Research Assistant
British Museum
London

The British Museum's ResearchSpace project (www.researchspace.org) is a highly
innovative and creative undertaking looking to harness the potential of Linked
Open Data and semantic ontologies for use in a collaborative online research
system based on harmonised cultural heritage datasets. The project will need
to develop online research tools for discovery, annotation, communication and
workflow, and deliver a system that is accessible to academic researchers
working in different humanities disciplines, as well as other interested
experts and enthusiasts. The administrator will project administrative and
project management support to the project and assist in work shopping for
requirements, dissemination of results, and attraction of new funding.

  
Key areas of responsibility:

  
Administrative support;

  * Project management;
  * Documentation and coordination of documentation;
  * Workshops and dissemination;
  * Funding proposal writing and coordination.
Person Specification:

  
The ideal candidate will be familiar with academic environments and
understands the life cycle of an academic research project. You will have a
good understanding of information system development from a project
perspective and have relevant project management skills. The successful
candidate will understand the tools used for software projects including
Atlassian Jira and Confluence and have excellent documentation and
communication skills and will be able to provide a range of administrative
support including budget reports and monitoring. You will also possess good
research skills and be comfortable contributing to academic papers and
documents, and be a proven public speaker in academic forums.



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