[clug] Fwd: Job ad for Senior Data Management Officer at LTERN - please distribute

[ivanhanigan]

Hi guys, we have extended the deadline now so if you can send to any lists that would be great.  Cheers. Ivan





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From: Elena Williams <ele.wil at gmail.com> 
Date:30/07/2014  3:54 PM  (GMT+10:00) 
To: Ed Schofield <ed at pythoncharmers.com>, Tennessee Leeuwenburg <tLeeuwenburg at gmail.com>, danielle.medek at anu.edu.au, CLUG List <linux at lists.samba.org> 
Cc: Ivan Hanigan <ivan.hanigan at gmail.com> 
Subject: Fwd: Job ad for Senior Data Management Officer at LTERN - please distribute 

Hi guys,

Ivan is a friend of mine from ANU who I worked with about 10 years ago at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health (NCEPH) at ANU.

It would mean a lot to me if you would be able to put the word out about this position through your networks and maybe the Science and Data Mini-Conference at PyCon Australia on Friday (is there an official way to do this?). 

This has not been publicly advertised and interest is being sought through the networks in the community. Please pass this on to anyone you think would be interested.

The deadline is soon and I can assure you that Ivan is a pleasure to work with.
---
Elena Williams :)
@elequ
04022 90172


Ivan Hanigan

Data Portal Project Manager / Data Analyst

Long Term Ecological Research Network (ANU)
http://www.ltern.org.au/
and Australian SuperSite Network (JCU)
http://www.tern-supersites.net.au/
T: 02 6125 0349

Mob: 0457 770 517

Skype id: ivan.hanigan

E: ivan.hanigan at anu.edu.au

 

From: Ivan Hanigan 
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 11:47 AM
Subject: Job ad for Senior Data Management Officer at LTERN - please distribute

 

Dear All,

The Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN) is seeking to hire a senior data management officer. 

The Job ad is at http://jobs.anu.edu.au/PositionDetail.aspx?p=4051, pasted below and attached as  a doc.

We're not advertising very widely on the web and are instead hoping to tap into networks of data management people, so if can send on to an email list or if you know someone who this job might be perfect for, please forward to them.

 

We tailored the description toward someone with more data management skills, rather than the data librarian side.  There is a lot of cross-over though, which you will see in the position description, so we think a wide variety of people might like this job.

 

Please note that it is best for people to access the website rather than contact me directly if they have questions, because then our HR system can offer more help.

 

Cheers,

 

Ivan Hanigan

Data Portal Project Manager / Data Analyst

Long Term Ecological Research Network (ANU)
http://www.ltern.org.au/
and Australian SuperSite Network (JCU)
http://www.tern-supersites.net.au/
T: 02 6125 0349

Mob: 0457 770 517

Skype id: ivan.hanigan

E: ivan.hanigan at anu.edu.au

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Data Management Officer (G329-14RH)
Fenner School of Environment and Society (FSES), ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment
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The Senior Data Management Officer will provide support for data portal and repository management by providing licencing services, access management control and web-page content management.
Location
Canberra/ACT
Term of Contract
Fixed Term of 10 Months
Grade
ANU Officer Grade 7 (Technical)
Salary Package
$76,161 - $80,139 pa plus 17% superannuation
Closing Date
3 August 2014
Position Overview
This role has the important purpose of coordinating the public face of the Long Term Ecological Research Network’s Data Portal through engaging with users, communicating through the website and liaison regarding data licencing. This style of Data Portal heralds a new era of Ecological Data Science and there are many exciting challenges and new methods to explore. 
The team you’d be working with encompasses experienced ecologists, statisticians and data scientists with a vigorous interest in developing practices in this novel and important development for science. For more information on the network please see http://www.tern.org.au/long-term-ecological-research-network-ltern-pg17872.html 
The Data Curator ideally brings with them experience and understanding of the research sector and in particular research data management. The ideal candidate will be skilled in data licencing, managing access to data and web-page communication. In addition the candidate will need to maintain procedures to quality assure data, process metadata using the Ecological Metadata Language (EML) metadata schema and manage customer relations with users, the research community and data providers. 
The appointment is linked to an external funding provision, with a current expected end date of 30 June 2015. 
The University actively encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more information on employment opportunities, contact our Indigenous Employment Consultant on indigenous.employment at anu.edu.au 
ANU values diversity and inclusion and believes employment opportunities must not be limited by socio-economic background, race, religion or gender. For more information about staff equity at ANU, visit http://hr.anu.edu.au/staff-equity 

