About BSC

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 1000 staff from 60 countries.

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We are particularly interested for this role in the strengths and lived experiences of women and underrepresented groups to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights in science and IT research. In instances of equal merit, the incorporation of the under-represented sex will be favoured.

We promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, fostering an environment where each and every one of us is appreciated for who we are, regardless of our differences.

If you consider that you do not meet all the requirements, we encourage you to continue applying for the job offer. We value diversity of experiences and skills, and you could bring unique perspectives to our team.

Context And Mission

We are looking for research data managers, data stewards, or equivalent professional figures, with a proven technical background, and experience in data services deployment, for contributing to BSC data and information services design and deployment, and for giving support to BSC multidisciplinary researchers.

Key Duties

• Contribute to build up and maintain the BSC scientific data catalogues and data services and its governance tool.

• Design and implement automatic procedures for adequate data validity, share, protection and security, according to the BSC mission. Ensure data and information at BSC meets standards and interoperability with respect to formats, security, confidentiality and personal data protection.

• Contribute to adopt FAIR Data principles across existing and future projects that the data management team is participating at.

• Collaborate with other data management groups at European and International level on practical matters related to research production, research data management and data governance.

• Support and advise researchers about the BSC technical services for data and metadata management.

• Train BSC personnel and users on Data Management topics.

Requirements

• Education

  • Degree/Master’s degree in any data related scientific/humanistic discipline will be considered.
  • Degree/Master’s degree in software engineering will be considered in combination with a scientific specialization/background
  • Specialization, or participation to courses and workshops on data management related topics will be positively considered
  • PhD or research experience with a strong technical data management component will be positively considered.

• Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience

  • Experience with designing and developing tools for data management, especially for data management planning and data publication.
  • Experience with automatizing processes for data management.
  • Strong knowledge and proven professional experience on databases.
  • A thorough understanding of managing data and on Open Science principles
  • A thorough knowledge of the FAIR data principles and their practical application.

• Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience

  • Experience working in a scientific research environment.
  • Experience on giving training on data management topics
  • Good understanding of Linux environment and Shell scripting.
  • Experience working in a public center, with basic knowledge of the legal framework for treating with personal and confidential data.
  • Fluency written and verbal communication skills in English.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills in Spanish.

• Competences

  • Ability to take initiative, prioritize and work under set deadlines.
  • Ability to work independently and in a team.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills with technical and non technical staff.

Conditions

• The position will be located at BSC within the CASE Department

• We offer a full-time contract (35h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures

• Duration: Temporary - 27 months

• Holidays: 22 days of holidays + 6 personal days + 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement

• Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona

• Starting date: asap

Applications procedure and process

All applications must be submitted via the BSC website and contain:

• A full CV in English including contact details

• A cover/motivation letter with a statement of interest in English, clearly specifying for which specific area and topics the applicant wishes to be considered. Additionally, two references for further contacts must be included. Applications without this document will not be considered.

Development of the recruitment process

The selection will be carried out through a competitive examination system ("Concurso-Oposición"). The recruitment process consists of two phases:

• Curriculum Analysis: Evaluation of previous experience and/or scientific history, degree, training, and other professional information relevant to the position. - 40 points
• Interview phase: The highest-rated candidates at the curriculum level will be invited to the interview phase, conducted by the corresponding department and Human Resources. In this phase, technical competencies, knowledge, skills, and professional experience related to the position, as well as the required personal competencies, will be evaluated. - 60 points. A minimum of 30 points out of 60 must be obtained to be eligible for the position.

The recruitment panel will be composed of at least three people, ensuring at least 25% representation of women.

In accordance with OTM-R principles, a gender-balanced recruitment panel is formed for each vacancy at the beginning of the process. After reviewing the content of the applications, the panel will begin the interviews, with at least one technical and one administrative interview. At a minimum, a personality questionnaire as well as a technical exercise will be conducted during the process.

The panel will make a final decision, and all individuals who participated in the interview phase will receive feedback with details on the acceptance or rejection of their profile.

At BSC, we seek continuous improvement in our recruitment processes. For any suggestions or comments/complaints about our recruitment processes, please contact recruitment [at] bsc [dot] es. For more information, please follow this link.

Deadline

The vacancy will remain open until a suitable candidate has been hired. Applications will be regularly reviewed and potential candidates will be contacted.

OTM-R principles for selection processes

BSC-CNS is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the Open, Transparent and Merit-based Recruitment principles (OTM-R). This is applied for any potential candidate in all our processes, for example by creating gender-balanced recruitment panels and recognizing career breaks etc. BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law. For more information follow this link