Senior Biomedical Data Curator - Remote

ICF; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 56,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

ICF is seeking a Data Curator to perform advanced metadata curation and quality review for biomedical publication records. You will apply independent judgment to complex citation review, funding identification, and publication relationship validation while guiding process improvements for less experienced staff.

Responsibilities include detailed bibliographic review, funding and grant indicator analysis, and QA in a high-volume environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in library science, information science, life sciences, public health, biology, biomedical sciences, research administration, data management, or related field.
• 3+ years in metadata management, data curation, research support, scientific publishing workflows, or library services.
• 2+ years analyzing structured and unstructured information and applying detailed rules or guidelines.
• 2+ years with biomedical literature, research databases, scholarly communications, or publishing workflows.

Responsibilities

• Review and curate bibliographic citation records and publication metadata.
• Identify research funding support, grant indicators, funding agencies, and grant numbers.
• Document secondary source identifiers, data repository references, and clinical trial identifiers.
• Establish and review relationships among related publication records (errata, comments, corrections, retractions).
• Apply journal-specific editing instructions, processing codes, and data curation standards.

Skills

Metadata management

Data curation

Research support

Scientific publishing workflows

Education

Library Science

Information Science

Life Sciences

Public Health

Biology

Biomedical Sciences

Research Administration

Data Management

Tools

XML

Metadata standards

Digital repositories

Clinical trial registries

Grant administration

Job description

ICF is seeking a Data Curator to perform advanced metadata curation and quality review for biomedical publication records. You will apply independent judgment to complex citation review, funding identification, and publication relationship validation while guiding process improvements for less experienced staff.

Responsibilities include detailed bibliographic review, funding and grant indicator analysis, and QA in a high-volume environment.