Posted to IASSIST on: 2014-08-18
Employer: Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA)
Employer URL: http://www.cessda.net/
Description
Plan, establish, oversee, coordinate and manage development projects for CESSDA. Make project applications and descriptions.
Principal duties or key objectives:
- Research and plan projects, in conjunction with the Managing Director and other staff members
- Reviews plans and schedules projects and their deliverables, goals and milestones for internal and external projects
- Liaise with CESSDA Service Providers and other external stakeholders
- Any other duties required by the Managing Director or his/her nominee
Experience/knowledge
- High level experience in writing project applications and project description
- High level experience in scientific, technical and financial project management and coordination
- A broad range of experience with specialist knowledge of activities, methodologies and practices (including interdisciplinary) in the area of tools and research infrastructures for the Social Sciences
- Knowledge of the wider landscape on Social Sciences
- Experience of presenting to a wide range of audiences
- Experience setting priorities and long term planning
- Experience coordinating work across different partner institutions/organisations
Skills/abilities
- Proficiency and experience in authoring and editing project applications, project descriptions, articles etc. in English
- Computer literate
- Willingness to keep up to date with on-going developments within Research Infrastructure and Tools for the Social Sciences
- Ability to communicate in a persuasive way to a wide range of audiences
- Ability to represent the organisation in a highly professional manner
- A pro-active approach to work
- Able to travel when required
- Fluent written and spoken English
Archived on: 2014-08-19