Taxonomist

Taxonomist- Remote- 6 Months- £28-£33 PAYE

A global technology company are looking for an experienced Taxonomist to join their team on an initial 6 month assignment. The successful candidate will support research, data analysis, design, and implementation of taxonomies to support content understanding for the Taxonomy team.

Responsibilities:

• Detailed data analysis (Excel, Google Sheets or scripting languages) to identify identical and/or fuzzy matches across multiple vocabularies
• Research (both internal and external) to enrich node metadata
• Status reporting on progress, questions, issues, or potential opportunity areas with partners and stakeholders
• Implementation based on taxonomy governance guidelines
• Datal labelling based on taxonomy guidelines.

Skills/ Experience:

• 1-2 years of experience in developing taxonomies/or ontologies to support a variety of systems both for front-end and back-end use.
• Experience developing taxonomies, thesauri, or ontologies.
• Experiencing researching and defining taxonomy and ontology node metadata based on existing standards
• Strong ability to proactively communicate about projects and workstreams
• Strong affinity for detail-oriented taxonomy development work

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with taxonomy or ontology management software
• Extensive experience with Excel or Google Sheets

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