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# Assistant Research Data Steward

- **Company:** University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Salary:** £36,433.0 - £41,833.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Service Design, Data Management
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=affb50bd240c9bcf

## About the Role

As a Research Data Steward, you'll bring knowledge of conducting or supporting data intensive-research. You will be committed to producing reliable, sustainable and trustworthy research data and will have experience analysing and solving complex problems.

We're looking for someone who enjoys communicating about research data online and in-person and who can help colleagues understand specialised or technical concepts, regardless of background or level of technical expertise. You enjoy working in dynamic research environments and are enthusiastic about rapidly acquiring knowledge of new technologies and fields.

This role is eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of 20% on site.

## Description

Our Research Data Stewards provide data-focused support and consultancy to researchers at UCL, helping researchers to improve their data management, align with university and funder policies, and enable Open Science and FAIR data. Research Data Stewards also perform independent research into the practice of data and compute intensive research methods.

They will spend much of their time embedded within research projects but also contribute to new research proposals and collaborate on research data service design, feeding in researcher requirements to ensure that the suite of research support services offered by UCL remains relevant and effective.

This is a Hybrid working role.

Salary range for the Assistant Research Data Steward: £36,433 to £42,891 (including London Allowance) depending on experience.


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