Two Posts Available: Project Manager (UCL - London); Postdoctoral Research Associate / Programmer - GIS (Liverpoool), UK

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As part of a major investment in the acquisition, management and analysis of Big Data, the ESRC is investing £6 million over five years in the Retail Business Datasafe (RBDS), based at University College London (UCL) in partnership with the University of Liverpool and the University of Oxford. In addition to a freestanding programme of research into the retail sector, the RBDS will work in partnership with the University of Leeds to create the Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC).

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Role 1: Project Manager (University College London, UCL Department of Geography)
Full Time: The appointment will be on UCL Grade 9. The salary will be £52,078 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance.

Funded by the ESRC until the 13th February 2019 in the first instance.

For this post we are seeking a highly-motivated individual with responsibilities for leading the RBDS and coordinating contributions to the CDRC. The Project Manager will be responsible for liaison with RBDS partners in the retail sector and with the Leeds centre, along with responsibilities for managing staffing across the RBDS in London, Liverpool and Oxford. Although the post is based in London, travel to participating sites in the UK will be required.

For more details about this post see: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AIT177/project-manager/

For further details please contact: Professor Paul Longley (p.longley@ucl.ac.uk)

Closing Date: 11 June 2014

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Role 2: Postdoctoral Research Associate / Programmer - Geographic Information Science (University of Liverpool, Department of Geography and Planning). £31,644 - £36,661 pa.

Funded by the ESRC until the 13th February 2019 in the first instance.

This role will provide programming support to the programme of service delivery and research. The vast majority of application development will be online, so we would be especially interested in hearing from individuals with web development experience. Furthermore, we will be developing a number of web mapping applications, and experience of developing interfaces to spatial data within online environments would be highly desirable.

For more details about this post see: http://www.liv.ac.uk/working/jobvacancies/currentvacancies/research/r-585847/

For further details please contact: Dr Alex Singleton (alex.singleton@liverpool.ac.uk)

Closing Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 17:00:00 BST