Data Stewardship Coordinator

As Data Stewardship Coordinator, your main task is to co-ordinate the evolution of Data Stewardship at TU Delft. As coordinator, you lead, inspire and grow the network of data stewards across TU Delft faculties and institutes. You manage a forum for all data stewards to share knowledge on research data needs and requirements. You identify synergies across the university, and how to build upon them. You also draw on the expertise of university support services, (e.g. ICT, legal), and influence policy within the TU Delft. You work with national and international networks to share and inform best practice. The position is based in the TU Delft Library as part of the Research Data Services team.

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The Library's Research Data Services are playing a leading role in promoting high-quality Research Data Management. The team offer comprehensive training for data and code management, policy advice, data management planning, and an online portal with information and guidance. TU Delft's Data Stewardship programme is coordinated by the Library and helps reach out to a wide range of researchers at the university in order to promote good data management practices over a wide range of disciplines. Key to this embedding is effective engagement with researchers across the campus, achieved through the community of Data Champions.

• You are able to build good relationships and consensus across stakeholders with varying aims.
• You are knowledgeable about contemporary trends in research data and scholarly communications.
• You have a good understanding of how to influence change in an organisation and the importance of working with different aspects of a university (e.g. faculties, support services).
• Experience in managing people would be a plus.
• You have excellent networking, communication and presentation skills.
• You have a good command of English (written and spoken) and are willing to learn Dutch (if necessary).

The position is for 36-40 hours per week (1.0FTE). The employment contract is for a period of 1 year with possibility of permanent extension. The salary is based on scale 11 with a maximum of € 4.978,- per month on a full time basis. TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, a discount for health insurance and sport memberships, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged. An International Children’ Centre offers child care and an international primary school. Dual Career Services offers support to accompanying partners. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.

Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers both in business and in a social context. TU Delft offers 16 Bachelor’s and 32 Master’s programmes to more than 23,000 students. Our scientific staff consists of 3,500 staff members and 2,800 PhD candidates. Together we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

The TU Delft Library is the largest technical-scientific library in the Netherlands and has the task of safeguarding the availability of technical-scientific information for TU Delft and all of the Netherlands. We focus as much as possible on providing digital services and digital, technical-scientific information. The Library performs its services with a strong attention to customer service and quality.

Where its responsibilities to the university and the Netherlands are concerned, the Library strives to expand its role to new territory. Our expertise enables us to improve the information and knowledge holdings of the university, contribute to the increase, valorisation and exploitation of this knowledge, and to make it available to parties outside the university. User surveys show that  the Library’s innovative service is highly valued.

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TU Delft is also home to the 4TU.ResearchData. The 4TU.ResearchData is a data archive for research data in science, engineering and design, and it is run by a consortium of three partners: TU Delft, TU Eindhoven and Twente University. The archive stores research data for long-term access, according to the guidelines of the international Data Seal of Approval. Since its inception in 2010, it has collected over 9,200 datasets. All datasets are currently freely available for anyone to download and re-use; any scientist may also upload data. Around 80% of the uploads are from scientists working in the Netherlands.

To apply, please email your CV (max. 3 pages) along with a letter of motivation (max. 2 pages) by 21 June 2020 to Marta Teperek via po.ud@tudelft.nl. All applicaton materials have to be in English. Incomplete applications will not be considered. When applying for this position, please refer to vacancy number TUD00204.
The first round of interviews are likely to be held w/c 29 June 2020.

A pre-employment screening can be part of the application procedure.