PHAROS Project Manager. Open until 31 August 2019

Pharos Project Manager - Call for applications          

Full Time (35 hours/week)
Start Date: September / October 2019
Contract Length: 24-30 months
Application Deadline: August 31st, 2019
Location: Remote (based anywhere in Europe)

 

PHAROS, the International Consortium of Photo Archives, seeks a Project Manager for a 30-month pilot project (July 1, 2019 - December 31st 2021) to create a scholarly research platform that will bring together nearly 1.5 million images with accompanying documentation from five of the fourteen PHAROS member institutions using the ResearchSpace platform. It will serve as both a testing ground and model for the desired goal of PHAROS: to create a common platform for research on works of art in all media, through comprehensive consolidated access to photo archives.

 

In the first year of the project, external consultants will normalize and clean the data sets from participating institutions, map records to the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model for ingesting into the ResearchSpace platform. In the second year of the project, the user interface of the platform will be refined and adjusted, together with a scalable search architecture, according to input from a user research committee.

 

The project manager will be the primary contact person for all consultants and will work closely with members of the pilot project institutions:

 

• Frick Art Reference Library; New York, USA
• I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies; Florence, Italy
• Fondazione Federico Zeri; Bologna, Italy
• Bibliotheca Hertziana; Rome, Italy
• Bildarchiv Foto Marburg; Marburg, Germany

 

Primary Responsibilities:

 

• Serve as the primary liaison between the Principal Investigator, the User Advisory Group Chair, Technical Architect, institutional stakeholders, and external contractors.
• Coordinate schedules and work for contractors, ensuring on-time delivery
• Identify and mitigate project risks
• Organize communication, including scheduling meetings
• Project reporting and close-out
• Assist in drafting specifications
• Review all work and verify that is meets specifications
• Create and maintain documentation throughout the project
• Disseminate results to the community
• Maintain project management software
• Other duties as assigned

 

Basic Qualifications

 

• A Master's Degree or above in Art History, Computer Science, Library Science, Data Science or other fields relevant to Digital Humanities research.
• A background in Cultural Heritage Informatics
• Familiarity with one or more of the following: semantic web technologies; ontologies and metadata standards; web development
• The Project Manager must be physically based in Europe
• Fluency in English

Additional Qualifications

• Experience in semantic web technologies and standards (RDF, SPARQL, OWL)
• Working knowledge of the CIDOC-CRM or related ontologies
• Experience in web application development (Javascript, HTML5 etc.)
• Previous work experience in academic institutions, with a strong preference to candidates who have worked with archival collections
• Linux Server management, Docker, IIIF Server management
• Previous experience in project management and project management software (Jira & Confluence)
• Version Control

 

Stipend range: $5000-$6250/month (gross), depending on qualifications and experience, plus travel allowance for consultations and meetings.

This position is funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to The Frick Collection, who will administer the funds. This incumbent will be hired as an independent contractor and will be expected to provide monthly invoices for services. The position is full-time (35 hours/week), with 25 days a year of vacation time, 13 holidays, and 12 days of sick leave.

Employment is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, alienage or citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, military status, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status or any other protected characteristic as established by law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
 
Please apply using the link below by submitting a CV and cover letter  (Google login required)


For inquiries please email pm(at)pharosartresearch.org 

Data Specialist. Open Society Archives, Budapest. Open until 10 June 2015

Data Specialist, Open Society Archives (HUN)

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Position for: Staff Unit: Open Society Archives

Full-time Starting date: August 1, 2015

Application deadline: June 10 2015

Full Or Part Time: Full-Time (40 working hours/week)

The Open Society Archives seeks a dynamic, interesting individual for a Data Specialist position to implement its new archival management system and enhance the cataloging/processing procedures at OSA.

The Open Society Archives affiliated with the Central European University is an international research center and Cold War archive, founded by George Soros in 1995. It is member of the Open Society Foundations Network (OSF). The Archives with its vast multilingual collections on Cold War, Human Rights and Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe constitute one of the world’s largest repository on recent history.

The Specialist will assist the Director and the Chief Archivist in processing and publishing online OSA holdings and expanding its digital services:

• Enhancing the intellectual control over OSA holdings

• Demonstrated knowledge of processing textual and audiovisual materials including descriptive techniques, international archival standards and good practices, and metadata standards in general.

• Supervising temporary staff and/or interns in processing, cataloging, data curation activities and assigning/monitoring the tasks to ensure efficient and productive workflow

• Coordinating development projects: gathering requirements, needs, running user acceptance tests, producing system documentation and working closely with the ICT staff

· Working knowledge of software systems related to repository, management, access and preservation such as Drupal, Dspace, Fedora, Islandora, Hydra, Archivists’ Toolkit, Archives Space, Archivematica, and MetaArchive.

· Knowledge of XML, HTML, databases, XSLT. Experience with XML and related technologies, TEI, EAD scripting, Ruby on Rails; knowledge of linked open data issues and the semantic web

• Acting as quality controller and providing consultation, training to OSA staff and researchers

• Liasing with CEU and OSF staff and participating in information management projects upon request

• Documenting the state of the art, updating policies and procedures under the guidance of the Chief Archivist


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Conducting research on web technologies, user studies, digital preservation and semantic technologies

Qualifications:

•Master degree in archival and information science, or a related field and at least 3 years intensive experience of work in archives, information management.

•Knowledge of 20th century East-European history, or related field preferred.

•Several years’ experience supervising and managing projects

•Knowledge of archival arrangement and description practices and metadata standards

•Knowledge of digital asset management systems, archival management solutions, digital library or repository software

•Ability to work independently and as a team member, exercise good judgment and initiative, and manage sensitive material in a confidential manner.

•Excellent command of English

•Excellent written and verbal communication skills, analytical and organizational skills, attention to detail, problem-solving and interpersonal skills.

Compensation:

Commensurate with experience. However, we offer a competitive salary, as well as a dynamic and international academic environment. This is a full time position