Digital Humanities Technician
| Posting date: | 23 September 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £26,642 to £29,659 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 21 October 2024 |
| Location: | Southampton, Hampshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | University of Southampton |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 2867624AR |
Summary
The School of Humanities at the University of Southampton are looking for two part-time Digital Humanities Technicians to join our team of dedicated educators, researchers, and technicians working at 0.5FTE. For the right candidate, we would consider one full-time role holder.
The School of Humanities at the University of Southampton encompasses a diverse range of subjects providing high-quality teaching within a vibrant research and enterprise culture. Southampton Digital Humanities contribute to that environment by enabling staff and students across the School of Humanities to take digital and computational approaches to the humanities teaching, research, and enterprise.
You will join a team of educators, researchers, and technicians supported by recent investment in Digital Humanities expertise, estate, and resources. Notable among these is our Digital Humanities Hub, an infrastructure that supports study, research, and enterprise, is a hub for expertise and critique, and provides access to technologies that enable us to capture, compute, and create in new ways.
You will play a central role in providing outstanding service to staff and students using the Digital Humanities Hub facilities and equipment by completing a range of tasks, including managing the use and maintenance of equipment, delivering inductions and demonstrations, and providing specialist advice. While we welcome applications from those with experience as a technician in a research and/or education context, we are also interested in candidates with a broad range of technical backgrounds and/interests who are looking to develop their skills as a technician in a humanities context.
The University of Southampton became a signatory of the Technician Commitment in 2018 and has pledged to act against the key challenges affecting technical staff in four key areas of visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability. For more information on the Technician Commitment see https://www.southampton.ac.uk/about/our-people/technical-staff.page.
A founding member of the prestigious Russell Group, the University of Southampton has a global reputation for its passion and ability to work collaboratively in delivering world-class education, research and innovation that makes a proven impact on society’s greatest challenges. We are a top 100 global university (QS World Rankings, 2023) and we are top 20 in the UK (Complete University Guide, 2023). We bring people and ideas together to achieve the remarkable. We provide the environment, the support, and the challenge for them to realise their fullest potential.
This position is be offered on permanent basis. Requests for a job share will be considered. Candidates are asked to state in their application their preference for taking this role on a full or part time basis.
For an informal discussion of the post, please contact Professor James Baker (Director of Digital Humanities) by email at j.w.baker@soton.ac.uk.
The School of Humanities at the University of Southampton encompasses a diverse range of subjects providing high-quality teaching within a vibrant research and enterprise culture. Southampton Digital Humanities contribute to that environment by enabling staff and students across the School of Humanities to take digital and computational approaches to the humanities teaching, research, and enterprise.
You will join a team of educators, researchers, and technicians supported by recent investment in Digital Humanities expertise, estate, and resources. Notable among these is our Digital Humanities Hub, an infrastructure that supports study, research, and enterprise, is a hub for expertise and critique, and provides access to technologies that enable us to capture, compute, and create in new ways.
You will play a central role in providing outstanding service to staff and students using the Digital Humanities Hub facilities and equipment by completing a range of tasks, including managing the use and maintenance of equipment, delivering inductions and demonstrations, and providing specialist advice. While we welcome applications from those with experience as a technician in a research and/or education context, we are also interested in candidates with a broad range of technical backgrounds and/interests who are looking to develop their skills as a technician in a humanities context.
The University of Southampton became a signatory of the Technician Commitment in 2018 and has pledged to act against the key challenges affecting technical staff in four key areas of visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability. For more information on the Technician Commitment see https://www.southampton.ac.uk/about/our-people/technical-staff.page.
A founding member of the prestigious Russell Group, the University of Southampton has a global reputation for its passion and ability to work collaboratively in delivering world-class education, research and innovation that makes a proven impact on society’s greatest challenges. We are a top 100 global university (QS World Rankings, 2023) and we are top 20 in the UK (Complete University Guide, 2023). We bring people and ideas together to achieve the remarkable. We provide the environment, the support, and the challenge for them to realise their fullest potential.
This position is be offered on permanent basis. Requests for a job share will be considered. Candidates are asked to state in their application their preference for taking this role on a full or part time basis.
For an informal discussion of the post, please contact Professor James Baker (Director of Digital Humanities) by email at j.w.baker@soton.ac.uk.
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