Mandate:
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is a world-leading organization supporting ocean discovery and technological innovation for science, society, and industry. ONC monitors the west and east coasts of Canada and the Arctic to continuously deliver data in real-time for scientific research and discovery and technological innovation.
ONC operates and manages innovative cabled observatories that supply continuous power and Internet connectivity to various scientific instruments located in coastal, deep-ocean, and Arctic environments. ONC’s cable arrays host thousands of sensors distributed in, on and above the seabed along with mobile and land based assets strategically located, instruments that address key scientific and policy issues (subsea earthquakes and tsunamis, ocean acidification, marine biodiversity, etc.) within a wide range of environments.
ONC is a Major Research Facility funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and is governed as a not-for-profit society that operates world-class innovative cabled observatories on behalf of the University of Victoria.
ONC's Observatory Digital Operations division is mandated to ensure the acquisition, curation and delivery of high-quality data to a global research community. As one of three Data Stewardship teams in the division, the Research Data Management team supports this mandate through the critical activities of metadata and data curation, and operations support. Curation activities enhance metadata and data discovery, retrieval, provenance, quality, archival, and interoperability. Operations support ensures that the preparation and deployment of instruments are conducted to deliver high quality data to the global research community.
Objectives:
The Data Steward, Research Data Management, is primarily responsible for acquiring, verifying and maintaining metadata and data for ONC. Properly curated data is critical for scientific and non-scientific users to understand, interpret and analyze the information collected via the instruments on the network operated by ONC. ONC’s primary mission to maintain long time series data sets cannot be achieved without robust and accurate metadata. Secondary duties include field and at-sea support during infrastructure maintenance operations that occur multiple times a year for up to four weeks duration, or day and multi day trips.
This position is required to work designated shifts through extended hours, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week when supporting expedition operations.
Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) degree or equivalent and a minimum of 3 years of experience working in a related discipline or an equivalent combination of research data management experience and education.
Knowledge, skills, and abilities include:
Experience requirements:
- Demonstrated experience with data citations, persistent identifiers, data curation, metadata schemas, controlled vocabularies, linked data, licensing
- Experience with web-services for scientific data discovery and delivery
- Experience with digital content management tools
- Experience with metadata and data manipulation
Knowledge requirements:
- Expertise with geospatial and oceanographic community conventions and standards
- Familiarity with XML, RDF, NetCDF tools and formats
- Ability to write scripts in Python, Matlab, R to execute data/metadata manipulation tasks
- Competent in the use of SQL-based database access tools
- Basic knowledge of scientific instrumentation and measurements
- Familiarity with international metadata standards and practices and their creation
Competencies requirements:
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to deal with multiple parallel projects involving several stakeholder groups, and consistently meet deadlines
- Ability to effectively prioritize tasks and to effectively manage assigned work during periods of peak demand
- Strong oral communication and writing skills
- Ability to work in a team-oriented, multidisciplinary environment.
Assets:
- Experience with environmental and/or ocean data
- Demonstrated interest in ocean sciences and/or Earth sciences
- Familiarity with project management software such as Jira or equivalent
- Experience with oceanographic expeditions
Please note that positions will close at 4 p.m. on the closing date.
Salary posted will be pro-rated based on FTE and achieved as per the collective agreement, if applicable.
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Territory Acknowledgement: We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and WSÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
Equity Statement: UVic is committed to upholding the values of equity, diversity, inclusion and human rights in our living, learning and work environments. In pursuit of our values, we seek members who are eager to actively participate in that shared responsibility. We actively encourage applications from members of historically and systemically marginalized groups.
Read our full equity statement here: www.uvic.ca/equitystatement.
Accessibility Statement: If you anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application and hiring process contact: [email protected] Any personal information provided will be maintained in confidence.
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Territory Acknowledgement: We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and WSÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
Equity Statement: UVic is committed to upholding the values of equity, diversity, inclusion and human rights in our living, learning and work environments. In pursuit of our values, we seek members who are eager to actively participate in that shared responsibility. We actively encourage applications from members of historically and systemically marginalized groups.
Read our full equity statement here: www.uvic.ca/equitystatement.
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