Deadline: 22/03/2010

School of Language and Literature at the University of Aberdeen is seeking for a Research Assistant or Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Software Development/ Humanities Computing. The reasearch assistant will work with the Principal Investigator (PI) and a team of other linguists, computer specialists and historians to further develop and analyze a digitized corpus of quasi-legal statements from witnesses to the 1641 rebellion in Ireland.

Eligibility
- to be appointed as a Research Fellow the applicant must hold a PhD in a relevant computer science discipline;
- to be appointed as a Research Assistant the applicant must hold a Master’s degree plus the appropriate level of experience that demonstrates the required skills and capabilities;
- the applicants should have demonstrated expertise in java programming, databases, XML, and have a strong understanding of modern web technologies

Financing
A Research Fellow will be appointed at the appropriate point of Grade 6-7 scale (£29,853 – £36,715 per annum) and a Research Assistant will be appointed at the appropriate point of the Grade 5 scale (£25,001 – £28,139 per annum).

Application procedure
The application is online based via personal online account.
All information about required documents for application will be found after creating personal account.

NB. You will be able to attach 1 PDF/Word document in support of your application. Prior to completing have all documents the applicant wish to add to the application (Covering Letter, CV) saved as one document ready to attach to the form.

The closing date for the receipt of applications is Monday 22 March 2010.

With further enquiries contact Dr Barbara Fennell at: b.a.fennell@abdn.ac.uk

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