Digital Research Resource Specialist, Heritage Science

The National Gallery; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Gallery is seeking a RICheS Digital Research Resource Specialist to develop innovative digital resources expanding access to multidisciplinary research on paintings. You will enrich the Reynolds Digital Research Resource and related heritage science data resources, while supporting data management practices across the Scientific department.

You will collaborate with conservation, art history and information science experts, documenting workflows and user needs, and helping to shape

Qualifications

• Heritage science data collection, organisation and documentation expertise.
• Experience implementing FAIR data principles in collaboration with data specialists.
• Familiarity with CIDOC-CRM and knowledge graph based systems.
• Experience with digital humanities projects and metadata management.
• Strong writing and documentation skills for methods and templates.
• Analytical and critical thinking with data integration experience.
• Collaborative, interdisciplinary teamwork across conservation, art history, and information science.
• Knowledge of data standards and interoperability for heritage science.

Responsibilities

• Gather, curate and enrich data for digital research resources.
• Assist in digital platform design and configuration.
• Run workshops and outreach to engage future users.
• Document workflows and best practices for reuse.

Skills

Heritage science data expertise

Data management & FAIR principles

CIDOC-CRM & knowledge graph systems

Digital humanities & metadata

Writing & documentation skills

Analytical thinking

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Data standards & interoperability

Tools

ResearchSpace

Job description

The National Gallery is seeking a RICheS Digital Research Resource Specialist to develop innovative digital resources expanding access to multidisciplinary research on paintings. You will enrich the Reynolds Digital Research Resource and related heritage science data resources, while supporting data management practices across the Scientific department.

You will collaborate with conservation, art history and information science experts, documenting workflows and user needs, and helping to shape