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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Oregon State University Libraries & Press (OSULP) seeks a Data Management Specialist to work with dedicated and innovative faculty and staff in our Center for Digital Scholarship and Services. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Responsibilities</b></font></div>
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<li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Makes contact and works with faculty and academic units outside of the library to develop and sustain services in support of curation of data produced at OSU.</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Consults with researchers about their data, its management, reuse, and accessibility.</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Assists researchers with creating data documentation and metadata aimed at preparing data for sharing in digital repositories.</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Assists faculty in writing data management plans. </font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Assists faculty in meeting funder requirements for providing public access to research results, including data.</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Is informed of, and keeps library and university faculty up to date on, national and international trends, legislation, and pending changes in public access requirements for data</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Collaborates with Center faculty and staff in developing funding agency data deposit services and workflows</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Participates in and leads campus initiatives, committees, and task forces relating to data management and storage.</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Tracks international developments in data curation and participates in library, campus, regional, and national discussions regarding cooperative data curation activities and services.</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Develops and maintains data services web pages that describe campus and funding agency data policies, guidelines, best practices and library services.</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Identifies appropriate venues for data and serves as an intermediary between researchers and appropriate digital repository systems including ScholarsArchive@OSU.</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Develops and delivers training and instruction for credit courses, workshops and other forum</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Designs and produces training documents, self-guided tutorials, user guides and other print and web-based instructional materials.</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Engages with the OSU community by building relationships with a specific academic unit, promoting library services and resources and contributing to library-wide conversations about strategic directions.</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Actively participates in service activities in the library, on campus and within professional organizations </font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Contributes to the scholarly record by conducting, communicating, documenting research as well as sharing products resulting from the research</font></li></ul>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Minimum Required Qualifications</b></font></div>
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<li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">A Master’s degree by date of appointment from an ALA-accredited program or a foreign equivalent degree, or a Master’s or higher degree in a data-intensive discipline</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Demonstrable experience working with data in a research context </font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Demonstrated knowledge of issues and technical challenges related to data curation and management </font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Familiarity with one or more current scientific data conventions and metadata standards </font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Demonstrated capacity to work effectively and collegially with a diverse population </font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Ability to develop and execute a research agenda </font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Strong technical skills and technical problem-solving abilities </font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Excellent written and oral communication skills </font></li></ul>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Preferred Qualifications</b></font></div>
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<li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">One year of relevant research data management and curation experience in an academic, scientific, or corporate setting</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Advanced degree in a data intensive research field</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Experience with one or more commonly used data repository platforms</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">An understanding of the research process from conception to completion (i.e. conception, data collection, analysis, synthesis, and publication)</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Experience with digital tools used in data intensive research such as programming, GIS, or statistical software</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Understanding of principles of data documentation and metadata in a research context</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Experience working in an academic library environment</font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Grant writing experience </font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Familiarity with federal funding requirements for data management </font></li><li><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Evidence of participation in professional societies and organizations </font></li></ul>
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<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Location</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Oregon State University is located in Corvallis, a great small college town with over 100 miles of biking trails, good local beer and coffee, and easy drives to the mountains, the coast, and Portland. OSU Libraries & Press
staff are committed to core values of diversity, civility and sustainability.</font></div>
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Steve Van Tuyl<br>
Digital Repository Librarian<br>
Oregon State University Libraries & Press</div>
<div>web | http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/staff/vantuyls<br>
orcid | http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8752-272X<br>
email | steve.vantuyl@oregonstate.edu</div>
<div>phone | 541.737.3492</div>
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