Title: Information and Data Curation Specialist
Specifications: 2-year Fixed Term Employment Contract
Salary: £40,000 full-time, £30,000 pro-rata at 0.75 FTE
Hours: 28 hours per week, 0.75 FTE
Location: Remote first (home based) with some travel expected for in person meetings
Closing date: 2 August 2026
Interview date: w/c 17 August 2026
Cochrane is a global, independent network of health practitioners, researchers, patient advocates and others, responding to the challenge of making vast amounts of research evidence useful for informing decisions about health. We do this by synthesising research findings to produce the best available evidence on what can work, what might harm and where more research is needed. Our work is recognised as the international gold standard for high quality, trusted information. Though we are spread out across the globe, our shared passion for health evidence unites us and it is important that the role holder can work effectively and collaboratively with a diverse range of contacts across the world.
Our Central Executive Team supports this work and is divided into four directorates.
This role reports to the Head of Evidence Pipeline and Data Curation and sits within the Publishing & Technology Directorate.
Purpose of the Job:
As part of the Cochrane Evidence Pipeline and Data Curation team, you will undertake information retrieval activities to support study identification processes across a range of Cochrane evidence types, as well as develop and/or maintain study repositories through data and metadata curation activities helping to make Cochrane evidence more discoverable and reusable.
The Evidence Pipeline aims to combine traditional search and retrieval processes with machine learning and crowdsourcing to expedite the study identification process and better enable the reuse of data. This role will include opportunities for methodological work as well as the opportunity to gain an understanding and experience of working with innovative technologies such as linked data, machine learning/AI and crowdsourcing.
Key areas of responsibility include:
Provide support for Cochrane’s two main study identification services: the Centralised Search Service (CSS) which identifies studies for CENTRAL, and the Cochrane Study Identification Service (CSIS), which supports searches for individual reviews.
Help to create and maintain new evidence pipelines and study repositories through the development of information retrieval workflows that use a combination of machine and human approaches.
Work on the Cochrane guideline linking initiative which involves identifying and linking guidelines and policy documents to relevant Cochrane reviews.
Provide support for Cochrane Crowd as a resolver screener in the Cochrane Crowd platform, participate actively in regular evaluations of crowd processes, support users using the Screen4Me workflow.
For all areas of work, you will be required to join and, where appropriate, help to organise and administer regular team meetings. You will also need to liaise directly across multiple project teams and partners as appropriate.
The successful candidate is expected to have:
University degree and/or experience in information management/information science
Experience with searching major bibliographic databases and trial registries such as MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, CENTRAL, ClinicalTrials.gov
Experience with undertaking information retrieval activities in the area of evidence synthesis, ideally in the health or healthcare domains
Experience developing and/or maintaining a repository or register of studies within a particular domain area
Experience using systematic review software such as the Cochrane Register of Studies, RevMan, Covidence, Eppi Reviewer
General understanding of controlled vocabularies, ontologies and effective data curation practices
Good understanding of evidence synthesis processes and current methods
Don’t have every single qualification? We know that some people are less likely to apply for a job unless they are a perfect match. At Cochrane, we’re not looking for “perfect matches.” We’re looking to welcome people to our diverse, inclusive, and passionate workplace. So, if you’re excited about this role but don’t have every single qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. Whether it’s this role or another one, you may be just the right candidate.
Our organization is built on four core values: Collaboration: Underpins everting we do, locally and globally. Relevant: The right evidence at the right time in the right format. Integrity: Independent and transparent. Quality: Reviewing and improving what we do, maintaining rigour and trust.
You can expect:
An opportunity to truly impact health globally
A flexible work environment which includes remote-first working (although you will be required to attend in person meetings from time to time, depending on your location and the needs of the role)
An environment where people feel welcome, heard, and included, regardless of their differences
Cochrane welcomes applications from a wide range of perspectives, experiences, locations and backgrounds; diversity, equity and inclusion are key to our values. We are a Disability Confident Employer which means that applications from candidates who share they are disabled, and who meet the criteria for the role, will be guaranteed an interview.
How to apply
The deadline to receive your application is 2 August 2026.
The supporting statement should indicate why you are applying for the post, and how far you meet the requirements, using specific examples
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University degree or equivalent experience in information management/information science; experience searching bibliographic databases and registries; experience in evidence synthesis information retrieval, repository/register maintenance, and use of systematic review software.
Key Responsibilities
- retrieving information
- curating data
- supporting searches
Skills & Tools
MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, CENTRAL, ClinicalTrials.gov, Cochrane Register of Studies, RevMan, Covidence, Eppi Reviewer, Cochrane Crowd, Screen4Me, linked data, machine learning/AI
Job Details
- Category: Research and Development (R&D)
- Seniority: Mid Level
- Commitment: Part Time, Contract
- Workplace: Remote — United Kingdom or Denmark or Germany
- Salary: GBP 40,000 – 40,000 / year
- Languages: English
About Cochrane
An independent global network that synthesises health research evidence to inform decisions and improve health outcomes. — Industry: Healthcare