Closer Metadata Assistant - London, United Kingdom - University College London

University College London
University College London
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London, United Kingdom

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Description

Ref Number
B


Professional Expertise
Administration and Business Support


Department
School of Education (B16)


Location
London


Working Pattern
Part time


Salary
£28,344 - £31,596


Contract Type
Permanent


Working Type
Hybrid (20% - 80% on site)


Available For Secondment
No


Closing Date
12-Apr-2023


About us:

About IOE

IOE is UCL's Faculty of Education and Society.

Founded in 1902, IOE has been shaping policy and helping government, organisations and individuals navigate a changing society for the last 120 years.


We embrace collaboration and excellence to create a future that is inclusive and just, and have been ranked number one for education every year since 2014 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.

The Social Research Institute is one of the leading centres for social research in the UK.

It is home to seven internationally renowned research units:


  • Centre for Longitudinal Studies
  • Centre for Time Use Research
  • CLOSER
  • EPPI-Centre
  • Quantitative Social Science
  • Social Science Research Unit
  • Thomas Coram Research Unit


All of our centres are multidisciplinary, with staff drawn variously from economics, sociology, social policy, demography, psychology, anthropology and social statistics.

We promote problem-solving interdisciplinary research on particular themes where we have outstanding scholarship and critical mass, e.g. gender, families, work, inequalities, migration, bio-social interactions.

About CLOSER


CLOSER, the home of longitudinal research, is the interdisciplinary partnership of leading social and biomedical longitudinal population studies, the UK Data Service and The British Library.

Our mission is to increase the visibility, use and impact of longitudinal population studies, data and research to ensure that longitudinal evidence is used to address the health, social, economic and environmental challenges facing the UK, now and in the future.


CLOSER Discovery, the UK's most detailed research tool for longitudinal data, allows researchers to search and browse questionnaires and data from 11 of the UK's leading longitudinal population studies.


The studies currently included in CLOSER Discovery are:

  • Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
  • 1970 British Cohort Study
  • Health and Employment After Fifty
  • Hertfordshire Cohort Study
  • Millennium Cohort Study
  • 1958 National Child Development Study
  • Next Steps
  • 1946 MRC National Survey of Health and Development
  • Southampton Women's Survey
  • Understanding Society
  • Wirral Child Health and Development Study

About the role:


The post holder will work under the guidance of the Metadata Officer and will be expected to work closely with other members of the CLOSER Data Discoverability team.

This post is part-time and available until 30th September 2024 in the first instance.


About you:

You will have knowledge of, or experience working with, questionnaires and experience working independently and remotely.

You will also be highly organised, with a conscientious and methodical approach to completing tasks.


It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.

What we offer:

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

  • 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
  • Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme
  • Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
  • Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
  • Immigration loan
  • Relocation scheme for certain posts
  • On-Site nursery
  • Onsite gym
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
  • Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
  • Discounted medical insurance

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent.


These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.
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