Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:58:43 +0100
Reply-To: Bill Hubbard <Bill.Hubbard@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK>
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From: Bill Hubbard <Bill.Hubbard@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK>
Subject: SHERPA/RoMEO Support Position
To: JISC-REPOSITORIES@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Apologies for Cross Posting: I hope that this notice is of sufficient
interest for colleagues on this list.
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to say we are recruiting in the University of Nottingham for
a SHERPA Service Development Officer - with a particular role in the
support of SHERPA/RoMEO ( http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php ).
We have maintained SHERPA/RoMEO in "spare time" over the last two and a
half years, so we are very pleased to have been given funding for this
role, from JISC and from the Wellcome Trust.
Please do pass on this information to any relevant notice boards, or
anyone you know who may be interested.
Regards,
Bill
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Information Services - Research & Learning Resources Division
SHERPA Services Development Officer (Fixed-term)
Help us to open access to the world's research.
SHERPA is working on the national infrastructure for Open Access
repositories, making academic research freely available to
everyone. SHERPA partners include 20 of the most highly rated
research-led universities in the UK (see: http://www.sherpa.ac.uk).
A motivated self-starter is required to provide development and support in
the highly successful SHERPA consortium in its work on open access web
projects. This is a high-profile post and the successful candidate will
learn from, and contribute to, national and international developments in
the Open Access movement.
The SHERPA Services Development Officer will be involved in the
development of the global SHERPA/RoMEO database. This service is regarded
by many as a fundamental service for the growth of open access
repositories: see the SHERPA website for details. Work will involve
liaison with publishers, authors, researchers and research-funders. This
work on such a high profile international project is a great opportunity
to achieve personal success and recognition within an active and rapidly
developing field. The post will involve some travel within the UK and abroad.
The post will also investigate and report on a wide variety of aspects of
open access to research: advocacy, copyright, search, user-interface
issues, work-flows, user-support, etc. Work will include supporting
academics, advising senior institutional managers and acting as an
advocate of open access on a national scale. The post requires excellent
communication skills and a creative approach to promoting repository use.
Candidates should be educated to degree level or equivalent with a
relevant further qualification or experience an advantage. In addition,
candidates should ideally have a background in an HE/research environment
with further experience in relevant fields an advantage.
Salary will be within the range £23,457 - £28,850 per annum, depending on
qualifications and experience (salary can progress to £33,445 per annum,
subject to performance). The post is based at the University of
Nottingham and will be offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of 15
months.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Bill Hubbard, SHERPA Manager, tel:
0115 846 7657 or Email: Bill.Hubbard@Nottingham.ac.uk.
Salary will be within the range £23,457 - £28,850 per annum, depending on
qualifications and experience (salary can progress to £33,445 per annum,
subject to performance). This post is based at the University of
Nottingham and will be offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of 15
months.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Bill Hubbard, SHERPA Manager, tel:
0115 846 7657 or Email: Bill.Hubbard@Nottingham.ac.uk.
For more details and/or to apply on-line please access:
http://jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/JLM210/ or contact the Human Resources
Department, The University of Nottingham, King's Meadow Campus, Lenton
Lane, Nottingham, NG7 2NR. Tel: 0115 951 3262. Fax: 0115 951 5205.
Please quote ref. JLM/210.
Closing date: 26 April 2006.
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Bill Hubbard
SHERPA Manager
SHERPA - www.sherpa.ac.uk
SHERPA/RoMEO - www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php
OpenDOAR - www.opendoar.org
Information Services
King's Meadow Campus
University of Nottingham
Lenton Lane
Nottingham
NG7 2NA
UK
Tel +44(0) 115 846 7657
Fax +44(0) 115 846 8244