Biodiversity Data Officer: GBIF & Data Mobilisation

Natural Sciences; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 51,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from home

Flexible hours

26 days paid leave

Public transport assistance

Meal vouchers

Job summary

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences seeks an Open Biodiversity Data Officer to publish biodiversity data and support data mobilisation. This full-time 1-year contract is based in Brussels, with duties across national and international initiatives and collaboration with RBINS-related collections and infrastructures.

The role requires a MSc in biodiversity or equivalent and at least two years of biodiversity data management experience, plus English fluency and Dutch language ability.

Qualifications

• Proven minimum 2 years of professional biodiversity data management experience.
• Experience with data mobilisation and biodiversity informatics is required.
• University degree in biodiversity-related field.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate data publication with RBINS, RMCA, Meise Botanic Garden and GBIF.
• Liaise with European biodiversity infrastructures (DiSSCo, CETAF, LifeWatch, ELIXIR).
• Assist in consolidating and cleaning an inventory of federal biodiversity collections.
• Contribute to long-term data mobilisation strategies and metadata quality.
• Support scientific meetings, workshops and events.

Skills

Data management

Biodiversity informatics

Data publication

Project coordination

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

MSc in biodiversity

Job description

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences seeks an Open Biodiversity Data Officer to publish biodiversity data and support data mobilisation. This full-time 1-year contract is based in Brussels, with duties across national and international initiatives and collaboration with RBINS-related collections and infrastructures.

The role requires a MSc in biodiversity or equivalent and at least two years of biodiversity data management experience, plus English fluency and Dutch language ability.