We are looking for a proactive Research Data Coördinator / Data Manager to accelerate large health research via our ‘FAIR’ IT infrastructure: data catalogues, patient registries, *omics and imaging, high performance computing and federated analysis. You will primarily work with MOLGENIS, the long-standing open-source research infrastructure developed at the UMCG and used across the world. In this role you will:
- Serve as the main point of contact between external data managers, researchers/users and project coordinators in large national and European projects, and our internal MOLGENIS technical teams.
- Plan, coordinate, and monitor the onboarding of data and users, including their integration with local IT and legal processes.
- Provide hands-on data management support and triage complex issues to specialist colleagues.
- Lead and support the adoption of MOLGENIS and other open-source tools for data cataloguing, federated analysis, and multi-centre study management.
- Contribute to training materials and workshops for data users and managers and guide data partners on best practices in research data management.
- Academic or HBO working level in (bio)informatics, medicine, life sciences, or related field.
- Demonstrable experience in research data management, project coordination, or data-intensive research.
- Strong communication skills in English; Dutch is a big plus.
- Ability to translate between IT people, experts from other domains and laymen.
- Independent, proactive, and skilled at collaborating across teams and disciplines within and outside the organisation.
- Nice-to-have: Experience with data management tools (Excel, CSV, SQL, R, Python)
- Willingness to travel (fly) occasionally within Europe.
