[Dspace-general] Paradigm project - Software Engineer vacancy

[Susan Thomas]

Paradigm project Software Engineer

Academic Related Grade 2 £22,507 - £29,128 p.a. including 38 days annual
leave (13 fixed)
Fixed term contract until December 2006

Web oriented developer needed to provide assistance to the PARADIGM
project <http://www.paradigm.ac.uk> of the Bodleian Library and the John
Rylands University Library, Manchester. The project is to develop best
practices and solutions for the collection and preservation of private
papers in digital form. It is expected that the project will make use of
the Dspace and Fedora digital repositories and the successful applicant
will be comfortable with their core technologies of Java and SQL. A
grounding in web services and XML will also be required.

In addition to installing, configuring and developing the above
repositories and related software, the Software Engineer will be expected
to investigate other software packages as needed.

Good communication skills are essential. The postholder must be able to
liaise effectively with non-technical colleagues, and will be required to
participate in the dissemination of the project's findings by producing
technical and end-user documentation, contributing to a Workbook on
Digital Private Papers, and giving presentations on technical aspects of
the project.

Further particulars and application forms may be obtained from
<http://www.sers.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/>; or from Sarah Connor, Systems and
Electronic Resources Service, SERS Building, Osney Mead, Oxford, OX2 0ES
(Tel: 01865 280040; E-mail: sarah.connor at sers.ox.ac.uk).

The closing date for completed application forms is 30th may 2005. Please
quote our ref: LNS15178.