EMSO ERIC is seeking candidates for the position of “Data Officer” to join its dynamic and international team, located at the EMSO headquarters in Rome, Italy. The successful candidate will have a strong background in data science, data engineering, data curation, and data management in geosciences/marine science.

The selected applicant will be responsible for supporting existing efforts and for the development and administration of new metadata, data management, and documentation standards which maximize the ability of EMSO ERIC to archive, understand, and use multi-phenomenological data across many projects and scientific fields.

There will be opportunities to work with many complex data sets which span multiple scientific areas and to provide guidance/leadership for identifying, exploiting, and developing data-centric techniques across multiple scientific domains. This work may include collaborative efforts with EMSO ERIC Regional Facilities and domain specialists to identify data sources of interest, structure data, and develop methods enabling data harmonization, delivery, fusion and product generation.

The successful candidate will work closely with the EMSO ERIC Director General, EMSO Officers and other boards of the consortium to facilitate the deployment of the EMSO ERIC work programme.

Deadline: Open Call until 31st December 2023, subject to quarterly assessment of the received candidatures.

Estimated starting date: 1st June 2023

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