1-2 Data Steward(s)

Do you want to work on enabling groundbreaking, data-driven Life Science research in an international environment, supported by competent and friendly colleagues? Do you want an employer who invests in sustainable employeeship and offers secure, favorable working conditions? Welcome to apply for the position of Data Steward at Uppsala University.

You will be employed at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology (ICM), which is one of Europe's most prominent biomolecular departments. Your role will be placed at the national infrastructure National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden (NBIS), which constitutes the Bioinformatics Platform at Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) – Sweden's hub for molecular life sciences. Together with the NBIS Data Management unit, you will play a key role in developing and implementing data management to meet future needs within data-driven Life Science research. More information about NBIS can be found at https://nbis.se. 

Duties

We are seeking a candidate who wants to help enable life science research in Sweden that goes beyond what is achievable by individual researchers, a single university, or a single research field. You will contribute to strengthening data management within Swedish life science research, and within SciLifeLab in particular. A major focus will be on the development and implementation of effective, cross-organizational solutions for the FAIRification of research data for both researchers and data-producing infrastructures. An important part of the work is also to educate researchers in principles and approaches for managing and sharing different types of research data, as well as being engaged in competence-raising networking within research data management in Sweden. To perform the work travelling is needed, both nationally and internationally.

Qualifications

The applicant shall have a master's degree within the areas of Life Science, Information Technology, or Bioinformatics, or shall possess an equivalent or higher level of understanding within one or several of these areas acquired by other means. Furthermore you must have:

• Experience of working with and/or describing life science data using relevant metadata standards, ontologies and controlled vocabularies.
• Experience with international repositories for the deposition and publication of Life Science data.
• Familiarity with principles and conditions for Open Science and FAIR, as well as the application of these.
• Documented experience of leading collaborative projects.
• Skills in coordination and communication, and the ability to document ongoing work.

Emphasis will be placed on personal suitability. The applicant must have excellent collaborative skills, initiative, and strong communicative qualities. As a person, you should be flexible and service-oriented, willing to learn new things, and able to work with complex tasks. You should also be quality-conscious, as well as goal- and result-oriented. You must be able to express yourself fluently in English, both in writing and speaking.

Additional qualifications

• Experience with data interoperability, as well as the integration and harmonization of different (meta)data types
• Experience with sensitive data, e.g. human data
• Experience with operational development
• Experience developing and working according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Experience of working with user support.
• Experience of working in international collaborations or networks
• Experience of teaching
• Experience with scripting (e.g., Bash, Python, or R) and version control using Git

About the employment

The employment is a permanent position (probationary period may be applied). Scope of employment 100 %. Starting date as soon as possible or as agreed. Placement: Uppsala

For further information about the position, please contact: Niclas Jareborg, +46 733 866605, niclas.jareborg@nbis.se, Elin Kronander, elin.kronander@nbis.se, +46 729 999558,‬ and Bengt Persson, +46 704 250230, bengt.persson@nbis.se.

Please submit your application by March 10th 2026, UFV-PA 2026/394.

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Uppsala University values the advantages that a good gender balance and diversity of the workforce brings to the organisation. We therefore welcome applicants of all genders, and with different backgrounds and life experiences.