Research Integrity & Data Manager

Salary for this Role:

From £37,700 with benefits, subject to skills and experience.

Job Title:

Research Integrity & Data Manager

Reports to:

Beth Montague-Hellen

Closing Date:

12/Jan/2025 23.59 GMT

Job Description:

Research Integrity & Data Manager

Reports to: Head of Library & Information Services

This is a full-time, 1 year fixed-term (maternity cover) position on Crick terms and conditions of employment. The role is expected to be hybrid or on-site.

Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the world’s leading research Institutes at a crucial time in its evolution and play a definitive role in shaping it for the future.

The Library and Information Services team at the Crick have the following roles:

• deliver user-centred scientific information services to Crick researchers

• support the delivery of the Crick open access, open science, scientific research data management and research integrity policies

• promote open research

• manage key research metadata about publications, data and researchers

The Library and Information Services team sits within the Information Technology Office (ITO) team within the Francis Crick Institute and is responsible for the design, implementation and operation of all IT applications which manage the running of the institute, along with the publication and library services provided to scientists

This position has responsibility for managing and curating all data, code, figures and any other artefacts associated with research publications and is responsible for both research integrity and open data services within the Library and Information Services team.

• Ensuring that underlying data associated with publications and Crick research is archived in line with research integrity policies

• Promoting good research data management, and compliance with FAIR principles and Open Science

• Working with researchers, funding bodies and other stakeholders to understand the evolving landscape and identify where new solutions and processes are needed to keep pace with a rapidly changing policy landscape

• Working with the Data team to extend existing data management solutions to meet evolving needs, and helping to define new solutions

Key responsibilities

These include but are not limited to:

• Overseeing an archiving system for data underlying Crick publications and research

• Monitoring and adding all Crick generated public datasets into Crick’s research information management system

• Promoting open research and FAIR data

• Reviewing data submitted to the Crick Figshare repository

• Supporting the research integrity training programme for all Crick staff, including new PhD students, postdocs, laboratory research scientists and Group Leaders (reproducibility, data management, , record keeping, sharing data, and using Crick’s archiving system)

• Advising on good research practice

• Liaising and collaborating with other research integrity and data management staff

• Engaging the sector and supporting the organisation of external events

• Keeping Intranet data management support pages up to date with best practice and in line with Crick’s core funders’ data policies

Key experience and competencies

The post holder should embody and demonstrate our core Crick values: bold, imaginative, open, dynamic and collegial, in addition to the following:

Essential

Qualifications, experience and competencies

• Experience supporting scientific research

• Excellent domain knowledge of research integrity, academic publication and policies relating to open research

• Excellent domain knowledge of open research and FAIR data

• Experience of using knowledge management systems and tracking actions using spreadsheets/databases

• Good oral and written communication skills within teams and with stakeholders

• Good time management, prioritisation of workloads and ability to follow standard operating procedures without supervision

Desirable

Qualifications, experience and competencies

• Background in libraries or research support

• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant information management or STEM field

• Experience in working on research integrity, research data management or open research activities

• Knowledge and understanding of different data repositories (especially within the biomedical field)

• Experience of developing and providing training

• Knowledge of the organisational culture of a research institute and/or HEI

Find out what benefits the Crick has to offer:

For more information on our great pay and benefits package please click here: https://www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-study/life-at-the-crick/pay-and-benefits

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:

We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities, regardless of ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, pregnancy, age, disability, or civil partnership, marital or family status. We particularly welcome applications from people who are Minority Ethnic as they are currently underrepresented in the Crick at this level.

Diversity is essential to excellence in scientific endeavour. It increases breadth and perspective, leading to more innovation and creativity. We want the Crick to be a place where everyone feels valued and where diversity is celebrated and seen as part of the foundation for our Institute’s success.

The Crick is committed to creating equality of opportunity and promoting diversity and inclusivity. We all share in the responsibility to actively promote dignity, respect, inclusivity and equal treatment and it is our aim to ensure that these principles are reflected and implemented in all strategies, policies and practices.

Read more on our website: https://www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-study/life-at-the-crick/equality-diversity-and-inclusion