The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Library is pleased to announce employment opportunities for two Data Services Informationists:


Position Title/Series/Grade/FPL:                Technical Information Specialist GS-1412-11/12/13 FPL 13 position
Area of Consideration:                             Merit Promotion
MP Announcement Number:                     NIH-ORS-MP-21-10930862
Open Date:                                             October 14, 2020
Close Date:                                             October 23, 2020
Location:                                                Montgomery County, Maryland
Number of Vacancies:                              2 positions  
MP Announcement Link:                           https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/581525500 
 

If you have experience providing information services and instruction in a clinical or biomedical research setting and want to play a significant role in a dynamic organization, then consider joining the NIH Library team.  

Responsibilities

•             Assisting NIH researchers in making their data FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable).
•             Assisting and consulting NIH researchers in locating existing data; processing data for reuse; organizing and describing data to facilitate analysis, collaboration, and sharing; performing data mining and analysis; managing retention and long-term preservation of data; complying with NIH and federal policies for data sharing; and, communicating data through visualizations and infographics. 
•             Assessing NIH researchers’ training needs in the areas of data management, data visualization, data analysis, and R and Python programming.
•             Developing and delivering graduate-level training to meet identified needs.
•             Providing one-on-one advice and consultations in the areas of data science, e.g., data management and visualization.
•             Assisting NIH researchers in using the NIH Library’s data sciences workstation which offers a suite of tools for data analysis, processing, and visualization for a variety of different types of data.
•             Fostering trans-NIH data science collaboration in support of the NIH Strategic Plan for Data Science and raising visibility of the NIH Library Data Services Program across NIH and beyond.
•             Conducting research in data science.

 
For more information on these programs at the NIH Library, visit https://www.nihlibrary.nih.gov/services/informationists
and https://www.nihlibrary.nih.gov/services/data

 
John P. Doyle, MSI
Chief, Information Architecture Branch
National Institutes of Health Library
Division of Library Services
Office of Research Services
Bldg 10, 1L-19A, MSC 1150
Bethesda, MD 20892
Office: 301-827-3839
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