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Apply now Job no: 528041 Position Type: Staff Full Time Campus: UMass Boston Department: SFE - Dean's Office Pay Grade: 31 Date opened: 06 Aug 2025 Eastern Daylight Time Applications close: 20 Aug 2025 Eastern Daylight Time
General Summary:
The Data Scientist at the Stone Living Lab (SLL), UMass Boston is responsible for curating, managing and generating ways to make SLL data publicly accessible in a way that obeys FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse) best practices. The Data Scientist will work with PIs, partners, and students to create, organize and maintain SLL data management processes as well as generate public-facing products using SLL data. This role will be housed within the School for the Environment and will work on SLL projects.
The Data Scientist will play a crucial role in preparing SLL data for major repositories (e.g. the Environmental Data Repository (https://edirepository.org/), DataONE (https://www.dataone.org/services/), PANGAEA Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science (https://www.pangaea.de/, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), IOOS/NERACOOS), to provide long-term public availability, robust metadata generation, and open APIs. They will work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders, including community organizations, government agencies, academic partners and internal UMB partners to ensure that SLL’s data is managed to the highest standards and communicated widely and equitably to support climate resilience.
Examples of Duties:
1. Data Management and Infrastructure
2. Data Curation and Quality Control
3. Data Analysis and Interpretation
4. Public-Facing Information and App Development Support
5. Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration
6. Documentation and Reporting
Qualifications:
C. Minimum Qualifications:
D. Preferred Qualifications:
Application Instructions:
Please apply online with your resume, cover letter and list of three professional references.
Review of candidates will begin following the application closing date.
Only Internal candidates in the Professional Staff Bargaining Unit will be considered during the first 10 business days of the posting. All other candidates will be considered after that period.
Salary Ranges for the appropriate Pay Grade can be found at the following link:
Grade: 31
Salary Ranges
This is an exempt union position. This is a grant funded position with a current end date of May 31, 2026, subject to renewal contingent on funding and university needs.
UMass Boston is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact HRDirect@umb.edu or 617-287-5150.
Applications close: 20 Aug 2025 Eastern Daylight Time
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