[linux-audio-announce] Job opportunity, Glasgow, Scotland.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I hope readers of LAD might find the following useful, and I wonder if you'd mind posting it for me. Linux audio developers have been interested in these posts in the past. Please note that my understanding of employment legislation is that we are unable to employ personnel from outwith the European Union unless it can be demonstrated that the required skill set does not exist within the EU (which in this case it certainly does) Here's the post... Job opportunity: RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER (MUSIC), UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW Closing date: 5th August 2005 Based in the Department of Music and shared with the Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute, this is a key post aimed at developing and supporting the use of information and communication technology in music teaching and research. Job responsibilities come under three main headings: research support; lab management, administration and development; and teaching support. The postholder will provide technical support specific to music. For further details, please see: http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/humanresources/recruit/5aug_11387.htm JOB PURPOSE The aim of this post is to develop and support the use of information and communication technology in music teaching and research. The postholder will provide technical support specific to the discipline of music. KEY TASKS Job responsibilities come under three main headings: (a) research support, (b) laboratory management, administration and development, and (c) teaching support. a. Research Support a) Advise and assist staff and postgraduates in the selection and use of appropriate new technology resources to enhance research. b) Collaborate with staff and postgraduates on the technical aspects of research funding applications. b. Laboratory Management, Administration and Development a) Liaise with the HATII team in providing technology resources, and with the Technician in the Music Department, on studio and audio infrastructure. b) Maintain and supervise the computing facilities in the Department of Music, delegating to the HATII team, as appropriate. c) Liaise with other RDOs in the Arts Faculty, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering and Department of Computing Science, to identify and develop common resources. c. Teaching Support a) Enhance the deployment of teaching materials. b) Identify new technologies for use in teaching. c) Provide technical advice to students, including demonstrations and classes, as appropriate. d) Contribute to the Faculty's undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programme managed by HATII. OBJECTIVES To ensure that the provision of ICT in the Department of Music is appropriate to teaching, learning and research needs of staff and students. These key tasks are not intended to be exhaustive, but simply highlight a number of major tasks which the post holder may be reasonably expected to undertake. Every job description will be subject to review on an annual basis, or: · as a result of a change in strategic management · as a result of team/ operational requirements · as a result of agreed performance and development review including any review of objectives · within six months of appointment. THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC The Department has extensive high-quality audio and computing facilities. These comprise: professionally equipped recording studios with tielines to concert halls and soundbooth, Mac-based Electroacoustic Studios with Digidesign audio hardware and soundbooth; two Mac-based audio workstation labs; an undergraduate PC cluster; a PC cluster for postgraduates and researchers; and a number of web and ftp servers running Linux. Applications include ProTools, Logic, Cubase, Finale and Sibelius, Max/MSP, PD/GEM, Csound and more. The Department is a thriving environment for research and teaching across a wide range of areas including electroacoustic and acoustic composition, music technology, historical and cultural musicology, and Scottish music. For further details, please see: http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/humanresources/recruit/5aug_11387.htm Department of Music: http://www.gla.ac.uk/music HATII: http://www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk