School of Humanities - Department of Archaeology
Trent & Peak Archaeological Unit

IT Assistant (Fixed-term)

£12,941 - £14,989 per annum

A vacancy has arisen for an IT Assistant based within the Trent & Peak Archaeological Unit, based within the Department of Archaeology at the University of Nottingham.  The Unit carries out archaeological research mainly within the catchment of the River Trent and the Derbyshire Peak District from developer and other funding bodies.  The IT Assistant will apply IT to archaeological problems, execute the IT, and contribute to the reporting of the methodology and results.

The successful candidate will be responsible for two core tasks:

1. Work on the Brickwork Plan field-systems project (English Heritage funded project).
It is anticipated that the person appointed will from a key member of the team producing management and published reports on the results from fieldwalking cropmark field-systems of broadly Romano-British date.  The tasks assigned to the IT Assistant include: checking and amendment of the cropmark plot and morphology categorization; production of the distribution plans of cropmarks, artefacts, topography, geology and hydrology using GIS and surface modelling packages; an assessment of the utility of the GIS for the project.  ARCVIEW, IMAGINE, MS ACCESS and SURFER will be used to achieve the required products.

2. Manage the Unit's network of Windows 95/NT computers in conjunction with another member of staff and assist staff with their IT requirements.
Most of the regular Unit staff have basic computing skills, but often require assistance in production of  surveys, drawings and the use of GIS packages for appropriate projects.  The successful candidate will advise staff, teach them, or conduct the computing tasks for them, as appropriate.  In addition to the programs listed above, the Unit currently uses AUTOCAD, AUTOSKETCH, MAPINFO and the Microsoft Office family of packages.

Duties will include:

· using programs to agreed research goals
· advising staff on the ways in which their data can be analysed and manipulated
· carry out specialist computing work, such as GIS analysis, for appropriate projects
· provide support for staff on routine computing issues.

Candidates should preferably have an IT qualification and will be able to demonstrate a competence in the above (or similar) packages.  Candidates with an archaeological background, or proven interest in archaeology will be preferred.  Familiarity with analysis of cropmarks and spatial analysis will be an advantage.  Candidates should be flexible, methodical and patient.

This post will be offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of one year.

Further details of this post and some of the Unit's recent work are available on the WWW at: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/tpau.

Candidates should send a letter of application and detailed CV, together with the names and addresses of two referees, to Ms D Garton, Archaeological Director, Trent and Peak Archaeological Unit, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD.  Fax: 0115 951 4824. Email: [log in to unmask]  Closing date: 16 March 2001.  Interview date: 28 March 2001.



Tanya Robinson
Personnel Office
Highfield House
The University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham  NG7 2RD
Tel: 0115 951 5780
Fax: 0115 951 5215
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WWW: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/personnel