Data Steward — Translational Cancer Research & FAIR Data

antonivanleeuwenhoek; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 39,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Bicycle plan

Public transport discount

AVL Academy education opportunity

Job summary

Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam is seeking a Data Steward to support data management across research studies, ensuring data is well-structured, reliable, and FAIR. You will work with researchers to collect, check, curate, and structure data types, and help standardise and automate data flows for multiple studies.

Ideal candidates hold a MSc or PhD in a biomedical field, with experience in data management, EDC systems, and programming (bash/R/Python).

Qualifications

• A BSc or MSc in a biomedical science related field.
• Experience with data management, including validation checks and generating summary statistics.
• Experience with Electronic Data Capturing systems.
• Programming skills (bash/R/python).
• Experience with creating (and using) databases (Mongo/SQL).
• Design and implementation of sustainable, standardized data workflows between different systems.

Responsibilities

• Assist researchers with collection, checking, curating and structuring of different data types.
• Contribute to standardising and automating data flows for multiple studies.
• Support FAIR data management activities within the Translational Gastrointestinal Oncology group.

Skills

Data management

Validation checks

Electronic Data Capture (EDC) systems

bash scripting

R

Python

Mongo/SQL databases

Data workflows design

Communication skills

Education

BSc or MSc in biomedical science related field

PhD preferred

Tools

MongoDB

SQL

Job description

Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam is seeking a Data Steward to support data management across research studies, ensuring data is well-structured, reliable, and FAIR. You will work with researchers to collect, check, curate, and structure data types, and help standardise and automate data flows for multiple studies.

Ideal candidates hold a MSc or PhD in a biomedical field, with experience in data management, EDC systems, and programming (bash/R/Python).