21.270 job at the Arts and Humanities e-Science Support Centre

From: Humanist Discussion Group (by way of Willard McCarty willard.mccarty_at_kcl.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:29:46 +0100

               Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 21, No. 270.
       Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
  www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/cch/research/publications/humanist.html
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                     Submit to: humanist_at_princeton.edu

         Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 06:59:19 +0100
         From: Stuart Dunn <stuart.dunn_at_KCL.AC.UK>
         Subject: Job opportunity at AHeSSC

Apologies for any cross postings. Also available=20
online at
<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/pertra/vacancy/external/pers_detail.php?jobinde=
x=3D6011>http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/pertra/vacancy/external/pers_detail.php=
?jobindex=3D6011.

Division: Arts and Humanities e-Science Support Centre (AHeSSC)
Job ref: E2/QL/230/07
Closing date: 15/10/2007

Summary
The Arts and Humanities e-Science Support Centre
(AHeSSC) is the support service and central
resource base for issues and activities related
to e-Science in the arts and humanities in the
UK. The Centre is hosted by King's College London
and located at the Arts and Humanities Data
Service (AHDS) and the AHRC Methods Network.
AHeSSC exists to support, co-ordinate and promote
e-Science in all arts and humanities disciplines,
and to liaise with the e-Science and e-Social
Science communities, computing, and information sciences.

AHeSSC will carry out a range of research into
the adoption and use of e-Infrastructure, a
rapidly emerging set of advanced, interoperable
technologies, tools and services intended to
support large scale, multi=96disciplinary research
collaborations. The aim of this project is to
address barriers to the wider adoption of e-Infrastructure.

We are now seeking to appoint a Research Associate to work on this project.

The appointee will undertake research to help to
understand the barriers to the wider take-up of
e-Science and e-Research and to help develop a
coordinated set of responses involving
awareness-raising and training materials in a
variety of formats, for delivery both online and offline.
DetailsThe ideal candidate will have a
post-graduate degree in an arts and humanities
subject or related disciplines with significant
experience in education and training research.
S/he will have experience in investigating
learning and training requirements, and in
translating them into effective materials,
preferably in higher education, for online and
workshop delivery to a variety of audiences that
range from technical experts to novices.
Excellent communication skills are essential.
Candidates will need to demonstrate
multi-disciplinary understanding, and have the
ability to learn quickly to absorb new
approaches, methods and techniques employed
across the range of e-Science in the arts and humanities.

Salary
Salary will be within the ALC Grade 2, currently
GBP 27,162 to 34,470, per annum, inclusive of
GBP 2,323 London allowance per annum. Equality of opportunity is College policy

Post duration
This post will be fixed term to 28th February 2009.

Contact
For further details and an application form
please see the Word document at the website
above. Alternatively, email
ps-recruitment_at_kcl.ac.uk
or send a large, self-addressed envelope with the
post reference number clearly marked on the
outside to Human Resources, Rm 7.20, James Clerk
Maxwell Building, 57 Waterloo Road, London SE1
8WA. Please quote reference number: E2/QL/230/07

Dr Stuart Dunn
Research Associate
Arts and Humanities e-Science Support Centre

www.ahessc.ac.uk
www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ahessc (mailing list)

Tel +44 (0)207 848 2709
Fax +44 (0)207 848 2980
<mailto:stuart.dunn_at_kcl.ac.uk>stuart.dunn_at_kcl.ac.uk

Centre for Computing in the Humanities
King's College London
Kay House, 7 Arundel Street,
London WC2R 3DX
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