Assistant Data Services Specialist British Library

• Vacancy for Assistant Data Services Specialist at The British Library

11 April 2021

Boston Spa or St Pancras

£23,250 per annum

Fixed Term

The British Library is recruiting to the post of Assistant Data Services Assistant within the Data Services team. The main duties will be around the day-to-day running of the British Library-led UK Data Cite consortium, but you’ll also be expected to contribute to a number of other internal- and external-facing projects including this year’s review and update of our Research Data Strategy .

This will be an ideal opportunity for someone looking to develop a career in research data management or related areas, from a library, archives or research background for example.

The Research Infrastructure Services team is responsible for developing and delivering our non-content services to researchers, including discovery services, scholarly communications, the British Library Research Repository and research data support. The team sits within the Content & Research Services department.

This is now a full-time post (36 hours/week), fixed-term for 2 years in the first instance, with a starting salary of £23,250 (or £26,000 if based in London), and the successful applicant can choose which of our two sites to be based at:
St Pancras, London or Boston Spa, Yorkshire. The closing date is 11 April.