TU Delft is a big advocate in open science and research data management. The Data Stewardship Programme at TU Delft aims at addressing data management needs across the campus by having Data Stewards embedded at every faculty. The Data Steward function is key for the implementation of FAIR data and software, as well as Open Science, in daily research practice. The Data Steward will take the lead in engaging with and training researchers and promoting better data management, software and Open Science practices.

As the Data Steward you are part of the support staff of the faculty of Applied Sciences. You report to the executive faculty secretary and work closely with the faculty Graduate School, faculty ICT manager, contract managers and the Faculty Information Security Coordinator. Additionally, you are part of the university wide Data Stewards team which is coordinated by a coordinator (TU Delft Library) and you liaise with privacy, security, ethics, legal experts at the university level.

 Your main task is to advise and train PhD candidates, researchers and faculty staff on research data and software management and Open Science practices. You will:

• Advise and support researchers in drafting data management plans and Open Science sections in grant proposals in line with funder, privacy and ethics regulations and intellectual property rights considerations.
• Engage and enable researchers at your faculty to adopt data and software management practices, as well as Open Science practices.
• Assist researchers in planning the collection, storage, documentation, and publication of data and software in research projects.
• Design and run training or community events tailored to researchers’ needs.
• Act as spokesperson for the faculty on data and software management and Open Science, and liaise with Open Science initiatives at the University level (TU Delft Open Science Programme, Open Science Community Delft, TU Delft Digital Competence Center).
• Liaise with the Data Steward Coordinator and other Data Stewards to streamline data and software management related workflows within TU Delft.
• Further develop and implement the data stewardship and Open Science strategy and policy for the faculty.

We are looking for candidates experienced with research methodologies relevant to the faculty's research. The candidate:

 Has an interest in and advocates for open science, FAIR data and software.

• Has a PhD (desirable) or research experience.
• The candidate needs a broad understanding of how research operates and how data and software underpins reproducible research.
• Has knowledge and hands on experience in managing and making research data and/or software reproducible.
• Is a good communicator, able to speak not only with researchers, but also with other support staff, and are sensitive to organisation-specific culture and practices.
• Has experience or an interest in policy development and implementation (desirable). Can assess and report on the progress of faculty research data/software management and open science progress.
• Can work both independently and collaboratively.
• Has experience in designing research and handling personal data in compliance with the GDPR (desirable), or an interest in gaining more knowledge on this topic.
• Is fluent in both English and Dutch.

Fixed-term contract: 1 jaar.

• A contract for 1 year with prospect of permanent for 32-38 hours per week.
• A salary based on 11 of the CAO for Dutch Universities with a minimum of € 4.332,00 and a maximum of € 5.929,00 gross per month based on a fulltime contract (38 hours), plus 8% holiday allowance and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%.
• If upon starting the position it appears that the employee cannot immediately fully perform the position, the employee can be placed in a starting scale, scale 10, on the basis of the NU collective labor agreement article 3.7. The associated salary is a minimum of € 3,226 and a maximum of € 5,090 gross per month.
• An excellent pension scheme via the ABP.
• The possibility to compile an individual employment package every year.
• Discount with health insurers.
• Flexible working week.
• Every year, 232 leave hours (at 38 hours). You can also sell or buy additional leave hours via the individual choice budget.
• Plenty of opportunities for education, training and courses.
• Partially paid parental leave.
• Attention for working healthy and energetically with the vitality program.

Delft University of Technology

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 to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

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Faculty Applied Sciences

With more than 1,100 employees, including 150 pioneering principal investigators, as well as a population of about 3,600 passionate students, the Faculty of Applied Sciences is an inspiring scientific ecosystem. Focusing on key enabling technologies, such as quantum- and nanotechnology, photonics, biotechnology, synthetic biology and materials for energy storage and conversion, our faculty aims to provide solutions to important problems of the 21st century. To that end, we educate innovative students in broad Bachelor's and specialist Master's programmes with a strong research component. Our scientists conduct ground-breaking fundamental and applied research in the fields of Life and Health Science & Technology, Nanoscience, Chemical Engineering, Radiation Science & Technology, and Engineering Physics. We are also training the next generation of high school teachers.

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