23 September: fyi -- job, UK
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The following vacancies within the Research Technologies Service are
currently being advertised:
* Content Editor (Modern Languages)
* Systems Developer
Further detail and application forms from
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/internal/vacancies/
Content Editor (Modern Languages)
Salary: GBP 18,265- 27,339
The Humbul Humanities Hub (http://www.humbul.ac.uk/), based within the
Research Technologies Service (RTS) at Oxford University Computing
Services provides an online service for the humanities as part of the
national Resource Discovery Network (http://www.rdn.ac.uk/).
We are looking for a Content Editor to enhance our support for the modern
languages community within higher and further education.
You will be responsible for identifying, evaluating and describing
Web-based resources relevant for the study of modern language and
linguistics subjects. You will also be negotiating similar content from
external collaborators and liaising with publishers to enable access to
online resources as part of a planned humanities portal.
If you have a postgraduate degree in a relevant subject, a working
knowledge of two or more European languages, and familiarity with using
the Web for research or teaching then please get in touch with us.
Experience of descriptive cataloguing would be useful and you will have
excellent written and spoken communication skills.
You should have a genuine enthusiasm for promoting the use of online
resources, be willing to learn about new ways of accessing them, and want
to join a friendly multidisciplinary team. The ability to manage deadlines
and to communicate well is essential.
Please obtain further details and an application form from the Personnel
Office, Oxford University Computing Services, 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2
6NN (tel: 01865 283289, email: recruitment@oucs.ox.ac.uk). Further details
and the application form are also available via
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/internal/vacancies/ You are strongly encouraged
to submit a completed application form and covering letter which details
how your qualifications and experience fulfils the specified criteria in
the further particulars.
Completed applications must be received by 12 noon on 10th October 2003.
Interviews will be held after 20th October 2003.
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Post: Systems Developer
Salary: GBP 18,265-£27,339
The Research Technologies Service (RTS), based at Oxford University
Computing Services, brings together local, national and international
initiatives focusing on the support of research activities and utilising
leading edge technologies. See http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/rts/.
We are looking for a Systems Developer to contribute technical expertise
to a number of high-profile services and projects.
You will be responsible for developing applications for a humanities
portal and to support the Arts and Humanities Data Service Centre for
Literature, Language and Linguistics. You will also participate in the
activities of OSS Watch, the new Open Source Advisory Service.
If you have an appropriate degree or extensive relevant experience, a
working knowledge of languages or tools for developing applications for
online information systems (e.g. JAVA, XML/XSLT, SOAP) and familiarity
with Linux then please get in touch with us. You will also be
knowledgeable about technologies and standards for resource discovery
(e.g. Z39.50, RSS, OAI) and have excellent written and spoken
communication skills.
You should have a genuine enthusiasm for developing online services, be
willing to learn about new technologies, and want to join a friendly
multidisciplinary team. The ability to manage deadlines and to communicate
well is essential.
Please obtain further details and an application form from the Personnel
Office, Oxford University Computing Services, 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2
6NN (tel: 01865 283289, email: recruitment@oucs.ox.ac.uk). Further details
and the application form are also available via
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/internal/vacancies/ You are strongly encouraged
to submit a completed application form and covering letter which details
how your qualifications and experience fulfils the specified criteria in
the further particulars.
Completed applications must be received by 12 noon on 10th October 2003.
Interviews will be held after the 20th October 2003.
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Dr Michael Fraser
Co-ordinator, Research Technologies Service
Oxford University Computing Services
13 Banbury Road
Oxford OX2 6NN
Tel: 01865 283 343
Fax: 01865 273 275
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/
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