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Vacancy for Open Repositories Team Lead at STFC
Posted 2 days 19 hours ago by Digital Preservation Coalition
10 December 2023
Oxfordshire OR Warrington, UK
Full-Time
Come and discover how much you can achieve when you're surrounded by world-leading experts, encouraged to constantly learn and empowered to explore your curiosity.
About Us
The post will be part of an Open Science theme within the Scientific Computing Department. We deliver services to researchers across STFC and have staff based at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in Oxfordshire and the Daresbury Laboratory (DL) near Warrington. The Group is responsible for developing and operating library services, open access and open data services, including two institutional repositories (ePubs and eData). It also conducts research and development in open science practices and supporting technologies such as Persistent Identifiers, FAIR data, and collaborates with UKRI on Open Science Policy. Members of the Group are active in national and international networks, including the Research Data Alliance.
About the role
We are seeking a repository manager to join the team to lead a programme of work to review, update, host, and maintain the current institutional repositories, ePubs and eData.
The role involves:
- Leading and managing the review, migration, and implementation of a new repository platform to support STFC open science practices, research archives for publications, research data, and other research outputs.
- Liaising with stakeholders to understand, define, and prioritize requirements.
- Specifying the configuration of the repository, including submission workflows, metadata requirements, user interface, and customizations.
- Coordinating with stakeholders to ensure the technical aspects of the project are successfully delivered.
- Leading a project team across various teams and functions to meet project goals.
- Overseeing ongoing management of the repositories, including content curation activities and developing a team of content curators.
