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**Apologies for cross-postings** The UK Data Service is seeking to appoint a highly-motivated Discovery Metadata Manager. The Discovery Metadata Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Service's resource discovery tools, thesaurus products, data citation and metrics, with line management responsibilities for a small team of staff. This is an exciting chance to contribute to the highly-respected and well-used UK Data Service. The Service is a comprehensive resource funded by the ESRC to support researchers, teachers and policy makers who depend on high-quality social and economic data. It provides a single point of access to a wide range of secondary data including large-scale government surveys, international macrodata, business microdata, qualitative studies and census data from 1971 to 2011. The Discovery Metadata Manager will be responsible for: * ensuring that users can find these data via Discover, our online catalogue * managing HASSET and ELSST, our thesauri * capturing impact and citation metrics Among other skills and experience, the successful candidate will be a graduate (or have equivalent experience), with, desirably, a postgraduate qualification in Library/Information Science or Social Science. The successful candidate must have experience of managing staff. An understanding of the wider metadata/resource discovery landscape and experience of collating impact metrics is vital, while familiarity with thesaurus development is desirable. This is a full time, fixed-term position until 30 September 2017. The UK Data Archive is ISO 27001, certified for Information Security Management. Further details and application<http://gs12.globalsuccessor.com/fe/tpl_essex01.asp?newms=jj&id=77525> ___________________________________ Lucy Bell Functional Director, Data Access ___________________________________ T +44(0) 1206 872008 E [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> W ukdataservice.ac.uk ___________________________________ UK Data Service UK Data Archive University of Essex ___________________________________ Legal Disclaimer: Any views expressed by the sender of this message are not necessarily those of the UK Data Service or the UK Data Archive. This email and any files with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual(s) or entity to whom they are addressed.