Journal Content Specialist - Data Wrangler
European Bioinformatics Institute
Cambridge



Location:EMBL-EBI, Hinxton, near Cambridge, UK

Staff Category: Staff Member

Contract Duration: 3 years

Grading: 6

Closing Date: 11 January 2015, at midnight Central European Time

Reference Number: EBI_00460

  
Job Description

  
We are looking to recruit a content specialist - or data wrangler - to join
the Literature Services Team at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-
EBI) located on the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus near Cambridge in the UK.

  
The Literature Services Team leads the development and maintenance of Europe
PMC, an open access repository of over 3 million full text biomedical research
articles, supplemented with around 30 million abstracts. We enrich this
content with citation counts, links to databases, links to publishers and
institutional repositories, ORCIDs, and text mining. The development of Europe
PMC is led by EMBL-EBI, partnered with the British Library, and the University
of Manchester. It is funded by 26 funders of biological and biomedical
research in Europe, led by the Wellcome Trust.

  
We have an opportunity for an experienced content specialist - or data
wrangler - to join our team. You will be responsible for managing the formats
and quality of data from a variety of sources, such as PubMed, PMC, CrossRef,
ORCID, scientists, publishers, life science databases and other content
providers. This will require a combination of technical know-how,
collaboration with content providers both within and outside EMBL-EBI, and an
interest in research communications and e-Scholarship in general. We are
passionate about building an open literature integrated with open data, hence
we need a person with a combination of some technical skills and domain
knowledge. Attention to detail, coupled with a pragmatic approach to the
management to large quantities of data will be essential. The position offers
a unique opportunity to work on a high-profile public resource in an exciting
and growing area in the public domain, and embedded in the life sciences
community.

  
  
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

  
• Content development and management

• Manage a variety of content input/output streams from e.g. PubMed, PMC full
text, CrossRef, ORCID, life science databases

• Assist content providers with content formatting and uploading

• Provide authoritative advice on content/data to software developers in the
team

• Troubleshoot and help resolve data processing pipelines and content display
issues

• Contribute expertise and ideas to development plans

• Contribute content to the Europe PMC website, as appropriate.

  
  
EMBL-EBI is part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). We are a
world-leading bioinformatics centre providing biological data to the
scientific community with expertise in data storage, analysis and
representation. We provide a dynamic, international working environment and
have close ties with both the University of Cambridge and the Wellcome Trust
Sanger Institute. EMBL-EBI staff enjoy many benefits including excellent
sports facilities, a free shuttle bus to Cambridge and other nearby centres,
an active sports and social club and an attractive working environment set in
55 acres of parkland.

  
  
  
Qualifications and Experience

• Knowledge of information of XML mark-up standards such as
JATS

• Experience with some or all of the following: XML, XSLT, DTDs, XML parsing,
HTML, scripting, OAI-PMH, MARC, and related technologies

• Broad familiarity with authoring, editorial and publishing software and
resources such as Microsoft Office, Endnote, manuscript submission platforms

• Broad familiarity with current trends and developments in the area of
research communications

• This position may in particular suit someone with a background in journal
publishing, database curation, or information science, or applicants with a
scientific background wishing to change direction, yet remain close to science

• Team player, good communicator, welcomes working in an international
environment.

  
Application Instructions

Please apply online through www.embl.org/jobs

  
Additional Information

EMBL is an inclusive, equal opportunity employer offering attractive
conditions and benefits appropriate to an international research organisation.

  
Please note that appointments on fixed term contracts can be renewed,
depending on circumstances at the time of the review.



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