Job
- Level
- Experienced
- Job Field
- Data, Project
- Employment Type
- Part Time/Full Time
- Contract Type
- Temporary employment
- Location
- Leipzig
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will develop modular training resources on FAIR data and lead the creation of a European competence framework for data stewards and curators in environmental sciences.
Your role in the team
- We are seeking a Research Data Stewardship and Training Developer (f/m/x) to connect operational environmental data curation with the development of reusable training, competence and professionalisation frameworks.
- The position combines practical work with scientific data, community co-design, and the development of scalable training services for European research infrastructures.
- Your responsibilities are:
- Co-design a European competence and curriculum framework for Data Stewards and Data Curators in the environmental and Earth system sciences, including role profiles, learning pathways and approaches to professional recognition or certification.
- Contribute to the operational work of the eLTER Data Curation Team and translate practical experience, requirements, and lessons learned from environmental data curation into training concepts, reusable guidance, and future data stewardship services.
- Design, develop and deliver modular training resources, onboarding programmes, workshops, webinars, summer schools and train-the-trainer formats on FAIR data, metadata, data quality, open science and responsible AI.
- Analyze the needs of Data Stewards, researchers, and research infrastructures and translate them into functional and technical requirements for training management software, digital learning environments, and related supporting services.
- Build and coordinate a European community of practice for Data Stewards and Data Curators, facilitating knowledge exchange, stakeholder consultation and the development and adoption of shared professional standards.
- Develop sustainable and openly reusable training services, contribute to their evaluation and continuous improvement, and support their integration into institutional and European research-infrastructure programmes.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- A university degree, preferably at Master's or PhD level, in Data Sciences, Computer Sciences, Environmental Informatics, Geoinformatics, Environmental Sciences, or a related field.
- Experience in designing or delivering training, professional development, capacity-building or educational programmes.
Qualifications
- Knowledge of FAIR data principles, metadata, data publication, data quality, and the scientific data lifecycle.
- Ability to translate complex technical and organisational topics into accessible, practice-oriented learning resources for different professional audiences.
- An understanding of digital learning environments, competence frameworks or requirements engineering would be an advantage.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in an interdisciplinary and international environment.
- Very good communication skills in English and German.
Experience
- Experience in research data management, data stewardship, data curation, or scientific information management.
- Experience in community building, co-design, stakeholder consultation or the coordination of professional networks.
- Highly welcome: Experiences with and/or connections to EOSC.
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What we offer
- The job position is available for full-time or part-time employment.
- Remuneration according to the TVöD public-sector up to pay grade 13 including attractive public-sector social security benefits.
- Flexible working hours and a wide range of options for balancing work and care responsibilities through our family office.
- Special annual payment, capital-forming benefits, and subsidized Germany Job Ticket.
- A workplace in a vibrant region with a high quality of life and social and cultural diversity.
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Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH
The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ has built up an excellent reputation as an international competence centre for environmental sciences with its 1,100 employees. We are part of the largest scientific organisation in Germany - the Helmholtz Association. Our mission: We conduct research to achieve a balance between social development and long-term protection of our living standards - for sustainable development.
Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Agriculture, Silviculture, Education System
Research Data Stewardship and Training Developer
- Location
- Leipzig
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
