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This position is a part of the Non-Academic Staff Association (NASA).

This position has a term length of 3 years and offers a comprehensive benefits package which can be viewed on our Benefits Overview page.

Location

Work will primarily take place at North Campus Edmonton. This role is in-person.

Working for the University of Alberta

The University of Alberta acknowledges that we are located on Treaty 6 territory, and respects the histories, languages and cultures of First Nations, Métis, Inuit and all First Peoples of Canada, whose presence continues to enrich our vibrant community.

The University of Alberta is teeming with change makers, community builders, and world shapers who lead with purpose each and every day. We are home to more than 40,000 students in 200+ undergraduate and 500+ graduate programs, over 13,000 faculty and staff, 260,000 alumni worldwide and have been recognized as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers for over a decade.

Your work will have a meaningful influence on a fascinating cross section of people—from our students and stakeholders, to our renowned researchers and innovators who are quite literally curing diseases, making discoveries and generating solutions that make the world healthier, safer, stronger, and more just.

Working for the Department/Faculty

The University of Alberta is home to North America’s only freestanding Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. We provide academic training in Rehabilitation Science, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech-Language Pathology. Our researchers lead their field in areas such as spinal cord injury, mental health, robotics, language development, and the impacts of COVID-19.

Position

This position will be involved in obtaining, organizing, harmonizing, and managing data from multiple research laboratories from various sources (i.e., databases, Excel spreadsheets, etc.) to assist in data preservation and archiving of spinal cord injury research data on ODC-SCI.org. This includes the development of relevant documentation and metadata information required for data sharing under the Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability (FAIR) guiding principles. These activities may require travel as necessary to complete proposed functions .For quality control, the individual will be required to ‘analyze data quality’, spot and resolve issues and assume accountability for dataset integrity. This will be followed by uploading the acquired data into the ODC-SCI database, including any supporting documents, or spreadsheets. Utilize data expertise to improve future data management and integrity in selected research labs. This includes presentations at workshops to promote data management plans at selected spinal cord injury centres. Manage multiple priorities within an agile framework and set expectations regarding timelines. Provide feedback and suggestions for improvements based on curation results.

Duties

Data Collection and Curation

• Obtain data from source
• Data anonymization
• Data entry and standardized data formatting
• Data cleaning and verification

Data description and documentation

• Data dictionary creation
• Metadata creation using ODC-SCI standard
• Compilation of related files and links
• Data linking

Data deposit/publishing

• Ingest into repository systems
• Assigning identifiers
• Data security

Archiving and preservation

• Updating provenance
• Version control
• Acquire and manage access to sensitive datasets in collaboration with data owners
• Introduce streamlined process of data recording and new methods for data management to labs
• Formatting data according to ODC-SCI (accepted community) standard for transmission to and storage at ODC-SCI for long-term preservation and/or public access
• Preserving and sharing data through established repositories while adhering to privacy and confidentiality

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Healthcare, Science, or related scientific, technical, or clinical discipline is required; plus 2-3 years of experience in the spinal cord injury research.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop relationships and interact effectively with researchers, principal investigators, and data product end-users to retrieve research data
• Skills to communicate complex information in a clear and concise manner both verbally and in writing.
• Meticulous data entry skills, strong attention to detail, and accuracy in processing, integrating, documenting, and reporting large-scale research data sets.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• General familiarity with scientific research articles.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects, set priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work individually and within a team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of data management and programming best practices, including Python or R.
• Understanding of concepts of open access and open science, information security, ethical aspects of data sharing, intellectual property.
• Understanding of Data Management and Data Governance approaches and tooling, including Federated data sharing mandates and FAIR Data Principles

How to Apply