[linuxjobs] FW: OSS Watch Research Officer (Software Development)

[Alasdair G Kergon]

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OSS Watch are a government-funded free and open source advisory
service to post-compulsory education in the UK. We're looking to
recruit an open source developer for our team. Non-EU residents may
want to get in touch with the team (info at oss-watch.ac.uk) before
applying.

The job is within the University of Oxford, physically and
administratively.

See the "official" text below, or
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/XA872.html

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Are you an established open source software developer?

Have you presented at open source and/or user group events? Have you
had
a hand in organizing or running them?

Do you have a track record of writing HowTos, FAQs and/or user guides?
Do you regularly respond to queries on public mailing lists and/or
bulletin boards?

Do you have experience of open source business models? Would you be able
to present teaching materials to academic audiences at conferences?

If your answers are yes and you have a degree or equivalent experience
in computer science with a focus on software engineering, then please
get in touch with us.  We are looking for a Research Officer to join our
team in order to provide advice and guidance on open source software
development methods to projects based in UK higher and further
education.

OSS Watch is the national advisory service on free and open source
software for UK higher and further education. It is situated within the
Research Technologies Service based at Oxford University Computing
Services and funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/. More information about OSS Watch can be found
online at http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/.

Please obtain further details and an application form from The Personnel
Office, Oxford University Computing Services, 13 Banbury Road, Oxford
OX2 6NN, tel: 01865-283289, e???mail: recruitment at oucs.ox.ac.uk  or
on-line at http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/jobs/

Completed applications must be received by 12 noon on 17th November 2006
Interviews will be held during week commencing 27th November 2006.