Job details

Salary: £20,000 to £25,000 pa depending on experience

Location: Negotiable and this depends upon the location of the successful candidate

Type: initially a 24 month contract

Hours: Full time

We are looking for a Technical & Data Partner Support Officer to enhance our team and take the lead on liaising with the NBN’s Data Partners and users to help them understand how to prepare and contribute their information to, and how to use the data on, the NBN Atlas. The post holder will also help organisations evaluate how to use the NBN’s biological information infrastructure (the NBN Atlas) and integrate it with their own working practices. The posts main focus is on the voluntary sector bodies engaging with the NBN.

The key responsibilities of the post will be:

o   Loading data and metadata from collectors and custodians with relevant checking (N.B. The program developers intend that, increasingly, this will be automated).
o   Providing our Network partners with assistance in formatting their data and metadata for submission to the NBN Atlas
o   Assisting Network Partners in the use of NBN Atlas web services
o   Dealing with feedback and issues raised by NBN Atlas users
o   Providing advice to the NBN’s Data Partners on technical issues
o   Providing support for the wider work of the NBN Secretariat as required

Experience

The post holder will be expected to be experienced in;
Creating and using relational databases
Producing clear, logical code in at least one programming language
Data quality and cleaning issues
The successful candidate must also be able to communicate effectively with a wide range of people from novice users to technical experts

More information; https://nbn.org.uk/news/job-vacancies/n … t-officer/

For more information contact support@nbn.org.uk

Closing date: 12th May 2017. Interviews will take place in late May 2017 either w/c 22nd or 29th May, venue TBC depending on the location of successful applicants.