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Why join us? There are tech careers and then there are tech careers at SeRP. SeRP is unlike other technical and IT solutions providers because what we do at SeRP genuinely makes the world a better place.
We enable cutting-edge research that improves people's health and wellbeing. That's the very reason for our existence. Our tenants and platform users work towards answering society's biggest questions and challenges, such as; improving the lives of people with chronic health conditions such as dementia and multiple sclerosis, they are monitoring people's lives over time to examine wellbeing factors, and they are negotiating complex international data landscapes to unlock the true power of routinely collected data held in governments and centralised bodies.
Our staff of data experts and technologists are the people who make it all happen. They are the ones who maintain our systems and operations. They are the ones who ensure our tenants have the platforms and tools required for life-changing research. They are the driving force behind our innovations.
Our current vacancies are listed below and we welcome speculative applications by way of CV.
Current Vacancies.
SeRP welcomes speculative applications to work with us. If you have an IT or Informatics background we'd love to hear from you.
Please use our contact form to send your CV for consideration.
Closing Date: 29-03-2023
Salary: £43,414 to £51,805 per annum together with USS Pension contribution.
Contract: This is a full time position 35 hours per week. This is a fixed term contract until 20/04/2025.
Location: Singleton Campus, Swansea University
To deliver its sustainable top 30 ambition Swansea University needs a professional services workforce with the differentiated skills necessary to ensure that it can deliver excellence through efficient and effective systems and processes that harness innovations in technology.
The UKSeRP (UK Secure Research Platform) is a technology set developed within the Population Data Science group within the Swansea University Medical School. Swansea University collaborate with organisations in the UK and globally, to dispense knowledge and experience around the platform. To assist with the storing and secure sharing of research datasets for the purpose of assisting research activity.
Following the success of assisting the SAIL databank, the infrastructure used to provide SAIL databank was identified as being suitable to host datasets for other research groups within Swansea and following interest from organisations in Australian and Canada, implementation exist in 2 locations outside of the UK.
The technical team within the Population Data Science Group develop solutions to aid research activity and improve the accessibility to research datasets by exploring the latest opportunities offered by open source and vendor based products.
Through adoption of the latest probabilistic and deterministic linkage technologies, the Population Data Science Group have enabled world leading research to take place in the UK and overseas through the implementation of the linkage features of the SeRP Platform. It has been identified that to continue the growth and enhance the linkage capabilities of SeRP, a Principal Data Linkage Architect is required.
The aspiration is for the Principal Data Linkage Architect to be an expert in data linkage technologies, to educate teams, create awareness around data linkage opportunities and to collaborate with information governance and legal colleagues in conjunction with external organisations to develop a data linkage strategy for the Population Data Science Group.
Working to the Chief Technical Offer (Simon Thompson) and through liaison with the technical and project teams, the post holder will take a lead role in the development/implementation of data linkage strategies and will engage closely with Digital Health and Care Wales (who operate the technology on behalf of the Population Data Science group). The aspiration for this role is that the individual will be a world leader on data linkage technologies/approaches and will ensure that Swansea University is seen as a Subject Matter Expert in data linkages.
- Pre-application liaison with home nation data controllers and ethics advisory groups.
- Management, coordination and drafting of data linkage applications.
- Help develop and manage a plan for data transfers and curation.
- Ensure accuracy, completeness, consistency and compliance with data linkage guidelines
- Consideration and planning for future linkage priorities.
- Facilitate identification and agreement on linkage processes and solutions with data controllers.
- Horizon scan and evaluate emerging data linkage approaches and evaluate the most appropriate solution for each research use case.
- Conduct data linkage awareness sessions, educating teams on the possibilities of data linkage.
- Advise and engage with legal and data governance colleagues.
- Act as a trusted advisor to research colleagues and technical teams.
- Keep up to date with industry developments and changes to relevant laws and codes of practice.
- Act as the department Subject Matter Expert in the field and provide recommendations on training initiatives, and where possible lead on the training initiatives.
The University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity in all of its practices and activities. We aim to establish an inclusive environment and welcome diverse applications from the following protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.
