19.523 jobs at the CCH, King's College London

               Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 19, No. 523.
       Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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         Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:59:33 +0000
         From: Helen Skundric <helen.skundric_at_kcl.ac.uk>
         Subject: jobs in London

The Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London, is
advertising the following two part-time positions. Please circulate
this notice as widely as possible.

(1) Network Development Officer - JISC 3D Visualisation in the Arts
Network Part-time,
0.5FTE, 36 months.

The Centre for Computing in the Humanities at King's College London
wishes to employ an outgoing, dynamic and organised person to
initiate a programme of rapid community building under the direction
of the King's Visualisation Lab. The Network will provide support for
3D visualisation activities in Arts and Humanities disciplines in UK
Higher Education institutions.

The Network Development Officer will establish and develop
communications with projects and groups in UK HE institutions that
are engaged in applying 3D visualisation approaches within Arts and
Humanities disciplines. She/he will help to establish a Network
Steering Group, provide the "visualisation community" with networking
assistance, establish structures to foster exchange of information
and skills between institutions, disseminate the work of the Network,
promote discussion of key issues identified by the community and
monitor Network sustainability issues. The appointee will organise
scheduled meetings and assist Network members in organising
conference presentations and panels.

The successful applicant will have a good honours degree, experience
of communications and publicity activities, excellent interpersonal,
written, web-editing and administrative skills, with proven strengths
in taking initiative and working independently within collaborative
contexts. She/he will preferably have some knowledge and
understanding of computer-aided visualisation activities in the
academic, educational, cultural heritage and/or commercial sectors.
Closing date for applications: 20 January 2006 Reference: E2/AAV/133/05.

For further details and an application form please see the job
opportunities link on http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/

(2) 3D Visualisation Research Fellow- JISC 3D Visualisation in the Arts
Network, Part-time,
0.5FTE, 24 months

The Centre for Computing in the Humanities at King's College London
wishes to employ a part-time Research Fellow to assist the newly-
established King's Visualisation Lab in developing a national 3D
Visualisation Network in the Arts.
The 3D Visualisation in the Arts Network, part of the JISC
Visualisation Support Network, will:

build a sustainable community supporting 3D Visualisation in the Arts
encourage and facilitate exchange of skills and knowledge
stimulate and coordinate community-wide debate on key issues
pro-actively interface with the JISC Visualisation Support Network
form strategic connections between domains through a range of
related, external bodies
raise awareness and understanding of the Network in the JISC
community and society
The Network's 3D Visualisation Research Fellow will provide research-
based support for the 3D Visualisation in the Arts Network through a
number of activities, including writing, presenting and publishing
periodic reports on the research activities of the Network. The
appointee will also work closely with members of the AHDS to analyse
and augment aspects of the Projects and Methods Database, with a view
to assisting the visualisation community to gain maximum benefit from
it.

A knowledge and understanding of computer-aided visualisation
activities in the academic, educational, cultural heritage and/or
commercial sectors is essential. In addition, the successful
applicant will have a postgraduate degree, excellent research and
written communication skills, extensive knowledge and experience of
visualisation projects and proven strengths in working both
independently and collaboratively. Closing date for applications: 20
January 2006 Reference: W1/AAV/132/05.

For further details and an application form please see the job
opportunities link on http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/

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Centre for Computing in the Humanities
King's College London, Kay House, 7 Arundel St, London WC2R 3DX
Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 2684, Fax: +44 (0)20 7848 2980
www.kcl.ac.uk/cch
Received on Wed Dec 21 2005 - 10:26:36 EST