Librarian II- Data Informationist

Key Skills

API, Jupyter Notebook, Python Programming, R Programming, SPSS Statistics, SQL

Job Description

Johns Hopkins University and Medicine is a world leader in advancing biomedical research, specifically in translational and data sciences, and precision medicine initiatives. With its top-ranked health sciences schools, affiliated hospitals and health system, Hopkins is committed to setting the standard for excellence in education, clinical care, and global engagement to improve human health.

We are seeking a Research Data Informationist who will work with researchers and stakeholders to cultivate data literacy, support responsible data practices, and collaborate with other data support units at Hopkins to offer scalable and sustainable research data services, with a particular focus on services that support accessing and using clinical data for research. The Research Data Informationist will have knowledge of funder policies and mandates that affect acquiring, storing, and sharing research data. The successful candidate will work closely with other informationists at Welch to develop and deliver library instruction and services. The position reports to the Associate Director of Informationist Services.

The Research Data Informationist will have advanced knowledge of the research data lifecycle and of the range of data services increasingly supported in research libraries, including data acquisition, curation, management, sharing, and stewardship. The Research Data Informationist should understand the ways that social and structural biases can be amplified in the ways that data is produced, encoded, and analyzed and be familiar with best practices and recommendations to mitigate the factors that propagate further mischaracterization and exploitation of marginalized peoples.

Johns Hopkins University and the Welch Medical Library are actively committed to building and sustaining a community of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Welch Medical Library welcomes applications from underrepresented minorities, persons with disabilities, sexual minority groups, and other candidates invested in creating and enriching an inclusive environment through their work and interactions. This position will follow a hybrid schedule, with at least three day per week on site.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide outreach and promotion for data services to faculty, researchers, and students.
• Provide course-integrated instruction and standalone workshops on data-related topics.
• Provide training and in-depth consultations for researchers on how to access clinical data for research.
• Support for identification and use of health sciences data sets for research and secondary data analysis.
• Help researchers identify repositories for their research data.
• Provide training to researchers and students working with data on creating successful research protocols.
• Serve as the informationist for relevant disciplines, which includes providing tailored instruction, consultations, and literature searches.

The Data Informationist will form collaborative partnerships with

• Johns Hopkins Medicine Data Trust.
• Center for Clinical Data Analysis (CCDA).
• Offices of Research Administration in the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Bloomberg School of Public Health.
• Institutional Review Boards for School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health.
• Data Services at the Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University.
• Other data services entities across Johns Hopkins University & Medicine.

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Highly collaborative approach to problem-solving, with a proven track record of developing key partnerships.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to navigate and form working partnerships in a complex organization.
• Flexibility and eagerness to learn new skills in a rapidly evolving data landscape.

Minimum Qualifications

• MLS from an ALA-accredited library school or an advanced related degree
• Two years related experience

Preferred Qualifications

Welch Medical Library is prepared to support training and coursework for otherwise well-qualified candidates that may not already possess the following skills and qualifications

• Knowledge of medical ontologies such as ICD, SNOMED.
• Demonstrated experience working with APIs, Python, and SQL.
• Knowledge/use of software and tools used in data analytics and research (Juptyr Notebook, electronic lab notebooks, statistical analysis tools such as R, SPSS, etc.)
• Experience using data capture tools such as RedCap and Qualtrics.
• Experience working in a biomedical library, a research data management program, or working with research data or in data services in a research organization.
• Knowledge of regulatory policies for research and clinical data.

Please include a cover letter with your application.

Classified Title: Librarian II

Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PC 

Starting Salary Range: Min $52,230 Max $91,550 ( $73,000 Budgeted; Commensurate with experience)

Employee group: Full Time

Schedule: Monday-Friday/8:30am-4:30pm

Exempt Status: Exempt

Location: Hybrid School of Medicine

Department name: The William H. Welch Medical Library

Personnel area: School of Medicine

Total Rewards

The referenced salary range is based on Johns Hopkins University’s good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/

Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines:

JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.