Exchange and Enterprise Fellow PSDI Research Data Specialist

About PSDI

The Physical Science Data Infrastructure (PSDI) initiative is an EPSRC funded large‑scale infrastructure project between the University of Southampton and the Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC). PSDI enables researchers in the physical sciences to discover, capture, manage and share research data more easily by connecting and enhancing the different data infrastructures they use.

We are looking for someone with a background in the physical sciences, excellent communication skills and a passion for data and metadata to join our team to develop PSDI’s content in line with community best practices.

• Partner with academic researchers in the physical sciences to guide them when they plan, collect and share their data outputs, and capture corresponding descriptive metadata.

• Onboard resources to PSDI, providing consultancy, training or delivering presentations.

• Proactively progress projects toward end goals, reviewing previous actions, addressing blockers and identifying next steps.

• Master’s degree, equivalent professional qualifications or experience in a physical sciences subject.

• Experience handling, organising and managing physical sciences research data, with an understanding of how to maximise its usefulness for others.

• Excellent technical presentation and communication skills, and experience of disseminating knowledge via presentations, training or teaching.

• Desirable: technical consultancy or training experience, knowledge of physical sciences data and metadata standards, and experience of physical sciences research practices and programmatic data manipulation and semantic technologies.

The position is offered as a full‑time post with a permanent contract, contingent upon ongoing funding of PSDI (guaranteed until 31 March 2027). The post is based at the University of Southampton in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is central to the ethos at chemistry and the College. We particularly encourage women, Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME), LGBT and disabled applicants to apply for this position. Flexibility, career break considerations, generous maternity policy and onsite childcare facilities are available.