For further information please contact Professor Simon Thompson: simon@chi.swan.ac.uk
Applicants are asked to provide a completed online application providing evidence against the essential criteria in the recruitment documentation.
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Salary: Grade 07. £32,411 - £36,333 per annum together with USS benefits
Contract: Fixed Term until 30th April 2024. Full-time
Location: Singleton Campus, Swansea University
The UKSeRP (UK Secure Research Platform) is a technology set developed within the Population Data Science group within the Swansea University Medical School. Swansea University participates with organisations in the UK and globally, to distribute knowledge and experience around the platform. To assist with the storing and secure sharing of research datasets for the purpose of assisting research activity.
Following the success of supporting the SAIL databank, the infrastructure used to provide SAIL databank was identified as being suitable to host datasets for other research groups within Swansea and following interest from organisations in Australian and Canada, implementation exist in 2 locations outside of the UK.
The technical team within the Population Data Science Group develop solutions to aid research activity and improve the accessibility to research datasets by exploring the latest opportunities offered by open source and vendor based products.
The post holder will take specific responsibility for assisting the Data Manager with coordinating data streams from across the breadth of Wales. This will entail liaising across two management teams and assisting in defining, developing and maintaining a range of software applications to assist with the collection, validation and transportation of the data.
Applicants should be educated to degree level in computer science (or a related field) or have attained suitable work experience and should possess knowledge of SQL coding and/or SQL Server.
Excellent communication and organisational skills and the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with a variety of teams are key to success in this exciting and challenging role.
- Overseeing the processing and storage of existing data streams
- Assisting in the definition, development and implementation of new data streams and SLA’s
- Managing communication between teams across sites to ensure single goal is achieved
- Organising and planning work streams with third party suppliers
- Provision and maintenance of technical and user procedural documentation
- To research new technologies and practices and contribute these to the benefit of the team
- To take a proactive role in the management of data security and keep knowledge of information governance and confidentiality regulations up to date
- To fully engage with the University’s Performance Enabling and Welsh language policies
- To promote equality and diversity in working practices and to maintain positive working relationships.
- To lead on the continual improvement of health and safety performance through a good recognition of the risk profile and the development of a positive health and safety culture.
- Any other duties as directed by the Head of College / Department or their nominated representative expected within the grade definition.
The University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity in all of its practices and activities. We aim to establish an inclusive environment and welcome diverse applications from the following protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.
Please note this job is also being advertised to a pool of colleagues internally as part of our University commitment to employee redeployment. Should this post be filled from this route then you will receive an email confirming this. If you do not receive an email, please assume that your application is still in process
Internal applicants
Applications from current Swansea University staff for a fixed term role who already hold a role within the University will require approval from their line manager and a signed Secondment request form prior to applying for this role.
To access the Secondment request form and details of the University Secondment Policy, please visit Secondment Policy.
The approved secondment request form should be uploaded along with your CV into the recruitment system. The application will not be progressed without the submission of the approval form. Your application for this role will be reviewed in accordance with Swansea University recruitment procedures.
If you have any questions, please contact your HR Business Partner.
Applicants are asked to provide a completed online application providing evidence against the essential criteria in the recruitment documentation.
For further information please contact Professor Simon Thompson: simon@chi.swan.ac.uk
DOWNLOAD THE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION AND APPLY HERE
“We have partnered with (SeRP) because their experience in health data security is the best in the world. Monash University is committed to guaranteeing data security.”
Professor Ian Smith, Vice-Provost (Research and Research Infrastructure), Monash University, Australia
“SeRP offered an additional added value to the CRIS Programme over and above our current hosting provider… specifically their SeRP Platform-as-a-Service”
Mike Denis, Chief Executive Officer, Akrivia Health
"The establishment of Dementia Platform Australia (DPAU), led by The Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing at UNSW Sydney, has benefited from the existing SeRP instance at Monash University, Australia. Utilising an established SeRP instance has facilitated a relatively straight forward implementation of DPAU. SeRP is a trusted and proven technology and DPAU is confident that SeRP is the optimal solution for our data sharing platform."
Vibeke S. Catts, PhD, Research Manager, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA)
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