Biocurator / Senior Biocurator

**Job Purpose**
Support the University within the LIPID MAPS team, curating data in the field of lipid biochemistry, carrying out supporting work, providing advice, guidance and support, and leading projects within this area.
- **Grade 6**
**Duties and Responsibilities**
Key Duties- Curate data in the field of lipid biochemistry to facilitate the LIPID MAPS project
- Provide professional advice and guidance on biocuration processes and procedures to internal and external customers that will have institute wide impacts, using judgement and creativity to suggest the most appropriate course of action where appropriate, and ensuring complex and conceptual issues are understood
- Take responsibility for resolving issues independently within curation where they fall within set role objectives
- Investigate and analyse specific issues within curation, creating recommendation reports.
- Ensure that the provision of biocuration is delivered to LIPID MAPS, proactively changing the delivery according to customer requirements
- Establish working relationships with key contacts, developing appropriate communication links with the University’s Schools/Directorates and outside bodies as required
- Plan and deliver specific small scale projects, co-ordinating and supervising project teams created as needed
- Develop and deliver training within lipid biochemistry
- Undertake a variety of administrative duties to support the department
- Instruct and guide other employees across the University within lipidomic data for LIPID MAPS

**Grade 5**
**Duties and Responsibilities**
Key Duties- Curate data in the field of lipid biochemistry to facilitate the LIPID MAPS project
- Provide professional advice and guidance on biocuration processes and procedures to internal and external customers, using judgement and creativity to suggest the most appropriate course of action where appropriate, and ensuring complex and conceptual issues are understood
- Investigate and analysis specific issues within curation, creating recommendation reports, supported by advances within lipid biochemistry
- Ensure that the provision of the biocuration is delivered to the institution, proactively changing the delivery according to customer requirements
- Collaborate with others in order to make recommendations for developments of established processes and procedures
- Establish working relationships with key contacts, developing appropriate communication links with the University’s Schools/Directorates and outside bodies as required
- Create specific working groups from colleagues across the University to achieve school/departmental objectives
- Supervise specific project teams on an occasional basis to accomplish key objectives
- Develop and deliver training within lipid biochemistry
- Undertake a variety of administrative duties to support the department
- Instruct and guide other employees across the University within lipidomic data for LIPID MAPS as required

General Duties- Ensure that an understanding of the importance of confidentiality is applied when undertaking all duties
- Abide by University policies on Health and Safety and Equality and Diversity
- Perform other duties occasionally which are not included above, but which will be consistent with the role

**Person Specification**

**Grade 6**
**Essential Criteria**
Qualifications and Education- Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- 2. Substantial experience of working within biological chemistry or biochemistry
- 3. Able to demonstrate professional knowledge within curation of biological data using existing or developing ontologies to give advice and guidance to internal and external stakeholders
- 4. Proven experience in developing new processes and procedures
- Customer Service, Communication and Team Working
- 5. Ability to communicate conceptually detailed and complex information effectively and professionally with a wide range of people
- 6. Evidence of ability to explore customers’ needs and adapt the service accordingly to ensure a quality service is delivered
- 7. Proven ability to develop networks in order to contribute to long term developments
- Planning, Analysis and Problem solving
- 8. Evidence of ability to solve expansive problems using initiative and creativity; identify and propose both practical and innovative solutions
- 9. Evidence of demonstrable knowledge of key advances within lipid biochemistry
- 10. Evidence of ability to undertake and deliver specific projects and supervise short term project teams
- **Desirable Criteria**
11. Fluency in Welsh, written and oral
- 12. Knowledge of relational databases
- 13. Experience of coding in at least 1 programming language
- **Grade 5**
**Essential Criteria**
Qualifications and Education
- 1. A degree in a relevant discipline, or equivalent experience
- Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- 2. Substantial experience of working within biological chemistry or biochemistry
- 3. Able to demonstrate professional knowledge curation o