Vacancy - Project Manager for OpenAIRE/OpenAIREplus at Goettingen

[Birgit Schmidt <bschmidt@sub.uni-goettingen.de>]

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The University of Goettingen, Goettingen State and University
Library, wishes to appoint a Project Manager for the
OpenAIRE/OpenAIREplus project. Please find the details below.

I would be grateful if list readers would pass the information to
anyone who might be interested.

Best regards,
Birgit Schmidt

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Vacancy: Project Manager for the European OpenAIRE / OpenAIREplus
project Office: Goettingen State and University Library, Germany

Goettingen State and University Library (SUB Goettingen) is
engaged in several national and international projects on the
development of infrastructures and services for electronic
publishing and the implementation of Open Access.

In this context, the European project "OpenAIRE:  Open Access
Infrastructure for Research in Europe" is seeking a

Project Manager

Your responsibility will be to

* manage the project, working closely with the scientific,
technical and administrative coordinators of the project
* support the effective collaboration of all networking and
liaison partners, across organisational and technological
developments
* develop and implement a broad scale advocacy and training
programme linking the Open Access and repository community to
data archives, research data management, scientific publishers
and other stakeholders
* align with ongoing disciplinary and research data initiatives
and results of studies with regards to researchers' practices,
licensing and sustainability issues

You will need:

* a Master's degree
* excellent knowledge in digital information management,
preferably in the area of Open Access, repository infrastructures
and services and research data
* previous project management experience including the delivery
of high-profile, multi-agency projects
* good knowledge in computer science and/or copyrights are
important assets
* excellent communication and organisational skills with a proven
ability to work with a wide range of internal and external
contacts and stakeholders
* team spirit, curiosity, dynamism and sense of initiative
* fluent in English (spoken & written), German would be an asset
but is not required.

This position offers you an interesting and varied work within a
young and dynamic international team in a pleasant working
atmosphere. The post will involve a certain amount of travel both
within Europe and internationally.

This post is offered with immediate effect in a full-time
position (currently 39,8 hrs/week) on a two year term contract,
with potential for renewal. Salary is expected to be ca. EUR
45.000 p.a. (depending on experience; German salary schema for
public employees). This post is suitable for part-time
employment.

The OpenAIRE project supports the implementation of the Open
Access policies of the European Commission and the European
Research Council by delivering an electronic infrastructure and
supporting mechanism for the presentation and monitoring of
research articles (and to some extent related scientific data)
funded in seven disciplines (energy, environment, ICT, electronic
infrastructures, science in society etc.). Based on this,
OpenAIREplus extends and enhances the infrastructure by linking
publications to scientific datasets, enriching the information
space and establishing connections with other infrastructures. In
both projects SUB Goettingen acts as the scientific coordinator.

The University of Goettingen is an equal opportunities employer
and places particular emphasis on fostering career opportunities
for women. Qualified women are therefore strongly encouraged to
apply.

Disabled persons with equivalent aptitude will be favoured.

For further information, please contact Dr. Birgit Schmidt,
phone: +49 551 39-5228 or email at:
bschmidt@sub.uni-goettingen.de, or Margo Bargheer, phone: +49 551
39-91188 or email at: bargheer@sub.uni-goettingen.de

To apply please submit a full CV and covering letter to: Direktor
der Niedersaechsischen Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek
Goettingen, Platz der Goettinger Sieben 1, D-37073 Goettingen, or
email: E-Mailsekretariat@sub.uni-goettingen.de.

Closing date: 1 July 2011

Note: Please submit the usual application documents. These
documents will not be returned to the applicants, so please do
not submit any originals.

http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/aktuell/stellen/OpenAIRE.html

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Dr. Birgit Schmidt
Scientific Manager

Goettingen State and University Library
- Electronic Publishing -
Platz der Goettinger Sieben 1
D-37073 Goettingen