Research Data Coordinator, UT Libraries

The University of Texas at Austin • Austin, UT

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The University of Texas Libraries advances teaching, catalyzes research, and democratizes learning in order to develop critical thinkers and global citizens. As an essential campus partner in building a rich research and learning ecosystem, we are committed to creating and sustaining a community that welcomes and respects all individuals, celebrates different perspectives and experiences, and fosters belonging. The University of Texas Libraries is seeking a Research Data Coordinator to join the Research and Scholarship team. The team’s mission is to increase the global impact of the university by making research outputs openly accessible. In alignment with this mission, the team’s primary responsibilities are to assist researchers in adopting computational approaches to teaching and scholarship, maintain the largest open collections of UT-created scholarship and data, and promote the adoption of open scholarship practices to increase public access to research and improve the affordability of education. The team collectively values initiative, creativity, commitment, and teamwork. The Research Data Coordinator will assist UT faculty, students, and staff with publishing research data and related outputs. They will work in coordination with campus partners to support university researchers by offering personalized consultation sessions, building resource guides, developing scripted processes, leading instructional programming, and coordinating events. Their work will facilitate researcher use of the Texas Data Repository and help ensure that deposited data and related products are curated in accordance with FAIR principles to foster research reproducibility. The Research Data Coordinator will be housed in the University of Texas Libraries (UTL) within Research and Scholarship and will report to the Head of Research Data Services.

Requirements

• Graduate degree in library science, data science, information studies or any field of science or humanities research involving data.
• Minimum of 4 years of research data experience obtained through professional roles and/or graduate student experience.
• Experience with research data publication, data repositories, data curation, or research reproducibility.
• Familiarity with and enthusiasm for open scholarship and research data management.
• Familiarity with one or more programming languages like Python, R, or JavaScript.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, a professional, team-oriented attitude, and the ability to establish positive and productive collaborations.
• Ability to communicate effectively, in person and in writing, including a demonstrated facility in conveying technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Enthusiasm for continual learning and professional development.
• Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with metadata standards, controlled vocabularies, and persistent identifiers.
• Experience managing or curating datasets containing sensitive information or PII.
• Experience utilizing or managing a Dataverse data repository.
• Experience teaching classes, workshops, or other types of instructional sessions.
• Familiarity with GitHub or a similar platform for managing software versioning and dissemination.
• Ability to coordinate multiple projects in a fast-paced, evolving work environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for publishing research data and related outputs by offering consultation sessions, responding to researcher questions, leading workshops, giving presentations, developing resource guides, and other necessary activities.
• Maintain relationships and build partnerships within UT Libraries and across UT's community of researchers who work with data.
• Review data, metadata, code, and documentation contributed to the UT Austin Dataverse in the Texas Data Repository (TDR), provide curation support to help protect sensitive data and foster research reproducibility, develop scripted tools to facilitate researcher use of the repository, and serve as institutional liaison to the Texas Data Repository Steering Committee.
• Develop and maintain processes for tracking UT researcher data publishing metrics to facilitate discovery of UT research products.
• Participate in professional development and serve as an active contributor to campus-level and external professional groups to maintain an awareness of current tools and methodologies for research data sharing.
• Other related functions as assigned.

Benefits

• The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.
• This position has the option to elect the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) instead of TRS, subject to the position being 40 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.
• A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.
• The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
• If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form.
• You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States.
• Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment.
• Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.
• The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level