Kingston University
Vacancy Number: 08/160
Faculty: Science
School: Geography, Geology and the Environment
Job Title: Research Associate
Salary: £24,363 - £27,919 pa inc
Grade: 6
Hours: 37 hours per week
Closing Date: 12 noon on 6 June 2008
Interviews: Week commencing 16th June 2008
Special Points: 12 month fixed term appointment from 1st July 2008
Kingston University seeks to appoint a postdoctoral researcher to work on
an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded project that will
deliver a ‘Web-based Spatio-temporal Interpolator for Census Area
Statistics’ as a demonstrator system. The GIS-based system will enable
registered users of existing and future census related data resources to
perform an integrated set of spatial analytic procedures in order to
generate consistent spatial units spanning recent British censuses based
on Census Output Area geography and associated estimates of census counts.
The project has been funded under the ESRC/JISC Census Development
Programme. The researcher will be based in the Centre for Earth and
Environmental Sciences Research, School of Earth Sciences and Geography
and work with Nigel Walford, Professor of Applied GIS.
The Research Associate is required to take charge of the project on a day-
to-day basis under the direction of the Principal Investigator; to be
responsible for developing and programming the web-based demonstrator
system; to collaborate with other project teams in the Census Development
Programme and the Census Data Units; and to contribute to writing web
pages and other dissemination activities.
The post would suit an experienced postdoctoral researcher and applicants
should have a relevant postgraduate qualification, preferably a PhD or
will have completed one before commencing the post. The researcher should
have experience of programming with C++, ArcIMS, SQLServer or similar,
sound knowledge of proprietary GIS software and good general ICT skills
preferably with an interest in web-based GIS. The person should also have
experience with digital census boundary data and statistics, and the
application of relevant spatial analysis tools/techniques.
Informal enquiries are welcome and should be directed to Prof. Nigel
Walford, Professor of Applied GIS, [log in to unmask] (020 8547
7512).
For further information, or to apply online, visit our website
www.kingston.ac.uk/jobs or alternatively call the recruitment line on 020
8547 7153 quoting reference 08/160
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