Vacature Junior Data Steward

Junior Data Steward (0.8 - 1.0 FTE)

Published Friday 6 Oct 2023

Deadline Monday 6 Nov 2023

Job type Professional Services

Organisational unit Erasmus Research Services (ERS)

Salary € 3.226 - € 5.090

Employment 0.8 fte - 1 fte

Introduction

Would you like to enable excellent research by supporting researchers in the fields of social sciences and humanities? Do you believe in the importance of FAIR data and software to reach the goals of open and responsible science? Then don't hesitate to read on and apply!

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is looking for a junior data steward to strengthen RDM services for researchers at various faculties. You will join Erasmus Research Services (ERS) -- a young and dynamic department within Professional Services at EUR -- and collaborate with a team of engagement managers, community coordinators, data stewards, and ethics professionals to achieve the ambitious goal of making open scholarship the default way of working at EUR.

You will also be part of the EUR Digital Competence Centre (EUR DCC), an inter-departmental initiative to help researchers make research data and code FAIR and apply computing practices to increase the efficiency of the research process.

Job description

Your main tasks and responsibilities will be the following:

Research Support

• Support researchers with data management requests (including storage solutions and recommended tools), with emphasis on data management plans.
• Contribute to informing, advising, and supporting researchers throughout the research data life cycle (collection, management, storage and publication), in accordance with international standards of research data management (RDM).

• Help with developing and providing RDM trainings tailored to researchers' needs, inspire researchers to participate, and stay up-to-date with relevant national trends in RDM.

Collaboration

• Act as a liaison between researchers and the different EUR support units (Erasmus Research Services, the University Library, Erasmus Digitalisation & Information Services), leveraging your network to find optimal solutions for the researchers' use-cases.
• Contribute to EUR-wide RDM projects, e.g., the development and improvement of RDM services, web portals, and DMP templates and protocols.
• Support the institutional development of research data management procedures and best practices, ensuring an effective and client-focused research data organisation. These will range from Data Management Planning (DMP) of research projects, to research data curation and the selection of tools and storage solutions.

Job requirements

You recognize yourself in the following description:

• You have an academic background (minimally completed MSc/MA).
• You have experience with research methodologies and the way research data are managed in social sciences, behavioural sciences, or humanities, and a broad understanding of how data and software underpin high-quality research.
• You effectively communicate with people coming from different academic and professional backgrounds.
• Your networking skills allow you to build bridges and reduce conflict in order to achieve a common goal.
• You can work independently as well as in a team.
• You can consistently meet deadlines.
• You speak English very well (minimum CEFR-level C1).

• Your academic background is in social sciences, behavioural sciences, or humanities.
• You are familiar with FAIR and open science principles.
• You are knowledgeable about the research cycle and contributed in (or assisted) a research group or project.
• You can read Dutch well (minimum CEFR-level B1). You are willing to take Dutch courses in case the level of Dutch is not sufficient.

Employment conditions and benefits

An internationally oriented and varied job in an enthusiastic team, with good working conditions in accordance with the Collective Labor Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU).

The start date of this position is January 1st 2024 (or as early as possible) and you will be based at the Campus Woudestein - Rotterdam. The position is for 0,8 fte - 1 fte. The appointment is initially for one year with the prospect of a permanent contract. The salary is dependent on your experience and knowledge and ranges from a minimum of € 3.226 to a maximum of € 5.090 gross per month on a fulltime basis, in accordance with Scale 10 of the CAO-NU. In addition, we offer an 8% holiday allowance, an end-of-year payment of 8.3%, and a very generous paid leave scheme. Furthermore, EUR is affiliated with ABP for the pension provision, and we offer partially paid parental leave, fully paid extended birth leave for partners, a personal career budget, work-life balance coaches, discounted collective health insurance, and more. As an employee, you can also use EUR facilities such as the University library and receive a discount on subscriptions for the Erasmus sports centre.

Erasmus University Rotterdam aspires to be an equitable and inclusive community. We nurture an open culture, where everyone is supported to fulfil their full potential. We see inclusivity of talent as the basis of our successes, and the diversity of perspectives and people as a highly valued outcome. EUR provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, functional impairment, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We look forward to welcoming you to our community.

Employer

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is an internationally oriented university with a strong social orientation in its education and research, as expressed in our mission 'Creating positive societal impact'. EUR is home to 3.700 academics and professionals and almost 33.000 students from more than 140 countries. Everything we do, we do under the credo The Erasmian Way - Making Minds Matter. We're global citizens, connecting, entrepreneurial, open-minded, and socially involved. These Erasmian Values function as our internal compass and create EUR's distinctive and recognizable profile. From these values, with a broad perspective and with an eye for diversity, different backgrounds and opinions, our employees work closely together to solve societal challenges from the dynamic and cosmopolitan city of Rotterdam. Thanks to the high quality and positive societal impact of our research and education, EUR can compete with the top European universities. www.eur.nl .

Faculty / Institute / Central service

Erasmus Research Services (ERS) advances excellent research and engagement to maximize positive societal impact. ERS creates conditions for transparent, inclusive, collaborative, and impactful research through strategic and operational expertise.

We provide pathways for talents to reach their full potential and we advance fruitful collaborations, enabling Erasmus University to be a front runner in embedding excellent research in society. The following areas of support are embedded within ERS: Business Development, Grant Support, Legal Counsels, Open Science, Research Data Management, Ethics Review and Research Intelligence.

ERS is a relatively young service department within Erasmus University Rotterdam and is steadily building and extending its service portfolio. ERS provides support to all faculties of Erasmus University Rotterdam (occasionally to Erasmus University Medical Center).

Applying

Please submit your application, consisting of a one-page CV and a one-page motivation letter , no later than Monday November 6th 2023 h. 17:00 CET . For additional information, please contact Office Erasmus Research Services ( ).

Functie:	data steward
Startdatum:	06-10-2023
Ervaring:	Ervaren
Educatielevel:	WO
Contracttype:	Vast
Salaris:	3226 – 3226
Uren per week:	1 – 40

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