Librarian, Data Management

Position summary

Position details

• Work location: Qatar.
• Work days: Sunday through Thursday.
• Classification: Full time.

Job responsibilities

• Guide, promote, and encourage Open Data and interoperable data practices to improve transparency, research quality, and data reuse.
• Develop, assign, and verify metadata ontologies so users can discover and track current and historical research data.
• Support researchers with data visualization and data mining techniques.
• Conduct bibliometric analysis, altmetrics, and citation metrics; provide insights to improve research impact.
• Ensure institutional repository uploads meet archival standards, long-term preservation needs, and FAIR data practices.
• Collate and analyze library statistics, including taxonomy effectiveness and library web traffic.
• Design and deliver training and outreach on tools and best practices for research data management, archiving, and dissemination.
• Maintain and publish library guides, newsletters, tutorials, and policies covering data management, cleanup, visualization, reproducible workflows, security, and preservation.
• Assess library collection relevance and participate in publication services.
• Engage with scholarship and share emerging trends in research data management, Open Science, data sharing, data ethics and privacy, AI-assisted workflows, and health librarianship.
• Collaborate with library teams in support of library goals and perform other duties as assigned.

Education and experience

• Master's degree in Library Science (ALA-accredited), Information Science, Data Science, or a relevant quantitative field.
• 3–5 years of experience in an academic library and/or clinical research environment supporting the research lifecycle.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Expert knowledge of Integrated Library Systems, open-access web tools, and library technologies.
• Expert knowledge of clinical research trends and biomedical research data management.
• Expert knowledge of Open Access requirements and metadata standards, including Dublin Core, DataCite Schema, and DDI.
• Experience using DMPTool, GitHub, Jupyter Notebooks, Power BI, and R/Python for data handling and reporting.
• Ability to multitask and manage multiple projects within demanding timeframes; customer-focused service and advanced organizational skills.
• Strong attention to detail, interpersonal and cross-functional communication; able to work independently and in a team.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

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