Open Science Implementation Specialist

TEKsystems•Atlanta, GA

5d•$45 - $50•Remote

About The Position

Position Description: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office of Science Quality and Library Services (OSQLS) Knowledge Management Team, Open Science Implementation Contractor 2025-09-23 Description: A 1-year remote contractor opportunity is currently available with the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office of Science Quality and Library Services (OSQLS) Knowledge Management (KM) Team. The OSQLS KM team is responsible for a suite of systems that support electronic scientific clearance; a public access repository; content management; and, routing of other documents, forms, and plans. Knowledge Management systems support the Centers, Institutes, and Offices (CIOs) at the CDC. The KM team also provides training and guidance on system use to support research and compliance. Among these systems is the publicly available CDC Stacks > repository for public health publications and data tailored for public health research. This repository is retained indefinitely and is available for public health professionals, researchers, as well as the general public, in compliance with federal public access policy and law. Other systems developed and maintained by the KM team to support the scientific research and publishing process are designed for internal CDC use only. Each of these systems supports CDC’s implementation of Public Access and Open Science (OS). As CDC puts greater emphasis on Open Science concepts and practices, the Knowledge Management team has been tasked to lead Open Science implementation. The KM team would like to add a talented and experienced Open Science expert to their team. Joining the OSQLS KM team, the selected candidate will provide support to CDC researchers in creating open science packages that enable replication and support transparency; will analyze existing KM systems and recommend enhancements to meet OS goals; and, will work with the KM Open Science team to rapidly create and provide OS implementation training and guidance to CDC researchers. Specific Duties and Responsibilities: • Collaborative development and authoring of KM team Open Science training materials and guidelines; • Proposing enhancements to KM software systems to improve Open Science practices; • Developing and proposing new Open Science workflows; • Work with researchers to integrate Open Science principles into their research workflows; • Liaise with one or more CDC CIOs and provide OS outreach, instruction, and research support; • Provide reference and research support to CDC researchers seeking OS implementation guidance; • Collaborate with CDC employees from the Office of Science and other CDC CIOs in the implementation of OS practices; and, • Participate in CDC and other federal open science committees and working groups, as opportunities arise and are appropriate. As OS implementation is evolving at CDC, these duties and responsibilities may evolve over the life of the contract period.

Requirements

received a Master's degree or Doctorate degree in Library Science; Information Science; Computer Science; or, a related field
extensive knowledge of federal, state, academic, and/or global Open Science guidelines and practices (U.S. Public Access policies; the Gold Standard Science memorandum; Open Data policy and law; etc.)
worked with a variety of Open Science tools (DMPTool; Open Science Framework; GitHub; repository software; data documentation tools; etc.)
excellent communication, training, and/or documentation creation skills
expert knowledge of the Persistent Identifier (PID) landscape
experience working in one or more PID assignment interfaces
experience working collaboratively in a diverse environment

Nice To Haves

demonstrated federal, state, or academic Open Science leadership experience
research experience implementing Open Science practices
created Open Science (or similar) training materials and/or provided such training to practicing researchers
experience contributing to or maintaining a document, data, or software repository
experience with library reference or IT help desk procedures, workflows, and ticketing systems
web development experience

Responsibilities

Collaborative development and authoring of KM team Open Science training materials and guidelines
Proposing enhancements to KM software systems to improve Open Science practices
Developing and proposing new Open Science workflows
Work with researchers to integrate Open Science principles into their research workflows
Liaise with one or more CDC CIOs and provide OS outreach, instruction, and research support
Provide reference and research support to CDC researchers seeking OS implementation guidance
Collaborate with CDC employees from the Office of Science and other CDC CIOs in the implementation of OS practices
Participate in CDC and other federal open science committees and working groups, as opportunities arise and are appropriate