACT in the creation and testing of scientific and technical products