Vacancy for Research Associate (EyCon) at Loughborough University

Digital Preservation Coalition; Loughborough; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Loughborough University is seeking a Research Associate for the EyCon project, aimed at enhancing access to historical materials related to colonial and imperial conflicts. Duties include data collection, stakeholder communication, and event organization, requiring substantial relevant knowledge.

Qualifications

• Substantial knowledge in areas relevant to the project focus.
• Experience in metadata enrichment is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Conduct data collection and curation.
• Develop a metadata enrichment pipeline.
• Manage communications with project stakeholders.

Skills

Data collection

Curation

Stakeholder communication

Education

Relevant degree in social sciences or humanities

Job description

• Vacancy for Research Associate (EyCon) at Loughborough University

Vacancy for Research Associate (EyCon) at Loughborough University

20 March 2022

Loughborough

Specialist and Supporting Academic Research grade 6 from £31406

Fixed Term

The School of Social Sciences and Humanities is seeking to appoint a Research Associate to contribute to the EyCon (VisualAI and Early Conflict Photography) Project led by Dr Lise Jaillant. EyCon is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in the UK and LABEX in France.

The post holder will play a key part in the project, which aims to increase the discoverability and usability of overlooked and scattered material on colonial, imperial and international armed conflicts up to 1918.

The successful candidate will undertake data collection and curation; contribute to the development of a pipeline to enrich metadata automatically; manage communications with the project’s stakeholders; and contribute to the organisation and delivery of project events. They will need substantial knowledge in an area relevant to the project focus.

Informal enquiries should be made by email to Dr Lise Jaillant, Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities at Loughborough University: [e-mail]

Closing date for receipt of applications:20th March 2022

Interviews will be held during the week of28th March2022.

Loughborough University is committed to achieving equality and valuing diversity in all aspects of employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.