Research Data Coordinator, UT Libraries

Digital Library Federation; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 58,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Texas Libraries seeks a Research Data Coordinator to join the Research and Scholarship team at UT Austin. The role supports researchers in publishing data and related outputs, offering consultations, workshops, and resource guides to promote open scholarship and reproducibility.

The coordinator will work with campus partners, build tools and scripted processes, lead instructional programming, and help manage data curation and analytics in the Texas Data Repository.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in library science, data science, information studies, or related data-focused field.
• Minimum of 4 years of research data experience.
• Experience with research data publication, data repositories, data curation, or reproducibility.
• Familiarity with open scholarship and data management.
• Experience with Python, R, or JavaScript.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills.
• Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Commitment to continual learning.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for publishing research data and outputs through consultations, workshops, and guides.
• Review data, metadata, code, and documentation contributed to the UT Austin Dataverse in the Texas Data Repository, provide curation support and tools.
• Develop scripted tools to facilitate researcher use of the repository and act as liaison to the Steering Committee.
• Develop and maintain processes for tracking UT researcher data publishing metrics.
• Participate in professional development and contribute to campus-level and external groups.
• Other related functions as assigned.

Skills

Python

R

JavaScript

Education

Graduate degree in library science, data science, information studies or related data field

Tools

Dataverse

Job description

Purpose

The University of Texas Libraries is seeking a Research Data Coordinator to join the Research and Scholarship team. The team’s mission is to increase the global impact of the university by making research outputs openly accessible. In alignment with this mission, the team’s primary responsibilities are to assist researchers in adopting computational approaches to teaching and scholarship, maintain the largest open collections of UT-created scholarship and data, and promote the adoption of open scholarship practices to increase public access to research and improve the affordability of education. The team collectively values initiative, creativity, commitment, and teamwork. The Research Data Coordinator will assist UT faculty, students, and staff with publishing research data and related outputs. They will work in coordination with campus partners to support university researchers by offering personalized consultation sessions, building resource guides, developing scripted processes, leading instructional programming, and coordinating events. Their work will facilitate researcher use of the Texas Data Repository and help ensure that deposited data and related products are curated in accordance with FAIR principles to foster research reproducibility. The Research Data Coordinator will be housed in the University of Texas Libraries (UTL) within Research and Scholarship and will report to the Head of Research Data Services.

Essential Functions

• Provide support for publishing research data and related outputs by offering consultation sessions, responding to researcher questions, leading workshops, giving presentations, developing resource guides, and other necessary activities. Maintain relationships and build partnerships within UT Libraries and across UT's community of researchers who work with data.
• Review data, metadata, code, and documentation contributed to the UT Austin Dataverse in the Texas Data Repository (TDR), provide curation support to help protect sensitive data and foster research reproducibility, develop scripted tools to facilitate researcher use of the repository, and serve as institutional liaison to the Texas Data Repository Steering Committee.
• Develop and maintain processes for tracking UT researcher data publishing metrics to facilitate discovery of UT research products.
• Participate in professional development and serve as an active contributor to campus-level and external professional groups to maintain an awareness of current tools and methodologies for research data sharing.

Other related functions as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Graduate degree in library science, data science, information studies or any field of science or humanities research involving data.
• Minimum of 4 years of research data experience obtained through professional roles and/or graduate student experience.
• Experience with research data publication, data repositories, data curation, or research reproducibility.
• Familiarity with and enthusiasm for open scholarship and research data management.
• Familiarity with one or more programming languages like Python, R, or JavaScript.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, a professional, team-oriented attitude, and the ability to establish positive and productive collaborations.
• Ability to communicate effectively, in person and in writing, including a demonstrated facility in conveying technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Enthusiasm for continual learning and professional development.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with metadata standards, controlled vocabularies, and persistent identifiers.
• Experience managing or curating datasets containing sensitive information or PII.
• Experience utilizing or managing a Dataverse data repository.
• Experience teaching classes, workshops, or other types of instructional sessions.
• Familiarity with GitHub or a similar platform for managing software versioning and dissemination.
• Ability to coordinate multiple projects in a fast-paced, evolving work environment.

We want to emphasize that the preferred qualifications are not required and that we are committed to helping our future colleagues develop these preferred skills.

Salary Range

$64,000+ depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

Typical office and library conditions. This position is located in Austin, Texas, and requires regular onsite work.

Work Shift

Monday through Friday between the hours of 7am - 7pm, as arranged with supervisor. Occasional evening or weekend work is required. Regular onsite work is expected but once training and onboarding is complete, there will be an option for a flexible work arrangement allowing for a flexible number of days working remote and in-person each week.

Required Materials

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest

Equal Opportunity Employer

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

Pay Transparency

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

Employment Eligibility Verification

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

E-Verify

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

• E-Verify Poster (English and Spanish) [PDF]
• Right to Work Poster (English) [PDF]
• Right to Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

Compliance

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) reporting. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031. The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.