• Part Time
• Application Closes 13 Jan 2025
• Canterbury - Christchurch City
• Database Administrator

 Who are we? 

At Antarctica New Zealand, we proudly ensure that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are valued, protected and understood.  Our role is to support world-leading science and environmental protection and to raise public awareness of the global significance of the continent and surrounding Southern Ocean.  

We are focused on science and environmental leadership in Antarctica as a key strategic goal to maintain New Zealand’s ongoing international influence. New Zealand has made a strong commitment to the conservation of the intrinsic and wilderness values of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean through active and responsible environmental stewardship. 

The Antarctic Science Platform (ASP), hosted by Antarctica New Zealand and funded through the Ministry of Business, is mandated with conducting excellent science to improve our understanding of Antarctica’s impact on the global earth system, and how this might change in a +2°C (Paris Agreement) or warmer world. 

What will you do? 

You will play a key role in enhancing the value of the research conducted by ASP. Acting as a coordination point with researchers, you will ensure data is documented and described with high-quality metadata and in domain-appropriate formats.  

This includes:  

• Delivering services related to the description, storage and sharing of research metadata and datasets to ensure that the Antarctic Science Platform meet the FAIR guiding principles. 
• Liaising with researchers of projects supported by the Antarctic Science Platform 
• Providing advice to researchers on the development of high-quality research data and metadata 
• Converting, transcribing, summarising, and managing data into domain appropriate formats.  

This is a part-time (approximately 16 hours per week) role, through until 30 June 2025. The role could be based in Christchurch or Wellington.  

What will you bring? 

• Experience in metadata quality assessment  
• Tertiary qualification in a relevant field 
• Familiar with R or Python 
• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with researchers, policymakers and other key parties, ideally through joint projects or programmes. 

Applications close 13 January 2025.  

All applicants must be legally entitled to work in New Zealand. 

One of Antarctica New Zealand's core values is 'we care for each other and the environment’. We actively encourage applications from all cultures, beliefs and backgrounds and are committed to ensuring our culture is welcoming, accessible, equitable and safe for all.