Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Job title:
Data Quality Officer
Company
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Job description
We are seeking to appoint talented Data Quality Officers who have skills in data cleaning techniques, can manage all aspects of data quality challenges with biological collection data and can liaise effectively with curators and collection managers to seek advice and information.
Hours of work
Full time
Number of vacancies
2
Contract Type
Fixed Term (FTA)
Contract end date
31st March 2025
Salary
£30,200 – £32,368 per annum pro rata, depending on skills and experience
Directorate
Science
Location
Kew Gardens, Richmond, Hybrid
Closing Date
18/02/2024
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Being an active member of the Integrated Collections Management System (ICMS) Programme to deliver a new integrated system to serve Kew’s worldwide renown collection and their requirements for the next 10-20 years.
The Data Quality Officer will play a pivotal role supporting Kew’s Integrated Collections Management System (ICMS) Programme working to address data quality issues to a state of readiness in preparation for the data migration to the new science collection system.
Essential skills and experience required for this role include:
– Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
– Experience of data analysis and reporting
– Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel skills & Reporting Tools
– Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Desirable Skills include:
– Understanding of relational databases and SQL language, with experience of using and building complex queries to clean large datasets
– Experience of working with natural history collections / Herbarium & Fungarium Collections and basic botanical knowledge
This role is based at Kew with the option of regular home working, subject to operational requirements.
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a leading plant science institute, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and major visitor attraction. Our mission is to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the future of all life on Earth.
We are working to end the unprecedented extinction crisis and to help create a world where nature is protected, valued by all and managed sustainably. We will achieve these goals by drawing on our leading scientific research, unrivalled collections of plants and fungi, global network of partners, inspirational gardens at Kew and Wakehurst, and our 260 years of history.
Join us on our journey as protectors of the world’s plants and fungi.
The salary will be £30,200 – £32,368 per annum pro-rata, depending on skills and experience.
Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.
If you are interested in this position, please submit your application through the online portal, by clicking “Apply for this job”.
We are dedicated to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to interviewing disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.
No agencies please.
Expected salary
£30200 – 32368 per year
Location
Kew, Greater London – Richmond, Greater London
Job date
Wed, 07 Feb 2024 23:36:33 GMT
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