Data Insights Assistant

Up to 24 hours a week - 6 Month Contract

What if your data insights helped accelerate discoveries, shape smarter decisions, and empower global innovation daily?

At GÉANT, we enable advanced networking, cybersecurity, data autonomy, and supports cutting edge computing initiatives like supercomputing and AI.

Our Trust & Identity team delivers advanced IAM/AAI services to critical initiatives like European open Science Cloud, EuroHPC systems, and Erasmus.

You’ll play a key role as an Intern in Data Science. From assisting in the requirement gathering phase for FAIRification project to benchmarking different repository platforms ( Zenodo, InvenioRDM, Dataverse, HuggingFace,etc). Your work will support the technical development of the FAIR Data portal proof-of -concept and you will help with data preparation: cleaning, organising, and structuring datasets.

Some of the key responsibilities for this role:

  • Apply meta data standards and FAIR principles to improve dataset quality and usability.
  • Realise the benchmarking of different repository platforms (Zenodo, InvenioRDM, Dataverse, HuggingFace, etc.)
  • Document processes, findings, and lessons learned for internal reporting.
  • Support platform configuration and deployment, including development of bridges to connect organizational systems to the portal, enabling automated data input from production tools.
  • Collaborate with project team members, GÉANT staff, and national Research and Education Networks around Europe.

About You

Your knowledge in Data science will help you thrive in computer science, and you build reliable able information systems. We are looking for someone who is currently studying or recently graduated in computer science, data science, information systems, digital libraries, or related fields.

Key Strength:

  • Interest in Open science, research data management, or FAIR principles.
  • Familiar with data cleaning and preparation tools (eg. Python,R,OpenRefine,Excel) is a plus.
  • Understand metadata standards, database, or repository systems desirable.
  • Familiarity with platform configuration and deployment, and ideally some experience with building connectors/ APIs to integrate systems.
  • Good analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
  • Proactive, curious, and willing to learn in a collaborative international environment.

Working arrangements

Given the responsibilities of this role, we expect the individual to be in the office 3 day/week.

Application process

  • Application close: December 15th for a Feb 1st start date
  • Steps: Recruiter Call-> Hiring Manager Interview -> Onsite Interview.

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