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Data Manager

Job Summary

Coordinate with researchers, PIs, and project leadership to organize, manage, store, archive and share data for the RIPE project. 

Duties & Responsibilities (full list available at link below)

• Data analysis and reporting: Guide RIPE researchers in preparing data packages and sharing them with funders at agreed milestones, checking data packages, and facilitating data sharing with funders.
• Data management policies: Creating and documenting data management policies, procedures, and protocols, including the data and information sharing policies of the project funders, and distributing these policies to all RIPE team members, including sub-award institutions.
• Data systems: Managing and supervising RIPE’s UIUC based data system(s) to ensure they are secure, organized, and stored properly.
• Data storage: Assessing and updating RIPE’s storage needs, including cloud storage, on-premises servers, or hybrid systems and identifying the data storage needs of the sub-award institutions and determining how they store their RIPE project data. Also, determine the storage needs and transfer of RIPE project data and research results when a team member leaves the project, and ensure all data is backed up appropriately.
• Data education: Educating all RIPE team members on data management best practices and use of the RIPE data system(s), including advising on public data repository usage.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in information science, computer science, biology, or related STEM field. Background in science, including a minimum of 1 year collecting, organizing, and/or managing large scientific datasets.

Full responsibilities, qualifications, and how to apply can be found at the link below. Applications must be submitted through the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign job site to be considered. https://illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/12719?c=illinois&referralToken=MX8lYTz4-EapwaM-jNL-bA Deadline to apply is 6pm (CST) Thursday, January 16th.

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