Data Quality Officer

We are seeking to appoint a talented Data Quality Officer who has skills in data cleansing techniques, can manage all aspects of data quality challenges with Fungarium & Mycology specimen collection data and can liaise effectively with curators and collection managers to seek advice and information The Data Quality Officer will support Kew’s Integrated Collections Management System (ICMS) Programme working to address data quality issues in preparation for the data migration to the new science collection management system and support ongoing data management requirements once data has been migrated.

Essential skills and experience required for this role include: educated to a degree level or equivalent, experience of data analysis and reporting, good knowledge of Microsoft Excel and reporting tools, excellent interpersonal skills and an understanding of relationship database and SQL language with experience of using and building complex queries and clean large datasets. Desirable skills to support this role will be experience of working with natural history collections and basic botanical knowledge.

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a leading plant science institute, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and major visitor attraction. Our mission is to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the future of all life on Earth.

We are working to end the unprecedented extinction crisis and to help create a world where nature is protected, valued by all and managed sustainably. We will achieve these goals by drawing on our leading scientific research, unrivalled collections of plants and fungi, global network of partners, inspirational gardens at Kew and Wakehurst, and our 260 years of history.

Join us on our journey as protectors of the world’s plants and fungi.