Employer: UK Data Archive (at University of Essex)
We are seeking to appoint a new Director of the UK Data Service. The Director will provide strategic leadership, playing a significant role in shaping and scoping out the future direction of the UK Data Service and enhancing its national and international reputation.
The Role Based at the UK Data Archive, an academic department of the University of Essex, the Director of UKDS will be part of a leading Social Sciences faculty within the University of Essex. The Faculty has the distinction of high performing subjects - with 4 subjects ranked in the top 4 in REF 2021 - all grounded in the utilisation of data in different and complex ways that significantly contribute to the visibility and ambitions of the UKDS.
You will provide strategic leadership and management for UKDS and as the Principal Investigator will develop and lead the vision and direction for UKDS, playing a significant role in shaping and scoping out the future direction of the service, and enhancing the UKDS' national and international reputation.
In addition, you will ensure the effective leadership of UKDA as the lead organisation in UKDS, and also direct development and oversight of the UKDS strategy with the other partner institutions, namely Jisc, the Cathie Marsh Institute (at University of Manchester), Edina (at University of Edinburgh) and University College London.
The Director has overall responsibility for ensuring these multiple partner contributions deliver an effective strong, recognisable national data service, including the acquisition, curation and dissemination of data. The Director will also promote partnerships with significant international partners such as CESSDA (Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives) and the DDI Alliance, among others.
About You The successful candidate will bring strategic vision and exceptional leadership and management skills to the role. You will be able to demonstrate that you can build and manage strategic relationships with a wide range of partners including non-academic partners at a senior level. These include key personnel at UKRI, the Office for National Statistics; Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), National Records Scotland and Research Data Scotland, and NISRA. You should also be able to cultivate links to industry and with other significant UKRI investments such as the Productivity Institute, ADRUK, HDRUK and Smart Data Research UK among others, proactively seeking and being responsive to opportunities that can positively shape and strategically position the UKDS in the global data landscape.
A full list of duties and responsibilities and applicant requirements can be found within the job pack.
Salary: On the grade 11 scale commensurate with experience & achievements
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