Enquiries Mr Ivan Hanigan 
Phone: 02 6125 0349 
Email: ivan.hanigan at anu.edu.au
Additional Information
Pre-employment work environment report.pdf
Position description
 
Responsible to
Data Portal Project Manager/Analyst
Role statement
PURPOSE STATEMENT: 
The Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTERN) integrates leading Australian long-term field research sites across Australia to tackle critical questions associated with the impacts of disturbance on Australian ecosystems. The 12 contributing plot networks have been actively monitored for many years and in most cases several decades, and span a diverse range of ecosystems, land tenures and land uses. 
The design of the LTERN plots and data collection procedures provides infrastructure to allow the research community to:
1.       Develop a detailed understanding of key ecosystem functions and processes, over decadal periods from plot to landscape scales.

2.       Quantify critical relationships between vegetation condition and/or biodiversity and major disturbance regimes such as those associated with fire, logging, livestock grazing, invasive species, extreme weather events, and their interactions with climate change.

Priority areas for LTERN are: (1) data collection; (2) data management and provision; and (3) the synthesis and communication of knowledge to researchers, policy-makers and the general public. Across LTERN ecological data collected from the plots will continue to be shared via TERN supported infrastructure (i.e. the LTERN Data Portal).

KEY ACCOUNTABILITY AREAS: 
Position Dimension & Relationships: 
The Senior Data Management Officer is based at the LTERN Office at ANU and reports to the Data Portal Project Manager/Analyst. This position also works closely with the LTERN Research Data Specialist and LTERN Project Officer/Statistician. In addition to LTERN member institutions other key research institutions are the University of Queensland (TERN Central Office) and James Cook University (Australian Supersites Network Office). 

Role Statement: 
Under broad direction the Senior Data Management Officer will: 
1. Ensure that Data Licensing Deeds are legally appropriate and meet privacy requirements. This requires oversight on licenses applied to all data sets being published to the LTERN Data Portal, and liaison with LTERN data custodians to resolve legal issues. 
2. Implement all user requests using the LDAP service and Morpho to coordinate access to LTERN data. This includes negotiation between scientists and data owners regarding proposed study designs. 
3. Take responsibility for the development and maintenance of the Web Content Management System. 
4. Lead the development of new data publication processes that employ the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to replace the LTERN and Supersites current URL-based system. This is to enable data citation metrics to be captured when data re-use occurs. 
5. Collect and report Key Performance Indicator on the importance, value, quality, availability of data, and timeframes for inclusion of data sets into the LTERN Data Portal. 
6. Develop and maintain procedures and appropriate documentation to ensure data meets consistent high quality standards. 
7. Manage metadata for datasets to be published to the LTERN Data Portal using the Ecological Metadata Language (EML) metadata scheme. 
8. Liaise and develop networks with users of LTERN datasets, including the research community, data providers and other stakeholders. 
9. Provide high level administrative support for various TERN meetings and workshops as required. 
10. Comply with all ANU policies and procedures, and in particular those relating to work health and safety and equal opportunity 
11. Undertake other duties as required consistent with the classification of the position.
Selection criteria
 
1. A degree or equivalent combination of relevant experience in information management. Experience in environmental science / ecology / biology or natural science is desirable. 
2. Knowledge and understanding of legal, policy and ethical frameworks governing research data and information. 
3. Demonstrated experience delivering high quality research data management projects or services and analysis of data. 
4. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and oral, including the proven ability to consult, negotiate and liaise effectively with a diverse range of people. 
5. Proven high level analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to apply relevant knowledge in the context of LTERN and TERN. 
6. Demonstrated ability to describe research datasets using an accepted metadata schema for the purpose of promoting discovery and access. 
7. Proven ability to work collaboratively, exercise sound independent judgement, and establish and meet deadlines. 
8. Experience with Relational Databases such as MS Access, MySQL or PostgreSQL. 
9. A demonstrated understanding of equal opportunity principles and polices and a commitment to their application in a university context.
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