Data Steward

Quick Facts

• Position: Data Steward
• Availability: As soon as possible
• Working model: Part-time
• Contract: Initially 1 year, with a prospect of extension

Description

The position focuses on ensuring high-quality, consistent, timely, and complete research data and enabling FAIR-compliant data management. You will define and maintain data standards, metadata, and ontologies, support scientists with structured data entry, and contribute to data governance and compliance. The role also supports the institute in introducing and improving ELN workflows and in digitization/migration projects, including participation in DMP preparation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure data quality, consistency, timeliness, and completeness
• Define and maintain data standards, metadata, and ontologies
• Support users (scientists) with structured data entry
• Support governance topics including access rights, audit trails, and GxP
• Improve ELN workflows by analyzing and optimizing paper-based or legacy lab workflows into digital formats
• Support the introduction of ELN
• Train and empower users
• Support implementation of data governance and compliance requirements
• Identify, analyze, and remediate data quality issues
• Collaborate on migration and digitization projects
• Participate in preparing and reviewing data management plans (DMPs) per funder specifications (e.g., DFG, EU)
• Ensure FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable)
• Participate in institute working groups