Senior Research Data Steward

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom UCL Eastman Dental Institute Full time

About the role

Research Data Stewards (also known as research data managers, data consultants, data wranglers, or bioinformaticians) provide technically focused support and consultancy to researchers at UCL, helping them to improve their data management, align with university and funder policies, and enable Open Science and FAIR data.

They will spend much of their time embedded within research projects, but also contribute to new research proposals and collaborate on research data service design, feeding in researcher requirements to ensure that the suite of research support services offered by UCL remains relevant and effective.

Salary range for the Senior Research Data Steward: £51, to £65, ( (including London Allowance) depending on experience. USS pension Schemeoffers staff contribute and UCL will contribute

Job description and person specification for each of the Research Data Steward positions can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Please supply a cover letter setting out how you meet the selection criteria.

About you

Research Data Stewards will have experience of conducting data-intensive research in an academic research environment and the technical skills to document, process and transform data. They will need to be an excellent communicator with the ability to explain technical and specialised concepts clearly to non-technical academic and support staff.

At Senior grade, a data steward with a strong background of working with sensitive data who can help research teams with data governance. They should understand information security and risk management, and have a good knowledge of the issues involved in handling and disseminating sensitive data.

We are particularly keen to hear from applicants with experience in one or more of the following topics: ISO certification, Information Security Management Systems (ISMS), Trusted Research Environments (TRE), Secure Data Environments (SDE), Data Safe Havens (DSH), the Five Safes model, processing healthcare data / the NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit, anonymising personal data, data protection and ethics.

You should have knowledge of and experience with ensuring compliance with the Digital Economy Act (DEA).

This role meets the eligibility requirements for a skilled worker certificate of sponsorship or a global talent visa under UK Visas and Immigration legislation. Therefore, UCL welcomes applications from international applicants who require a visa.

We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible. This role is eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of 20% on site.

In the event we get a high number of applications, we may close the advert early before the published closing date.

This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit UCL's HR page for more information.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) This post is eligible forPension Scheme defined benefit schemestaff contribute and UCL will contribute Life insurance is included (3x salary) Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan On-Site nursery On-site gym Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay Employee assistance programme Discounted medical insurance

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