At a Glance
- Tasks: Support groundbreaking research in Digital Humanities and enhance academic resources.
- Company: Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, a hub for innovative research.
- Benefits: Flexible hybrid working model and valuable experience in a collaborative environment.
- Other info: Part-time role with opportunities for professional growth and skill development.
- Why this job: Join a pioneering project and contribute to impactful scholarly outputs.
- Qualifications: Master’s degree in Digital Humanities or related field; bibliographic research experience required.
The predicted salary is between 16500 - 16500 £ per year.
- Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Introduction
The Language Research Assistant (LRA) will play a key supporting role in the early stages of the ERC-funded KITAB-Transform project.
The postholder will contribute to research and development activities, including bibliographic and metadata research, corpus management, and the preparation of scholarly outputs and case studies.
The LRA will work closely with the research team to help build and maintain a robust digital research corpus.
Responsibilities
- Enhance metadata and support beta model evaluation, contributing to foundational research tasks across project work packages.
- Annotate book files using a text editor (training provided).
- Evaluate datasets in line with project guidance (training provided).
- Support corpus expansion through Optical Character Recognition (OCR), including quality checking (training provided).
- Conduct bibliographic research and collaborate with the Corpus Manager to curate relevant materials.
- Assist in drafting preliminary case study reports.
- Support preparation and transformation of the project’s edited research volume.
- Undertake additional research tasks assigned by the Principal Investigator.
Requirements
- Master’s degree or postgraduate training in Digital Humanities, Library Science, or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience in bibliographic research and working with academic databases or digital corpora.
- Ability to manage and enhance metadata accurately and efficiently.
- Familiarity with corpus management tools or digital research platforms.
- Experience working with Arabic texts.
- Competence in handling structured data and digital text formats.
- Strong collaborative skills and ability to work effectively within a research team.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently.
Desirable Criteria
- Familiarity with academic publishing processes or preparation of edited volumes.
- Basic understanding of Git Hub.
- Contract Details
- Contract Type: Fixed-term, part-time (0.5 FTE)
- Duration: Two years
- Salary: £16,500 per annum (0.5 FTE), based on a full-time equivalent of £33,000
- Working Pattern
- The role follows a hybrid working model.
The postholder will be expected to work partially on site at the London office on a regular basis, with specific arrangements to be agreed with the line manager.
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