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Tender for Services – British Forum For Ethnomusicology administration
The British Forum for Ethnomusicology is a scholarly organisation devoted to supporting and developing ethnomusicology in the UK and beyond. After many years of steady growth and expansion, the Forum is now looking for support with its administrative requirements, both in terms of its general administration and specifically in relation to the journal Ethnomusicology Forum. This work might be undertaken by one or more people. Applications to tender for these services are now invited.
The specific services required are as follows:
General administration: provide support for various members of the BFE committee, particularly the Chair. This includes supporting the organisers of the annual conferences, organising committee meetings and taking minutes, liaising with the membership and resolving membership queries, developing and maintaining the BFE website, liaising with other national and international bodies (such as the Society for Ethnomusicology), and other similar services as appropriate.
Editorial assistance: support the work of the journal editors in delivering the high-quality international academic journal, Ethnomusicology Forum. Services may include contacting contributors and referees; liaising with the journal publishers and helping to ensure publication deadlines are met; entering corrected copy into the Routledge publishing system; and attending editorial meetings when necessary.
The total amount of assistance to be contracted will amount to 7 hours per week, for 40 weeks of the year, January to December. This will be divided equally between general and editorial assistance. This is a flexible arrangement on the understanding that some periods of the year will be more intensive than others. Under the terms of a self-employed contract, persons providing these services are not entitled to sick pay, holiday pay or any form of employment protection, and will be responsible for paying their own tax and National Insurance. The services required may be delivered by one person, or two people with different skills. Please make clear in your submission if tendering for only one part of this call.
We anticipate that those tendering will be well motivated, well organised self-starters, who are able to be proactive and show initiative when needed but also able to respond to requests from others without fuss. They will be able to demonstrate an advanced capacity to work independently and to meet deadlines when working under pressure. Some experience or knowledge of ethnomusicology is very desirable, but may be mitigated by relevant experience in other contexts.
General administration: you may well already have good connections within academia, and be able to demonstrate some prior understanding of what the services rendered will entail and how these could be developed. You will also be confident with a range of IT applications, particularly as these relate to general office administration and engagement with Higher Education, and will be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills.
Editorial assistance: you should be able to demonstrate knowledge of the conventions relating to academic publishing, and exceptional language, copyediting, and writing skills, as well as confidence in dealing with IT applications and good interpersonal skills.
Tenders for service should comprise a CV and a covering letter of no more than 750 words indicating why you would like to be considered for this work and how you feel you can evidence the appropriate skills required. You must provide quotes for the services you intend to provide, based on an annual contract for services rendered over one year in the first instance. Subject to satisfaction on both sides, this contract will be renewable on an annual basis.
Submissions should be sent to
BFE administration
c/o Professor Stephen Cottrell
School of Arts
City University
Northampton Square
EC1V 0HB
email: [log in to unmask]
Submissions must arrive no later than 4 pm on Friday November 19th, and interviews will probably be held in central London in early December. Email applications will be accepted provided that they contain the information requested. For further information please contact either Caroline Bithell ([log in to unmask]), the Chair of BFE; Stephen Cottrell ([log in to unmask]), the BFE Treasurer; or Laudan Nooshin ([log in to unmask]), co-editor of the journal. If applying by email please ensure that you use the message header ‘BFE administration’.
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Dr J. P. E. Harper-Scott
Senior Lecturer
Department of Music
Royal Holloway, University of London
http://web.me.com/jpehs/
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