Part-time IT Officer (Linux Specialist)

FACULTY OF MEDIEVAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES and FACULTY OF LINGUISTICS, PHILOLOGY AND PHONETICS

Grade 7: Salary £29,099 - £35,788 pa (pro rata)

An experienced IT Officer with excellent Linux skills is sought to join a small IT support team shared by the Linguistics Faculty (including the Centre for Linguistics and Philology, the Phonetics Laboratory and the Language and Brain Laboratory) and the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages. As well as contributing to server and desktop support in a networked Netware and Linux environment, the postholder will also contribute to the continued development of new and deployed services.

The person we are looking for will also have strong organisational skills, with proven experience of prioritising a varied workload to tight deadlines, and the ability to resolve problems, often at short-notice; excellent written and verbal communication skills at all levels and with a wide range of people; and a proactive and flexible approach to work, exhibiting a desire to provide a good service and to work towards continuous improvements in systems and procedures.

The post will be 0.5 FTE, as five half days a week (occasional evening or weekend work may be required). This is a fixed-term post tenable in the first instance for a period of 36 months, commencing as soon as possible.

Further particulars about the post and details of the application process may be downloaded from the website at http://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/recruitment/. Applications should be emailed as a PDF to recruitment@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk in the form of a CV and covering letter indicating how you match our requirements, by no later than noon on Wednesday 30 March 2011. Interviews are planned to take place in early April (exact date to be confirmed).

This is a re-advertisement; previous applicants need not re-apply.