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The Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology at Uppsala University (www.igp.uu.se) has a broad research profile with strong research groups focused on cancer, autoimmune and genetic diseases. A fundamental idea at the department is to stimulate translational research and thereby closer interactions between medical research and health care. Research is presently conducted in the following areas: medical and clinical genetics, clinical immunology, pathology, neuro-oncology, vascular biology, radiation science and molecular tools. Department activities are also integrated with the units for Oncology, Clinical Genetics, Clinical Immunology, Clinical Pathology, and Hospital Physics at Akademiska sjukhuset, Uppsala. The department has teaching assignments in several education programmes, including Master Programmes, at the Faculty of Medicine, and in a number of educations at the Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology. The department has a yearly turnover of around SEK 420 million, out of which more than half is made up of external funding. The staff amounts to approximately 345 employees, out of which 100 are PhD-students, and there are in total more than 700 affiliated people.

SciLifeLab is a national centre for molecular biosciences focusing on health and environmental research. The centre combines leading technical expertise with advanced knowledge in translational medicine and molecular biosciences. The goal of SciLifeLab also includes building a strong research community around itself through education and collaboration. SciLifeLab is a national resource run by Karolinska Institutet (KI), Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Stockholm University and Uppsala University. SciLifeLab was founded in 2010 and currently has more than 400 employees at the various facilities and about 150 research groups.

The successful candidate will be working at the SciLifeLab Data Centre, a central unit with responsibility for IT- and data management issues, serving the SciLifeLab technology platforms, their users and Swedish researchers in general. We have a national assignment and, for example, operates the Swedish national Covid-19 research data portal. We also work with issues about FAIR data, open science, and data driven life science. Working at the Data Centre, you will be at the core of Sweden’s top infrastructure for life sciences and have the opportunity to actively shape how state-of-the-art IT and data science are integrated in Swedish life science research, and help to maximize the scientific impact of the large amount of research data generated at SciLifeLab.

Job description: SciLifeLab Data Centre is looking for a motivated and knowledgeable Webmaster to lead the work on the national Covid-19 data portal website, https://covid19dataportal.se, in collaboration with European infrastructures (EMBL-EBI, ELIXIR and EOSC). The work includes operation and maintenance of the site, and updating and integrating new content that often comes from researchers, engineers or communication staff affiliated to SciLifeLab. You will work in a team with researchers, data coordinators and system developers, at the centre of SciLifeLab’s national research infrastructure.

Qualifications: This job requires a university degree in a relevant subject area. In addition is required:

• Documented experience from website management, including operation and maintenance.
• Documented skills in coordination and communication, and ability to document ongoing work.
• Documented experience in web development
• Fluency in English.

Meriting:

• Experience from research data issues, open science and FAIR.
• Knowledge or interest in biomedical research and infrastructure.
• Ability to work both individually and in cooperation with personnel in widely different fields.
• Drive and initiative to support and develop data driven life science in Sweden.

Personal suitability will strongly affect the recruitment for this position.

Salary: Individual salary.

Starting date: as soon as possible.

Type of employment: Temporary position ending 31-12-2021.

Scope of employment: 100 %

For further information about the position please contact: Johan Rung,johan.rung@scilifelab.uu.se, 018-471 4475.

Please submit your application by July 31 2020, UFV-PA 2020/2659.

Are you considering moving to Sweden to work at Uppsala University? If so, you will find a lot of information about working and living in Sweden at www.uu.se/joinus. You are also welcome to contact International Faculty and Staff Services at ifss@uadm.uu.se.