Data Steward (maternity cover), Delft

Data Steward (maternity cover) The Faculty of Architecture&the Built Environment is looking for an interim Data Steward to support researchers in terms of research data and software management.

The Data Stewardship Programme at TU Delft aims at addressing data management needs across the campus in a disciplinary manner by having Data Stewards embedded at every faculty. The Data Steward function is key for the implementation of FAIR data and software in daily research practice. The Data Steward will take the lead in engaging with, training, and promoting better data management and software practices in this special field.

Your main tasks are to advise and train PhD candidates, researchers and faculty staff on research data and software management. Specifically:

Advise and support researchers in drafting data management and open science sections in grant proposals and Data Management Plans in line with funder, privacy, ethics regulations and intellectual property rights considerations.

Assist researchers in planning the collection, storage, documentation, and publication of data and software in research projects.

Design and run disciplinary training events tailored to researchers’ needs and inspire participation at faculty and university level.

Act as spokesperson for the faculty on data and software management, engaging and enabling researchers to adopt good practices.

Liaise with the Data Steward coordinator and other Data Stewards to streamline data and software management related workflows within TU Delft.

Liaise with open science initiatives at university level to promote open science practices within the faculty.

Facilitate community activities within scope of faculty research data and software management.

Further develop and implement the data stewardship and open science strategy and policy for the faculty.

Job Requirements

Interest in and advocate for open science, FAIR data and software.

PhD or equivalent research experience in a relevant subject area.

Broad understanding of how research operates and how data and software underpins reproducible research.

Good knowledge and hands‑on experience in managing and making research data and software reproducible.

Experience in designing research and handling personal data in compliance with the GDPR (desirable), or an interest in gaining knowledge on this topic.

Excellent communication skills, able to speak with researchers and other support staff, and sensitive to organisation‑specific culture and practices.

Can work independently and collaboratively.

Fluent in English. Dutch is a plus.

Conditions of employment

Duration of contract: 7 months.

Job of 32‑40 hours per week.

Salary based on scale 9 of the CAO for Dutch Universities:€3708‑€5057 gross per month (38 hours) plus 8 % holiday allowance and 8.3 % end‑of‑year bonus.

Excellent pension scheme via ABP.

Possibility to compile an individual employment package each year.

Discount with health insurers on supplemental packages.

Flexible working week.

Annual 232 leave hours (at 38 hours); option to sell or buy additional leave hours via individual choice budget.

Opportunities for education, training and courses.

Partially paid parental leave.

Attention to healthy and energetic work via vitality program.

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