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UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
John Rylands University Library of Manchester
Internet Gateway Services PSIgate/GEsource/Artifact
Technical Officer
ALC Grade 2 (Stlg21,125 - Stlg27,339)
A committed and enthusiastic individual is required to play a key role in the
technical development of three JISC-funded services: PSIgate (Physical
Sciences), GEsource (Geography and Environment) and Artifact (Arts and
Creative Industries). The services provide free access to high quality
Internet resources in their respective subject areas for the UK further and
higher education and research communities. PSIgate and GEsource are
led by the University of Manchester, and Artifact is led by Manchester
Metropolitan University.
Reporting to the PSIgate/GEsource Service Manager, the successful
applicant will work closely with the technical teams of the three gateways
in the development of portal services and functionality. The person
appointed will be a good organiser and communicator, will be thoroughly
familiar with web-based services, will have 2+ years experience of Java
development, a sound working knowledge of Perl and/or PHP, strong UNIX
skills and of two or more of the following: HTML, XML/XSLT, RSS, SOAP
and Z39.50. Experience with a portal framework or toolkit such as
Jetspeed or uPortal would be desirable. Candidates should have a degree
or equivalent qualification.
The post is offered on a fixed term contract tenable in the first instance for
one year, but may be renewed.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to John Blunden-Ellis,
PSIgate/GEsource Service Manager, Tel: 0161-275 8729 or Email:
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Application forms and further particulars may be obtained from the Staffing
Secretary, John Rylands University Library of Manchester, Oxford Road,
Manchester M13 9PP or from www.man.ac.uk/news.vacancies. Completed
forms must be returned by Tuesday 25th November 2003.
John Blunden-Ellis
PSIgate/GEsource Service Manager
PSIgate Office
John Rylands University Library of Manchester
Oxford Road, Manchester
M13 9PP
Tel: 0161-275 8729
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