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~~~~~~~ BRITISH HCI GROUP NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://www.bcs.org.uk/hci/ ~~ ~~ All news to: [log in to unmask] ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ~~ ~~ not the News Service ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ University of Bristol Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT) Web Usability Engineer (#18915 - #24479 pa) Ref: 6480 The ILRT is the largest group of its kind in the UK (over 60 staff). It is an international centre of excellence in the development and use of new technology in learning and research. It is a lively and very busy place to work which tends to retain its very high quality staff because the work is varied, interesting and occasionally exciting and because there is a culture of team work. We wish to appoint a Web Usability Engineer to work as part of the Internet Development (ID) Group. This Group undertakes a wide variety of Web related projects, including Web site design and development, online database implementation, usability studies, Web site audits and associated research. You will be working with the ID group and other projects within the ILRT. The primary responsibility will be to ensure that ID/ILRT Web sites incorporate usability issues into the design and build process. You will be involved in the full usability lifecycle through factoring in usability issues at the project scoping and planning stage, designing and carrying out user task analysis and associated user consultation, writing up research findings and over-seeing implementation of the research and report recommendations. Where possible, there will be an opportunity and encouragement to pursue informal and formal research publications. There may also be a need/opportunity to conduct various levels of training and educational presentations to promote usability and its importance in Web site design and development. One year post in the first instance with an immediate start. The closing date for applications is Thursday 29 June. For further details telephone (0117) 925 6450 (answer phone after 5 pm) minicom (0117) 928 8894, Email [log in to unmask] or write to the Personnel Office (EO), University of Bristol, Senate House, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TH quoting reference number 6480 or from: http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/news/vacancies/ More information available from: http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/news/vacancies/6480-jd.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To receive HCI news, send the message: ~~ ~~ "JOIN BCS-HCI your_firstname your_lastname" ~~ ~~ to [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Newsarchives: ~~ ~~ http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/bcs-hci/ ~~ ~~ archive.html ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To join the British HCI Group, contact ~~ ~~ [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%