Curation Officer

Organization: The Digital Research Alliance of Canada

Location: Remote

Salary Range: $70,550 CAD - $95,450 CAD

Posted: September 29, 2026

The Digital Research Alliance of Canada (DRAC) serves Canadian researchers, with the objective of advancing Canada’s position as a leader in the knowledge economy on the international stage. By integrating, championing and funding the infrastructure and activities required for advanced research computing (ARC), research data management (RDM) and research software (RS), we provide the platform for the research community to access tools and services faster than ever before.

We have an ambitious mandate - to transform how research across all academic disciplines is organized, managed, stored and used. We work with other ecosystem partners and stakeholders across the country to help provide Canadian researchers with the support they need for leading-edge research excellence, research, innovation and advancement across all disciplines.

The Curation Officer will work as part of the data curation team, which provides ongoing curation support for new dataset submissions to the Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR), a general-purpose repository for Canadian research data in a wide range of disciplines. The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to user services and support, as well as the flexibility and persistence necessary to work with new file types, new technologies and installing/using new software as needed to successfully complete tasks.

The individual in this position will serve as an advocate for effective data management and will be comfortable providing guidance to researchers while promoting current recommended practices.

The successful candidate will also support national data curation services associated with FRDR, and will contribute to a developing Active Data Management Service (ADMS), providing guidance and hands‑on support to researchers throughout the active phase of the research data lifecycle. The Curation Officer works with researchers, institutional partners, and other national service teams to improve data quality, documentation, metadata, and stewardship practices, helping ensure research data are well‑managed, reusable, and prepared for sharing, publication, and preservation.

As a member of the data curation team, the Curation Officer will report to the Curation Services Lead.

This is a contract position with a term until March 31, 2028.

Active Data Management Consulting and Researcher Support

• Support researchers in organizing, documenting, and managing research data within the Active Data Management Service (ADMS), ensuring datasets are well‑described, understandable, and prepared for collaboration, sharing, publication, and preservation workflows.
• Provide guidance and practical support to researchers, institutional partners, and data stewards in the use of the ADMS, including dataset onboarding, metadata creation, documentation practices, and preparation of data for publication and preservation workflows
• Conduct consultations and need assessments with researchers to understand data management requirements, provide practical guidance on recommended practices, and help researchers address data organization, documentation, stewardship, and sharing needs throughout the active research data lifecycle.

Data Curation and Quality Assurance

• Review and enhance metadata, documentation, file organization, and associated research outputs; perform data quality checks and apply established curation standards, procedures, and workflows to improve the usability, discoverability, and reusability of research data.
• Document curation actions, monitor workflow outputs, identify exceptions or issues, and…