Data coordinator/data steward

Job location, Stockholm County - Sweden

Stockholm University is a driving actor for the transition to open science and offers a relevant and high-class research infrastructure with active work for national and regional cooperation in the field.

The University Library is an infrastructure within Stockholm University with a wide range of activities and a variety of services that are at the forefront in several areas - including open science.

During the spring, Stockholm University will strengthen its organization for handling research data through local data stewards at each department. The research data group is tasked with developing this function, where the first step will be a pilot with five institutions. The local data stewards will act as contact points to the central research data group.

The university library is structured in an agile network organization with self-organizing groups where the right skills and abilities are included with a mandate to drive development, both now and for the future. For the Research Data Group, this means joint responsibility for the whole with individual responsibility for different parts, in order to provide the best service and services to the university's researchers.

We are now looking for a data steward who wants to become part of the Research Data Group. You will play a central role in the daily work and actively contribute to developing the business going forward. More information about us is available at: https://www.su.se/enheter/stockholms-universitetsbibliotek

Job duties
As part of the Research Data Group, you will work in an environment characterized by strong commitment and a high level of ambition, where we simultaneously maintain a healthy balance between work and private life.

Five data stewards currently work in the research data group together with expertise from the archive function. We work closely with other specialists in open science, ethics, law, research data, IT and information security.

As a data steward, you support researchers and doctoral students in the correct handling of research data, in accordance with the FAIR principles and the university's open science policy. You work closely with the researchers at the departments and contribute to meeting their needs and strengthening competence through training, departmental meetings, webinars and other communication.

To succeed in the role, you need to have a good technical understanding combined with knowledge of the regulations surrounding research data. You are educational and communicative, with the ability to adapt your support to the needs of the target group.

The work also includes monitoring the environment in the research data area and, based on the needs of the users, being the driving force in the development of relevant solutions for the researchers' work with handling, storage, description, sharing, publication and preservation of research data.

Qualifications
For employment, it is necessary that you have:

- completed a doctoral degree or otherwise acquired an understanding of the conditions of research, with a focus where you have experience in handling big data
- knowledge of research data management within various research methods
- interest in making research data available to increase research transparency, reproducibility and reusability
- good communication skills, both written and spoken. You are expected to be able to communicate in Swedish and English, or to be prepared to learn as part of your employment.

It is advantageous if you have:

- pedagogical competence, or experience of and interest in teaching
- knowledge of publishing platforms for research data and interest in preparing research data for publication
- knowledge of metadata, metadata standards and file formats used for research data publication
- experience in programming (e.g. BASH, Python) and knowledge of source code used in databases (e.g. xml, json)
- interest in the development of data management tools that are future-proof (AI, data protection, big data).

As a person, you are self-motivated, responsive and service-oriented and have a good ability to see big picture and connections. You find it easy to collaborate, can share your knowledge and have good social skills. You need to be structured and efficient in your way of working and used to prioritizing, as you will be involved in larger and smaller projects in parallel with the ongoing work. Great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities.

About the employment
The employment is valid for the time being on a full-time basis with a six-month probationary period. Stockholm University applies individual salary setting. Access as soon as possible according to agreement.

We offer
With us, you get the dynamic interaction between higher education and research that makes Stockholm University an exciting and creative environment. You work in an international environment and receive favorable conditions. The university is located in the Nationalstadsparken with good connections to the city.

Stockholm University cares about being a workplace that is free from discrimination and provides equal rights and opportunities for everyone.

Contact
Additional information is provided by section manager Sofia H Bernstone, tel. 08-16 14 06, mailto:sofia.bernstone@su.se.

Application
You apply for employment via Stockholm University's recruitment system. As an applicant, you are responsible for ensuring that the application is complete and that it reaches the university by the application deadline.

Instructions for applicants can be found on the website: https://www.su.se/om-universitetet/jobba-på-su/att-söka-en-anställning.

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