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Benchmark Education Company is hiring a Metadata Manager. The role involves driving and maintaining taxonomy standards, leading the Taxonomy Team, and overseeing the work of Metadata and Correlations Specialists. The manager will collaborate with multiple departments to ensure taxonomy consistency and accuracy and support metadata management related to standards crosswalks.

Highlights

Main responsibilities include maintaining taxonomy, collaborating with stakeholders, and overseeing specialists.
Requires expertise in educational publishing, standards alignment, and Metadata management.
Must manage crosswalks between taxonomy and state standards.
Experience with Common Core, State Standards, and educational assessments desired.
Requires strong skills in MS Office and Adobe Creative Suite.
Spanish language proficiency and PreK-8 teaching experience are advantageous.
Requires strong organizational skills and ability to collaborate successfully.
3+ years in education publishing and standards correlation experience preferred.
Position is Full-time.

Metadata Manager Full Description

Metadata Manager

Remote - USA

Full time

Position Purpose:

The Metadata Manager drives and maintains the taxonomy and associated standards crosswalks as living resources that continue to evolve alongside updated standards, research, and market needs. Under the Director of Metadata and Correlations, the Metadata Manager leads the ongoing collaboration of the Taxonomy Team comprised of stakeholders from editorial, assessment, correlations, digital production, and others as needed. The Metadata Manager oversees the work of Metadata and Correlations Specialists and contributes to correlations, as needed.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Collaborate with key stakeholders from editorial, assessment, correlations, digital production, and other departments as needed, to identify and resolve any discrepancies or questions that arise in relation to the taxonomy and associated standards crosswalks.
Oversee governance of the wording, organization, and codes of the taxonomy for both English and Spanish, eliciting input and support as needed from stakeholders.
Maintain and update crosswalks between the taxonomy and state standards.
Interface with Digital Production and Technology team members as needed to support planning for and use of the taxonomy.
Manage the work of metadata and correlations specialists.
Support the larger Metadata and Correlations team by working on correlations, as needed.
Manage metadata associated with correlations.

Job Requirements/Skills and Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree preferably in related field
3+ years of educational publishing experience in a PreK-8 setting
3+ years’ experience in correlating standards for state and district adoptions
Experience supervising the work of others
Knowledge of the educational marketplace and demands for standards alignment
Expert knowledge of Common Core and State Standards
Clear written and spoken communication skills
History of successful collaboration with diverse stakeholders
Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills
Understanding of PARCC, SBAC, and state Assessments
Strong technology skills including MS Office and Adobe Creative Suite
Comfortable with navigating online and internal information systems
PreK-8 teaching experience is a plus
Spanish language proficiency is a plus
Knowledge of Spanish Language Arts (SLA) standards, English Language Development (ELD), and/or WIDA standards is a plus

About Us

Benchmark Education Company is a leading publisher of core, supplemental, and intervention literacy and language resources in English and Spanish, both print and digital, as well as world-class professional development. Since its founding in 1998, our company has proven to be one of the most nimble and innovative content creators on the cutting edge of pedagogy and technology. The digital content in our many learning programs delivers all the rigor of its print counterpart and is designed for virtual and blended learning contexts.

Benchmark Education Publishing (BEC) and its affiliates are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Original Job Description

Metadata Manager

Remote - USA

Full time

Position Purpose:

Duties and Responsibilities:

Collaborate with key stakeholders from editorial, assessment, correlations, digital production, and other departments as needed, to identify and resolve any discrepancies or questions that arise in relation to the taxonomy and associated standards crosswalks.
Oversee governance of the wording, organization, and codes of the taxonomy for both English and Spanish, eliciting input and support as needed from stakeholders.
Maintain and update crosswalks between the taxonomy and state standards.
Interface with Digital Production and Technology team members as needed to support planning for and use of the taxonomy.
Manage the work of metadata and correlations specialists.
Support the larger Metadata and Correlations team by working on correlations, as needed.
Manage metadata associated with correlations.

Job Requirements/Skills and Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree preferably in related field
3+ years of educational publishing experience in a PreK-8 setting
3+ years’ experience in correlating standards for state and district adoptions
Experience supervising the work of others
Knowledge of the educational marketplace and demands for standards alignment
Expert knowledge of Common Core and State Standards
Clear written and spoken communication skills
History of successful collaboration with diverse stakeholders
Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills
Understanding of PARCC, SBAC, and state Assessments
Strong technology skills including MS Office and Adobe Creative Suite
Comfortable with navigating online and internal information systems
PreK-8 teaching experience is a plus
Spanish language proficiency is a plus
Knowledge of Spanish Language Arts (SLA) standards, English Language Development (ELD), and/or WIDA standards is a plus

About Us

Benchmark Education Publishing (BEC) and its affiliates are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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