Research Programmer -Humanities

Research Programmer - Humanities

 

Brown University is seeking talented, energetic, and passionate people looking for a challenging opportunity. Brown is an Ivy League university in the heart of downtown Providence that offers competitive benefits through a generous retirement plan, an employee education program, and a tuition aid program for employee’s dependents. For details on these programs, and eligibility, please browse our web site at: http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Human_Resources/benefits/index.html

 

Finally, working at Brown gives you access to a dynamic campus community and the kind of exciting events that regularly happen on Ivy League campuses, from visits of world leaders and world class sporting events to theatre, music, and dance.

 

The Scholarly Technology Group (STG) at Brown University is seeking a Research Programmer - (Humanities) who will contribute technical skills and project oversight as part of STG's involvement in, and engagement with, faculty research projects in the digital humanities. STG projects range from document databases based on XML and XML tools, to experiments in collaboration, classification and online publication. 

STG projects are founded in high-level information design, and require current knowledge of web standards and tools. The Research Programmer is encouraged to have a relevant research agenda of their own, or to participate in the group's ongoing research into digital humanities topics.

 

STG staff provide faculty projects with expertise in text encoding and metadata standards, accessibility, database design, web programming, digital project design, information design, documentation and grant-writing. We combine a strong background in the humanities and social sciences with a deep interest in the significance of digital technologies for scholarly communication.

 

The Research Programmer works closely with faculty, STG staff and students to carry out digital humanities projects by performing project analysis, implementation, and management.  Student workers are an integral part of STG's team, and the Research Programmer will interact with them as manager and as collaborator.  Since STG is a small group, this person can contribute at all levels: to recruit, plan, manage projects, write grant proposals, contribute to outreach activities, stay abreast of new methods and technologies and disseminate STG's work at conferences.

 

Qualifications:

* Minimum Bachelor's degree, advanced degree in the humanities 

desirable. Demonstrable technical skills.

* Experience in digital humanities, digital libraries or comparable 

area.

* Technical background in relevant areas, ideally: Web standards, 

HTML, CSS, XML, web technologies, metadata standards, text retrieval, 

software development

* Knowledge of digital communications and collaboration, new media.

* Strong analytical and problem solving skills

* Ability to communicate STG work and results within the group and 

externally.

Brown University is an EEO/AA Employer. 

Interested candidates should apply to Job # B01052 at the following link: https://careers.brown.edu