Vacancy: Research Data Specialist, Digital Repository of Ireland | Royal Irish Academy
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Summary:
"The Research Data Specialist reports to the DRI Director, and will be based at the Digital Repository of Ireland, at the Royal Irish Academy. This is an exciting new post that will lead the planning, development, and delivery of research data management capacity in the DRI, and prepare the DRI to offer research data archiving and preservation to its stakeholders. This is a fixed term contract for 12 months, starting no later than 1st October 2017.
Key Duties
- Leading and managing a project to specify the requirements for building research data preservation capacity in the DRI, including related workflows and policies.
- Incorporating international best practices in research data management, and working closely with DRI staff across areas of expertise.
- Collaborating on reports, articles, fact sheets and guidelines, and academic presentations.
- Contributing more broadly to the ongoing development of the Digital Repository of Ireland via involvement in relevant taskforces and working groups.
- Maintaining and developing relationships with organisations who may seek to deposit research data with DRI.
- Actively contributing to grant and funding proposals for DRI leveraged projects.
- Any other duties as assigned"