Senior Biomedical Data Specialist 80% - 100% Fixed-term Contract 1 year
Lausanne
Key information
- Publication date:26 July 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Place of work:Lausanne
Job summary
Join UNIL, a leading international education and research institution. Enjoy a collaborative and supportive work environment.
Tasks
- Support researchers in adopting data management best practices.
- Develop tools for data coherence and interoperability.
- Provide personalized assistance in data sharing and preservation.
Skills
- PhD in life sciences or medicine with 4 years of data management experience.
- Proficient in Python, UNIX, bash, and git.
- Strong web development and database management skills.
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Introduction
A leading international teaching and research institution, UNIL has nearly 5,000 staff and 17,000 students, distributed between the Dorigny campus and the CHUV and Epalinges sites. As an employer, it promotes excellence, recognition of individuals, and responsibility.
Presentation
The Data Stewardship Biomed Unit (DSBU) at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM) at UNIL is looking for a specialist in biomedical data management to complete its team. Thanks to its close collaboration with the Vaud University Hospital Center (CHUV), the FBM plays a leading role not only in fundamental biology research but also in the biomedical and clinical fields. The mission of the Data Stewardship unit is to equip, train, and advise FBM UNIL and CHUV researchers on the skills, tools, and processes necessary to produce and manage data and metadata in accordance with FAIR principles, with a view to sharing and preservation.
Job-related Information
Start date: 01.10.2025
Contract duration: Fixed-term contract 1 year - until 30.09.2026
Activity rate: 80% - 100%
Work location: Dorigny and Epalinges district, Lausanne
Your Activities
As a Data Steward, you will assist FBM-UNIL and CHUV researchers in adopting best practices for managing and documenting research data. You will be involved at every stage of the data lifecycle, ensuring their structuring, preservation, and sharing, while ensuring their interoperability and compliance with FAIR and Open Research Data (ORD) standards. You will also play a key role in deploying Data Stewardship tools and training researchers from FBM, UNIL, and CHUV.
Your main tasks will focus on the needs of researchers in the clinical sciences section of the FBM (mainly at CHUV), and will include:
• Developing tools and automating processes to ensure the consistency and interoperability of research data and metadata at scale
• Developing applications and databases to interface and integrate various data management tools in the IT environments of CHUV, FBM, UNIL, and external
• Providing personalized support to CHUV-FBM researchers to harmonize the management, sharing, and preservation of (meta)data according to FAIR and Open Science standards
• Participating in internal CHUV-FBM collaborations, as well as at the Swiss level, on the management of FAIR and Open Science research data
Your Profile
This position is aimed at a person with the following skills:
• A PhD in life sciences or medicine and sciences
• Experience in biomedical or clinical research and advanced data management practice of 4 years
• Strong knowledge of Python, UNIX, bash, git
• Proven skills in several web development languages, databases, and APIs
• Good command of written and spoken English and French
• A strong sense of organization and respect for deadlines
• Autonomy and a sense of service
Your Benefits
A pleasant working environment in a multicultural and diverse academic setting.
Opportunities for continuing education, a multitude of activities, and other benefits to discover.
More information at www.unil.ch/carrieres
For any additional information
Cécile LEBRAND, PhD
Head of the Data Stewardship Biomed Unit (DSBU)
Support for the management and valorization of FBM UNIL-CHUV research data
Tel: +41 (0)21 314 50 81
Your Application File
Application deadline: 15.08.2025
We invite you to send us your complete application in Word or PDF format.
Only applications submitted through this site will be considered.
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Remarks
Levels 1 to 12:
UNIL is committed to:
• Promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion within its community;
• Ensuring an open, respectful, and conducive environment for development;
• Offering favorable working conditions for reconciling different spheres of life.
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Levels 13 and above:
UNIL is committed to:
• Promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion within its community;
• Ensuring an open, respectful, and conducive environment for development;
• Offering favorable working conditions for reconciling different spheres of life.
In order to increase the number of women in management positions, female applications are particularly encouraged.
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