Science and Technology Facilities Council
Salary: £31,878 per annum (plus £1000 welcome bonus) Hours: Full time Contract Type: Open Ended Location: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Oxfordshire Closing date: Sunday 20th October 2024 Assessment Centre: December 2024/January 2025 TBC (travel and accommodation will be reimbursed)
Please note, we can only accept a maximum of two applications per candidate.
The Energy Data Centre provides a comprehensive information discovery resource focused on making energy research data, projects, and publications available to the community. It supports research outputs to be accessible and reusable thus supporting Open Science and reproducibility aims.
The centre is part of the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) project that brings UK researchers together to work on Whole Systems Energy. The small and friendly EDC team develop and maintain both the in-house system and the content within it.
We are looking forward to offering an opportunity for someone interested in energy research and research data management, preservation, and Open Science to come and join us. We will provide hands-on experience in a national information discovery service, utilising a wide range of skills from data description and use of ontologies through to software development.
The Energy Data Centre is based within the Technology Department's Energy Research Unit (ERU). ERU has a long history in energy research and runs a test site with a wind turbine and green ammonia plant. STFC Technology provides technology, engineering, and support of both STFC's facilities and programmes and the wider research programme.
The STFC Graduate Scheme
The STFC Graduate scheme will give you the opportunity to pursue your interests and passion early in your journey with us, supported by technical training and a broader programme of career support and training and development.
Our dedicated Early Careers Development Team will provide the right combination of challenge and support throughout, helping you achieve your ambitions. We know that professional recognition is also important to you too, so we will provide mentoring and expertise to help you achieve valued qualifications or chartered status in your chosen field.
STFC offers a benefits package crafted to provide an excellent work/life balance including 30 days' annual leave, an outstanding index linked pension scheme, 10.5 public and privilege days, Christmas closure, and flexible working hours.
About the role
With full support from the team, responsibilities will include:
Responsible for the content within the Energy Data Centre by:
Managing the research data ingest process: ensuring the data provided is well described and reusable and supporting researchers to meet the standards for the Energy Data Centre
Routinely adding new content and adding subject information
Undertaking one-off projects to ensure the quality of metadata held in the system is good and self-consistent
Reviewing and updating internal metadata standards and policy as required
Reviewing and updating the EDC guidance on research data and emerging FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable) standards.
Research Data Management Planning Support: running the process to ensure all UKERC projects have data management plans and ensuring they are updated, recording the status for KPI reporting and maintaining good working relationships with the UKERC academics we support.
Working together with the team undertaking a technical refresh of the infrastructure.
Depending on the skills and potential of the successful candidate, there may be opportunities to contribute to software development activities.
To apply for this graduate opportunity, we are looking for the following:
Essential:
Achieved, or be on course to achieve, a minimum 2:1 degree in a relevant field of study
Have the right to live and work in the UK at the time of starting employment
Good communication skills and ability to build positive working relationships with a range of colleagues at different levels of seniority
Familiarity with computer applications such as word processors and spreadsheets
Effective management of digital objects, either in a personal or educational setting, e.g., project data, documents, or photographs
Interest or experience in Software development
Desirable:
Interest in Energy Research
Interest in research data management and/or Open Science
Important information
Please note, we can only accept a maximum of two applications per candidate.
Part of our application process involves submitting your CV and a cover letter. Your cover letter should address your suitability for the opportunity based on how you meet each essential criteria stated in this advert.
We also hold the right to close this vacancy early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.
About The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
As one of Europe's largest research organisations, we ask the biggest questions in the universe to find answers that change the world around us. We seek understanding. We're proud of the impact we make. And we're committed to helping build a globally competitive, knowledge-based UK economy.
For more information about STFC please visit here.
You can also visit our careers site here.
How to apply
Online applications only preferred for this role. Please submit a CV and covering letter which clearly outlines how you fulfil the criteria specified along with your motivation for UKRI and the role. Ensure that the job reference number is included in the filename description of each document uploaded.
UKRI seeks to ensure it creates and maintains a system of openness, fairness, and inclusion – a collaborative, trusted environment, which is attractive to and accessible to everyone who is interested in developing their career with us.
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