Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 05:37:19 +0100
         From: AHRC ICT Methods Network <[log in to unmask]>
         Subject: Senior Research Project Co-ordinator

There is the following vacancy in the AHRC ICT Methods Network
Administrative Centre:

Senior Research Project Coordinator

Fixed term: 18 months

Grade: ALC 3, currently from GBP 32,212 to GBP 34,655 (depending on 
experience) plus GBP 2,323 London Allowance per annum.

Applications are invited for a post in the AHRC ICT Methods Network 
Administrative Centre (NAC), based at the Centre for Computing in the 
Humanities (CCH), King's College London. This national initiative 
promotes and disseminates the use of ICT in UK arts and humanities 
research, by building a broadly-based collaborative network of 
researchers from all humanities and arts disciplines working on the 
application of computational methods in research.

The Methods Network promotes collaboration and facilitates 
multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary work via a series of 
high-profile activities and publications. The holder of this position 
will have a broad remit to co-ordinate Methods Network outreach and 
collaborations, They will also be responsible for the development and 
management of a broad programme of activities and publications to 
promote, support and disseminate the use of ICT for effective 
research in the arts and humanities, and take responsibility for 
overall supervision of all stages of these activities and 
publications, including planning, development and implementation.

Activities include expert seminars, workshops, conferences and 
postgraduate training events. All activities and publications will be 
developed in close consultation with the Manager and Directors of the 
Methods Network and with staff from a number of participating 
institutions, in particular the Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS).

Applicants should have a degree in a humanities, arts or related 
discipline, and an interest and expertise in computing in the arts 
and humanities, as well as expertise in the associated technologies. 
Experience of working on a collaborative basis in major research 
projects involving research academics and specialists in applied 
computing, and experience of managing complex events and activities 
in an academic context would be an advantage.

Flexibility and the ability to work as part of a team are essential, 
as are excellent communication skills and the ability to plan and 
implement projects and work to deadlines.

An application form is available at
http://www.methodsnetwork.ac.uk/advert/

The closing date for applications is 31 October 2006. Only candidates 
shortlisted for interview will be contacted.