Digital Preservation Coalition

Two Vacancies at Archaeology Data Service: European Projects Manager and Communications Manager

European Projects Manager, Communications and Access Manager 
Position Type: Fixed term (36 months), full time
Salary: £29,249 - £35,938
Closing Date: 27/11/2012
Location: York

The Archaeology Data Service (ADS) supports research, learning and teaching with freely available, high quality and dependable digital resources. It does this by preserving digital data in the long term, and by promoting and disseminating a broad range of data in archaeology. The ADS promotes good practice in the use of digital data in archaeology, it provides technical advice to the research and professional archaeological community, and supports the deployment of digital technologies. It has a current complement of fourteen staff, including a Director, two Deputy Directors, three Applications Developers, a Systems Manager, an Administrator, and six Digital Archivists. It is a member of the Digital Preservation Coalition and in 2010 it was awarded the Data Seal of Approval.

The ADS is hosted by the Department of Archaeology, in the historic King's Manor in the centre of the City of York. The Department is a lively community of over 300 students, and over 60 academic and project staff. It runs 5 undergraduate and 15 postgraduate programmes and is one of top archaeology departments in the UK. In 2011 the work of the Department and the ADS earned it the Queen’s Anniversary prize for Higher and Further Education.

Applications are invited for the position of European Projects Manager in the Archaeology Data Service, available from January 2013. This is an opportunity to take a key project management role within a team environment. You will be responsible for managing a portfolio of EU-funded projects and exploring new funding opportunities. Applicants should have a first degree and postgraduate qualification, at least one of which should be in archaeology.

For more details of the post of European Projects Manager see:
https://jobs.york.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=3885&p_web_page_id=158678

Applications are invited for the position of Communications and Access Manager in the Archaeology Data Service, available from January 2013. This is an opportunity to take a key project management role within a team environment. You will be responsible for promoting the ADS and usage of its digital resources. Applicants should have a first degree and postgraduate qualification, at least one of which should be in archaeology.

For more details of the post of Communications and Access Manager see:
https://jobs.york.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=3885&p_web_page_id=158683