Job Description:

Job information DASG Senior Corpus and Audio Archive Assistant from the Company University of Glasgow, this latest DASG Senior Corpus and Audio Archive Assistant job vacancy is located in the city Glasgow located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this DASG field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

Job Purpose To undertake high-quality corpus and audio archival support and team leadership to the Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic (DASG) and Corpas na Gàidhlig projects. Main Duties and Responsibilities 1. To supervise the work of corpus assistants working on the DASG project, and, where appropriate, to train new staff. 2. To maintain accurate records of work in progress in line with project requirements and completed work, and to prepare regular reports. 3. To use OCR (Optical Character Recognition Software) in order to capture the texts digitally, proofread and edit OCRed texts and save them as appropriately named files. 4. To scan Gaelic texts using digital scanning equipment, file and correctly label scanned images and texts, and edit scanned images according to project protocols. 5. To develop links with other corpus-related projects, and with libraries, archives and electronic repositories as appropriate. 6. To travel to and work in repositories as necessary such as the National Library of Scotland or Edinburgh University Library in connection with DASG duties. 7. To deal with copyright issues as appropriate. 8. To liaise with IT and computing staff, and with commercial printers, as appropriate. 9. To assist the DASG systems developer with the DASG Audio Archive, maintaining the database of reel-to-reel tapes and cassettes, transcribing and / or overseeing the transcription of the digitised recordings, aligning the transcriptions and recordings, and adding functionality to the web interface. 10. To oversee DASG social media output, in particular the DASG blog, and to regularly monitor the DASG email account. 11. To undertake training as required relating to corpus and archival duties. 12. To undertake other duties relating to the DASG project as requested by the Director of DASG and the Project Manager. Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and ExperienceKnowledge/QualificationsEssential A1 Honours degree in Scottish Gaelic or Celtic Studies with Gaelic. A2 Detailed knowledge of Scottish Gaelic spelling conventions. A3 Intimate knowledge of the DASG project. Desirable B1 Good knowledge of traditional Scottish Gaelic music. B2 Good working knowledge of database administration tools (e.g. PHPMyAdmin). B3 Good working knowledge of markup technologies, in particular VTT, HTML. SkillsEssential C1 Excellent communications skills both orally and written, in both English and Scottish Gaelic. C2 Good interpersonal and presentation skills. C3 Time/project management skills and ability to work to deadlines. C4 Ability to use initiative and independent judgement. C5 Ability to work as part of a team. C6 Excellent IT skills, including ability to use a text editor (e.g. Notepad++) to markup audio transcriptions. C7 Ability to self-motivate and work with little supervision. ExperienceEssential E1 Some relevant work experience with qualifications or more substantial work experience without relevant qualifications. E2 Experience of scanning texts and working on Gaelic digital projects. E3 Experience of cataloguing, transcribing and annotating Gaelic audio recordings. E4 Experience of working with online databases. Terms and Conditions Salary will be Grade 5, £25,138 - £29,605 per annum. This post is full time (35 hours per week), and has funding until 31 July 2025. As part of Team UofG you will be a member of a world changing, inclusive community, which values ambition, excellence, integrity and curiosity. As a valued member of our team, you can expect: 1 A warm welcoming and engaging organisational culture, where your talents are developed and nurtured, and success is celebrated and shared. 2 An excellent employment package with generous terms and conditions including 41 days of leave for full time staff, pension - pensions handbook https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/payandpensions/pensions/, benefits and discount packages. 3 A flexible approach to working. 4 A commitment to support your health and wellbeing, including a free 6-month UofG Sport membership for all new staff joining the University https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/staff/healthwellbeing/. We believe that we can only reach our full potential through the talents of all. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Applications are particularly welcome from across our communities and in particular people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented within the University. Read more on how the University promotes and embeds all aspects of equality and diversity within our community https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity/. In line with the commitments in the University of Glasgow's Gaelic Language Plan, we also welcome and value skills in Gaelic language for anyone working within areas where key Gaelic services are delivered, in particular within the School of Humanities / Sgoil nan Daonnachdan and the College of Arts We endorse the principles of Athena Swan https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity/athenaswan/ and hold bronze, silver and gold awards across the University. We are investing in our organisation, and we will invest in you too. Please visit our website https://www.gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/ for more information.

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Closed Date : 2024-12-11