Research Data Advisor | 6-Month Contract | Multiple LocationsYour new company A leading scientific and research-focused organisation is seeking a Research Data Advisor to join its Research Data Services team on an initial 6-month contract. Working within a collaborative and purpose-driven workplace, you will play a key role in supporting researchers and research teams to manage, govern, preserve, and share valuable research data throughout its lifecycle. This is an opportunity to contribute to meaningful research outcomes while supporting best-practice data management, governance, and compliance initiatives.

Your current role

As a Research Data Advisor, you will support the delivery and adoption of research data management tools, services, and processes across the organisation. You will work closely with researchers, data stewards, and technology teams to promote effective research data management practices, support data lifecycle activities, and ensure compliance with information management standards.Key responsibilities include:

- Supporting researchers with research data lifecycle management, data archiving, and preservation activities
- Managing support requests, incidents, and escalations through service management platforms
- Assisting with data classification, sensitive data handling, retention schedules, and information governance activities
- Supporting research data repositories, archives, and related research data management services
- Gathering user requirements, maintaining backlogs, contributing to testing, and supporting change initiatives
- Developing and delivering training, workshops, user guides, and supporting documentation
- Driving the adoption of research data management best practices across research teams
- Collaborating with stakeholders across research, digital,



and enterprise service functions

What you'll need to succeed
- Experience in research data management, information management, data governance, or a related field
- Understanding of research data lifecycles, data stewardship, metadata, and research data management principles
- Knowledge of data classification, sensitive data handling, retention and disposal requirements, and information security principles
- Experience using service management platforms such as Jira, Alemba Service Manager (ASM), ServiceNow, or similar tools
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills with the ability to work across multidisciplinary teams
- Experience developing procedures, documentation, training materials, or capability uplift initiatives
- Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and proactively
Highly desirable:

- Experience supporting research data repositories, archives, catalogues, or inventory tools
- Knowledge of research data archiving and digital preservation practices
- Experience working within research, higher education, scientific, or research-intensive environments

What you'll get in return
- Opportunity to support impactful research and data-driven innovation
- Exposure to enterprise-wide research data management and governance initiatives
- Flexible working arrangements across multiple locations
- Collaborative and highly skilled research and technology environment
- Opportunity to influence best-practice data stewardship, archiving, and preservation strategies

What you need to do now

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📌 Research Data Advisor (Sydney)
🏢 Hays
📍 Sydney