Information & Data Management Specialist

• Drive Open Science and support researchers through information management initiatives.
• Lead the business adoption of the data catalog and business glossary.
• Guide researchers in managing information assets through workshops, visual tools, training materials, and communication channels.
• Assist with the preparation and completion of Data Management Plans (DMPs) and oversee their implementation within relevant projects.
• Structure, improve, and contribute to information management practices.
• Collaborate with ICT, researchers, and business stakeholders to gather needs, create prototypes, and validate tooling capabilities.
• Collect structured feedback, user insights, and improvement recommendations for the selection, configuration, and enhancement of information management tooling.
• Identify and develop improvements to policies, guidelines, standards, processes, templates, terminology, and metadata.
• Design, set up, and structure document libraries that support the information lifecycle.
• Define and maintain ontologies that bring coherence to terminology and definitions, and support the development of a reference data management tool.
• Facilitate workshops and build strong networks among researchers and project managers to proactively identify opportunities and needs.
• Represent the organisation in relevant research data management and ontology development activities.

• A Master’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of work experience, or demonstrated high potential as an analytically strong junior professional with the right mindset.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills, with the ability to analyse information structures, processes, and metadata.
• Excellent abstraction skills: able to distil complex reality into clear models, structures, and actions.
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills, including the ability to explain complex concepts using diagrams and structured presentations.
• Strong stakeholder and workshop facilitation skills and the ability to align diverse stakeholders.
• Affinity and interest in information/data governance and metadata management.
• A self-directed, ownership-driven working style with a proactive approach to finding information and moving work forward.
• Adaptability, resilience, and a solution-oriented mindset when facing ambiguity and new challenges.
• A creative problem-solver with a strong can-do mentality, who enjoys figuring things out and learning quickly.
• Working proficiency in Dutch and English, both spoken and written.

Nice to have

• SharePoint expertise
• Experience setting up and structuring SharePoint document libraries
• Experience with Power BI
• Experience or interest in software tool development