*** Apologies for Cross-posting *** Research Associate Vacancy at NCeSS Hub (Re-advertisement) Closing date: 25/02/2008 Reference: HUM/70376 http://www.ncess.ac.uk/about_us/vacancies/ The primary objective of the National Centre for e-Social Science (NCeSS) is to develop and promote the application of innovations in digital research infrastructure (commonly known as e-Infrastructure) for the benefit of economic and social scientists: see http://www.ncess.ac.uk. NCeSS comprises a coordinating Hub, based at the University of Manchester, and seven major research Nodes at other UK universities. The Hub wishes to appoint a Research Associate with a background in Economics, Econometrics, quantitative Social Science, or Computer Science combined with extensive experience of working with economic and social scientists. The post-holder will investigate how e-Infrastructure - networked, distributed, scalable computational tools and services - can encourage and assist economic and social researchers to use (and re-use) quantitative data in tackling their substantive research. This investigation will contribute to the ESRC's National Data Strategy, which aims to develop a world class social science data infrastructure capable of delivering all the data necessary to address current and future research needs in the social sciences. The post is tenable from the earliest possible date for two years. This is a re-advertisement and previous applicants need not re-apply. Salary: £26,666 to £32,796 p.a. Informal enquiries: Tel: + 44 (0) 161 275 1381 Email: rob.procter@ncess.ac.uk To request a hard copy of application form: Katy Middlebrough Tel: + 44 (0) 161 275 4723 Email: Katy.Middlebrough@manchester.ac.uk Please quote reference HUM/70376 Closing date: 25/02/2008 Interview date: w/c 03/03/2008 For full details of the post, and to download an application form, please visit http://www.ncess.ac.uk/about_us/vacancies/