Assistant Research Data Steward

Ref Number

B01-05628

• Professional Expertise
• IT and Digital
• Department
• Vice-President (Operations) (B01)
• Location
• London
• Working Pattern
• Full time
• Salary
• £36,433-£41,833
• Contract Type
• Permanent
• Working Type
• Hybrid
• Available for Secondment
• No
• Closing Date
• 02-Sept-2026

About us

The UCL Centre for Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is UCL’s new institute for infrastructure and innovation in digital research - the supercomputers, datasets, software and people that make computational science and digital scholarship possible. We are an innovative hybrid: a professional services department that delivers reliable and secure infrastructure and services to UCL research groups, and a laboratory for research and innovation in the application of advanced computational and data intensive research methods, working in partnership with academics from all fields.

We are a home for the research technology professionals - research software engineers, HPC systems engineers, dev-ops specialists, data engineers, data scientists and data stewards - who support and collaborate in the delivery of UCL research.

About the role

Our Research Data Stewards provide data-focused support and consultancy to researchers at UCL, helping researchers to improve their data management, align with university and funder policies, and enable Open Science and FAIR data. Research Data Stewards also perform independent research into the practice of data and compute intensive research methods.

They will spend much of their time embedded within research projects but also contribute to new research proposals and collaborate on research data service design, feeding in researcher requirements to ensure that the suite of research support services offered by UCL remains relevant and effective.

This is a Hybrid working role.

Salary range for the Assistant Research Data Steward: £36,433 to £42,891 (including London Allowance) depending on experience.

Job description and person specification for the Assistant Research Data Steward position can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Please supply a cover letter setting out how you meet the selection criteria.

About you

As a Research Data Steward, you’ll bring knowledge of conducting or supporting data intensive‑research. You will be committed to producing reliable, sustainable and trustworthy research data and will have experience analysing and solving complex problems.

We’re looking for someone who enjoys communicating about research data online and in-person and who can help colleagues understand specialised or technical concepts, regardless of background or level of technical expertise. You enjoy working in dynamic research environments and are enthusiastic about rapidly acquiring knowledge of new technologies and fields.

This role is eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of 20% on site.

This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit UCL's HR page for more information.

Further information about working in ARC can be found on our website www.ucl.ac.uk/arc

If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or application process, please contact Mrs. Jodie Jackson, via e-mail (jodie.jackson@ucl.ac.uk).

What we offer

The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work – please visit www.ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-working to find out more.

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

A yearly promotion scheme across grades. The scheme aims to make it easier for high-performing staff demonstrating the appropriate skills and behaviours of performing at a higher grade to be recognised and to accelerate their internal career progression.

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more
• 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. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

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 is working towards an Athena SWAN award. We are committed to advancing gender equality within our department.