Digital Preservation Enterprise Fellow

School of Humanities

Location:  Avenue Campus
Salary:   £34,980 to £42,978 Per annum
Full Time Permanent
Closing Date:  Tuesday 19 September 2023
Interview Date:   To be confirmed
Reference:  2410623AR

The School of Humanities at the University of Southampton encompasses a diverse range of subjects providing high-quality teaching within a vibrant research and enterprise culture. Southampton Digital Humanities contribute to that environment by enabling staff and students across the School of Humanities to take digital and computational approaches to the humanities teaching, research, and enterprise.

You will play a central role in the successful delivery of the Southampton Digital Preservation Advisory Unit, a new flagship enterprise project hosted and supported by Southampton Digital Humanities. You will plan enterprise activities, develop an area of specialism, contribute to income generation, and provide outstanding services to clients and partners. You will have knowledge and understanding of digital preservation or digitisation in a cultural heritage context, with a PhD or equivalent professional qualifications or experience in a related subject area.

You will join a team of dedicated educators and researchers supported by recent investment in Digital Humanities expertise, estate, and resources. Notable among these is our Digital Humanities Hub, an infrastructure that supports study and research, is a hub for expertise and critique, and provides access to technologies that enable us to scan, manipulate, and preserve heritage objects, make and explore virtual worlds, compute text and multimedia, sonify pictures, immerse ourselves in data visualisations, and much more.

A founding member of the prestigious Russell Group, the University of Southampton has a global reputation for its passion and ability to work collaboratively in delivering world-class education, research and innovation that makes a proven impact on society’s greatest challenges. We are a top 100 global university (QS World Rankings, 2023) and we are top 20 in the UK (Complete University Guide, 2023). We bring people and ideas together to achieve the remarkable. We provide the environment, the support and the challenge for them to realise their fullest potential.

This position will be offered on a full time, permanent basis.

For an informal discussion of the post, please contact Professor James Baker (Director of Digital Humanities) by email at j.w.baker@soton.ac.uk.