Data Recovery Specialist - Edmonton, Canada - University of Alberta

University of Alberta

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Edmonton, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

REHAB Physical Therapy:

Competition No.

Posting Date

Jul 31, 2023

Closing Date

Aug 14, 2023

Position Type

Full Time - Grant Funded

Salary Range

$53,955 to $72,847 per year

Grade

Hours

40
This position is a part of the Non-Academic Staff Association (NASA).

This position has a term length of 3 years and offers a comprehensive benefits package which can be viewed on our Benefits Overview page.

Location - North Campus Edmonton. This role is in-person.

Working for the University of Alberta

The University of Alberta acknowledges that we are located on Treaty 6 territory, and respects the histories, languages and cultures of First Nations, Métis, Inuit and all First Peoples of Canada, whose presence continues to enrich our vibrant community.

The University of Alberta is teeming with change makers, community builders, and world shapers who lead with purpose each and every day.

We are home to more than 40,000 students in 200+ undergraduate and 500+ graduate programs, over 13,000 faculty and staff, 260,000 alumni worldwide and have been recognized as one of Canada's Greenest Employers for over a decade.

Your work will have a meaningful influence on a fascinating cross section of people—from our students and stakeholders, to our renowned researchers and innovators who are quite literally curing diseases, making discoveries and generating solutions that make the world healthier, safer, stronger, and more just.

Working for the Department/Faculty
The University of Alberta is home to North America's only freestanding Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. We provide academic training in Rehabilitation Science, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech-Language Pathology.

Our researchers lead their field in areas such as spinal cord injury, mental health, robotics, language development, and the impacts of COVID-19.

Position

This position will be involved in obtaining, organizing, harmonizing, and managing data from multiple research laboratories from various sources (i.e., databases, Excel spreadsheets, etc.) to assist in data preservation and archiving of spinal cord injury research data on ODC- This includes the development of relevant documentation and metadata information required for data sharing under the Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability (FAIR) guiding principles.

These activities may require travel as necessary to complete proposed functions.

For quality control, the individual will be required to 'analyze data quality', spot and resolve issues and assume accountability for dataset integrity.

This will be followed by uploading the acquired data into the ODC-SCI database, including any supporting documents, or spreadsheets. Utilize data expertise to improve future data management and integrity in selected research labs. This includes presentations at workshops to promote data management plans at selected spinal cord injury centers.

The individual will manage multiple priorities within an agile framework and set expectations regarding timelines and provide feedback and suggestions for improvements based on curation results.

Duties

Data Collection and Curation
Obtain data from source
Data anonymization
Data entry and standardized data formatting
Data cleaning and verification
Data description and documentation
Data dictionary creation
Metadata creation using ODC-SCI standard
Compilation of related files and links
Data linking
Data deposit/publishing
Ingest into repository systems
Assigning identifiers
Data security
Archiving and preservation
Updating provenance
Version control
Acquire and manage access to sensitive datasets in collaboration with data owners
Introduce streamlined process of data recording and new methods for data management to labs
Formatting data according to ODC-SCI (accepted community) standard for transmission to and storage at ODC-SCI for longterm preservation and/or public access
Preserving and sharing data through established repositories while adhering to privacy and confidentiality

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Healthcare, Science, Computer Engineering or related scientific, technical, or clinical discipline is required; plus 23 years of related experience/training; or equivalent experience/training in the neurotrauma research field.
Understanding of the life cycle of research data.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop relationships and interact effectively with researchers, principal investigators, and data product endusers to retrieve research data.
Skills to communicate complex information in a clear and concise manner both verbally and in writing.
Meticulous data entry skills, strong attention to detail, and accuracy in processing, integrating, documenting, and reporting largescale research data sets.
Knowledge of data curation principles, pra