UEL is serious about supporting its researchers in managing their research data. I blogged before that we have funding next academic year to build a support service and infrastructure, and now we have advertised a job too.

We are establishing a permanent Research Data Management Officer post, to work with me as Research Services Librarian in developing services and giving support to researchers, and curating data of long-term at UEL. The post is advertised here with a job description here, and these are the important points to note:

Closing Date:   Monday 20 May 2013
Interview Date:   Tuesday 18 June 2013
Start Date: Monday 5 August 2013

Salary:  £27,104 to £30,072 per annum inclusive of London Weighting

I am happy to answer informal enquiries – call me (Stephen Grace) on 020 8223 7858 or email me at s.grace [at] uel.ac.uk if you want to know more.