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Open Science Specialist (1.0 FTE)


Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is an internationally oriented research university, specialized in engineering, science & technology and known for its great scientific impact and development of technological innovations. TU/e is at the heart of society and addresses complex societal challenges by focusing on three Strategic Areas: Energy, Health and Smart Mobility through education and research.

An ambitious university requires committed support for its scientists. TU/e's Information Expertise Centre (IEC service) plays a key role in this within the themes of open science, research data management (RDM) and general data management. In addition, the IEC is responsible for the university library and archives and provides education to bachelor, master and PhD students.

Open Science aims to increase the scientific and social impact by means of an open form of scientific practice and education. This goes hand in hand with a complex system change and a cultural change. The University Library plays an important role in shaping and supporting this transition to open science. Over the next few years, we will continue to fulfil our open science ambitions by means of a university-wide programme.



The position

To strengthen the Open Science team, we are looking for an entrepreneurial and customer-focused colleague who is capable of shaping the Open Science transition and the associated services and to support scientists in this process. In this wide-ranging position, policy development and the development of services go hand in hand with operational tasks such as providing open science education (from Bachelor's to PhD students). You will report to the Head of the Library and Open Science department and work closely with colleagues within and outside the Information Expertise Centre.



Activities

• Co-design and implementation of the TU/e Open Science programme.
• Translating (inter)national open science developments into local policy and services.
• Developing and teaching open science education.
• Supporting and advising researchers on open science issues such as open access publishing, journals, and funding conditions.
• Actively disseminating the available services and information regarding open science.
• Providing information channels for researchers (such as the website) and maintaining information sources for the provision of services.
• Coordinating with colleagues in order to achieve a service that is both functional and appropriate for researchers.
• Contributing to other activities within the library where desired.

We are looking for a candidate who meets the following requirements:

• You have an academic level of work and thinking, preferably with a completed Master's or PhD in technical sciences.
• You are a pro-active and enthusiastic professional who gets energy from concretising services within a theme in which not everything is clear yet. You will work in a goal- and result-oriented way.
• You are organisation-sensitive, which means, among other things, that you investigate which subjects can be sensitive for the various parties involved, and that you are able to empathise and deal with conflicting interests. You also take the culture within a university into account in your work. You are able to bridge the gap between the needs of scientists, legal requirements and policy ambitions with regard to open science.
• You are communicative, analytical, result-oriented, a networker and team player.
• You are strong in transferring and sharing knowledge.
• You have experience or affinity with scientific research, knowledge about Open Science is an advantage.
• You have a good oral and written command of the English language (CEFR-C1), as the formal working language within the university is English. A good command of the Dutch language or willingness to learn it is an advantage.

It concerns an employment contract for a period of one year with the intention to extend the employment contract after one year or to convert it into a permanent appointment. Depending on knowledge and experience, the full-time gross salary per month amounts to a minimum of € 2,709 and a maximum of € 4,274 (in accordance with scale 10 CAO-NU). The end-of-year bonus amounts to 8.3% of the annual salary (equivalent to one month's salary). The holiday allowance amounts to 8% of the annual salary. The TU/e also offers excellent fringe benefits (e.g. child care, a minimum of 41 leave days for a 40-hour working week and excellent sports facilities).