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This is a great temporary opportunity to work on a high profile European project alongside other RSC colleagues to March 2014. The RSC is part of a three year Innovative Medicines Initiative project called Open PHACTS (please visit the website openphacts.org). With 28 partners, the consortium is building a freely available platform, integrating pharmacological data from a variety of information resources, and providing tools and services to question this integrated data to support pharmacological research. The RSC's input into the project is in the areas of cheminformatics and community engagement. This opportunity is to carry out the community engagement responsibilities, in conjunction with the other RSC colleagues, promoting and developing the project's business plan with our consortium partners and associated partners. Your core role will be to build the project's visibility and deliver the project's community engagement and product development tasks. You will coordinate the definition and implementation of the project development plan and contribute to the business plan for post-project sustainability. You will build strong interactions with the project's associate partners, and develop and implement the project's communication plan in consultation with Richard Kidd and project partners. This will involve creating publicity materials to promote the project, and coordinating planned community workshops with project partners and associated organisations. For more information on the project, we recommend you look at the recent description of the project through the Open PHACTS website (see related links, below) and talk to Richard Kidd (01223 432344 - candidates only, no agencies please) if you're interested. **Essential Skills and qualifications** * A good honours degree in science (chemical science normally preferred). * Previous experience in STM publishing. * Developed communication and interpersonal skills. * Proven ability to work well within a team. * Good organisational and time-management skills are required together with the ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines. * Ability to learn and apply new technologies quickly and effectively. **Desirable Skills and qualifications** * Demonstrates knowledge of and passion for the chemical sciences * Previous communications experience and conference attendance Based in Cambridge, UK. Salary £27,052-£30,057. Temporary position to March 2014. Vacancy reference no. 12-108 (Downloadable files at host URL) Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/4492/