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Data Support Officer

£27,280 - £27,280
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Job Description

Job Context 



The Research and Innovation Analysis and Planning team sits within the Research Services directorate at QMUL. We use internal and external data relating to QMUL’s research performance for reporting that supports decision-making at QMUL. To do this, we need to ensure we have high quality and reliable data and that our data recording practices are consistent across the University.   



Job Purpose 



In this role, you will help us map out and improve our data collection practices on Worktribe – our research grant management system at QMUL. You will help us understand current practices across different teams and departments and establish a standard so we can improve our data collection and reporting. You will help to develop a data dictionary for Worktribe, which would then be used across Research Services. 



The role will be hybrid between remote working and in the Research Services Office in Dept W, arrangement to be agreed with the successful candidate.



Experience/Skills 



This role is perfect for you if you have experience of working with datasets, meta-data, and data-informed reporting.  



Familiarity with research grant lifecycles is not necessary.  



Main Duties and Responsibilities 




  • Document current research data-related practices 

  • Work closely with subject experts across QMUL to help develop standards and procedures for data recording to ensure consistency and efficiency 

  • Develop training material to educate colleagues on data management best practices  

  • Assist with reports and data extraction 



Qualifications

Desirable: Undergraduate degree



Skills

Essential  




  • Experience in working with datasets, particularly data cleaning and transformation 

  • Familiarity with data protection and best practice around working with sensitive data 

  • Experience in effective use of spreadsheets 

  • Proven analytical and problem-solving capability 

  • Able to demonstrate excellent attention to detail 

  • Excellent interpersonal skills – able to interact with a diverse range of contacts from multiple disciplinary backgrounds  

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills 



Desirable  




  • Experience in working with Worktribe, Alteryx, or Power BI 

  • Familiarity with research funding and grant lifecyles 

  • Familiarity with higher education research environment 

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Qualifications

BA/MA in Linguistics, Psychology or related discipline. 

 



Skills

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The primary responsibilities of the research assistant will involve overseeing participant recruitment and conducting remote participant in two testing sessions in a battery of tasks (assessment of receptive vocabulary, production of specific syntactic structures and elicitation of spontaneous production data). Additionally, the RA will handle initial data trimming and processing. The breakdown of allocated hours for each task is as follows:

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Qualifications

BA/MA in Linguistics, Education, Psychology or related discipline. 

 



Skills

Essential:

Familiarity and ability to use Microsoft packages (e.g., good Excel command)

Undergraduate level knowledge in linguistics, psychology and/or education research or related field

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DBS certificate 

 

Desirable:

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Good organisational skills

Social awareness and good communication skills

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Social Enterprise Researcher

£55,536 - £55,536
England-London
Office, Clerical & Administration
Temporary / Interim

Thank you for your interest.  This job has already been offered and accepted, unfortunately King's Talent Bank will not remove the ad until 7th October which is why it still appears as live.   



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