Are you analytical and do you have a hands-on mentality? Does working with complex databases sound challenging to you? And would you like to work on world-class research projects by handling and supporting research administration from start to finish? Then you have a part to play as Research Data Project Officer at the Donders Centre for Cognition.

As Research Data Project Officer at the Donders Centre for Cognition (DCC) you will be part of the research support team. This temporary position has arisen due to the current officer starting her pregnancy leave. The contract will be for the period from September 2022 to March 2023. To ensure continuity in the work process, we prefer you to work 4 hours every weekday.

You will handle and support our research administration from start (project initiation) to finish (data storage and financial reporting). You will be responsible for maintaining the current systems and administration, including both electronic and paper version application and procedures. Systems you will use include a project management system (Ultimo), data management systems (Donders Repository, online research tools), and a financial system (BasS). You will work closely together with the DCC lab manager and our administrative team.

• You preferably have a neuroscience background and have ample experience in working in a relevant lab environment. Holding a PhD degree or having experience as a PhD candidate would be a plus.
• You are preferably familiar with the Ultimo system.
• You are analytical and accurate.
• You are not afraid to familiarise yourself with the administrative processes at hand.
• You have experience with complex databases; experience with data processing is considered a plus.
• You have a hands-on mentality.
• You are well-organised and have good communication skills.
• You must have an excellent command of English (English is the lingua franca at the DCC).

Fixed-term contract: 6 months.

• It concerns an employment for 0.5 FTE.
• The gross monthly salary amounts to a minimum of €3,098 and a maximum of €4,257 based on a 38-hour working week, depending on previous education and number of years of relevant work experience (salary scale 9).
• You will receive 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• It concerns a temporary employment for 6 months.
• You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Care Services. Our Dual Career and Family Care Officer can assist you with family-related support, help your partner or spouse prepare for the local labour market, provide customized support in their search for employment and help your family settle in Nijmegen.
• Working for us means getting extra days off. In case of full-time employment, you can choose between 29 or 41 days of annual leave instead of the legally allotted 20.

The Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour is a world-class interfaculty research centre, that houses more than 700 researchers devoted to understanding the mechanistic underpinnings of the human mind. Research at the Donders Institute is focused around four themes: 1. Language and communication, 2. Perception, action and decision-making, 3. Development and lifelong plasticity, 4. Natural computing & neurotechnology. Excellent, state-of-the-art research facilities are available for the broad range of neuroscience research that is being conducted at the Donders Institute. The Donders Institute has been assessed by an international evaluation committee as ‘excellent’ and recognised as a ‘very stimulating environment for top researchers, as well as for young talent’. The Donders Institute fosters a collaborative, multi-disciplinary, supportive research environment with a diverse international staff. English is the lingua franca at the Institute.

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