Vacancy for Open Repositories Team Lead at Science and Technology Facilities Council, UKRI

Digital Preservation Coalition; Harwell; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading institution in scientific advancement seeks an Open Repositories Team Lead to guide their repository management initiatives. This role involves overseeing the transition to new repository platforms and fostering a team dedicated to curating high-quality data. Engage with world-class experts in open science and make impactful contributions to research accessibility.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing institutional repositories.
• Familiarity with open science principles and protocols.
• Strong leadership skills to build and guide a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the review and development of repository platforms.
• Implement a change programme to migrate data and improve repository services.
• Build and manage a team of data stewards.

Skills

Repository Management

Data Curation

Open Science Practices

Education

Relevant Degree in Science/Technology

Job description

• Vacancy for Open Repositories Team Lead at Science and Technology Facilities Council, UKRI

Vacancy for Open Repositories Team Lead at Science and Technology Facilities Council, UKRI

10 September 2023

Harwell, Oxfordshire, UK or Daresbury, Warrington, UK

About Us

Together, our scientist, technologists, engineers and business support team explore the unknown and turn what they find into work that changes the world around us. Whether it’s sending probes into space or finding new ways to treat cancer, everyone here plays a vital role in making a positive difference to society.

Come and discover how much you can achieve when you’re surrounded by world-leading experts, encouraged to constantly learn and empowered to explore your curiosity

About the role

We are looking for a repository manager to join the team to implement and lead a programme of work to review, update, host and maintain the current institutional repositories ePubs and eData. In addition to developing the current research outputs repositories, you will build a team of data stewards who will curate the content of the repositories and any new repositories that are in development.

The post will be part of an Open Science theme of work within the Scientific Computing Department. We deliver services to researchers across STFC and have staff based at both the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in Oxfordshire and the Daresbury Laboratory (DL) near Warrington. The Group is responsible for the development and operation of library services, open access and open data services including two institutional repositories (ePubs and eData). It also undertakes research and development in open science practices and supporting technologies such as Persistent Identifiers, FAIR data and works with UKRI on Open Science Policy. Additionally members of the Group are active in national and international networks including the Research Data Alliance.

You will lead a review to identify a new repository platform for our existing repositories ePubs and eData and for several new repositories that are under development. Following the review, you will implement a change programme to install, configure and migrate data from our current repositories to a new platform(s).