[ANPPOM-L] CHARM post at King's College London

[Carlos Palombini]

PROJECT COORDINATOR
AHRC CENTRE FOR THE HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF RECORDED MUSIC

Applications are invited for the post of Web Project Coordinator in the
AHRC-funded Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music
(CHARM), based in the Department of Music, King's College London. This
is a fixed-term appointment for three years from 1 April 2006.

The successful candidate will continue the development and management of 
a website consisting of a database of pre-War recordings of classical 
music, supplemented by links to existing web-based resources relevant to
research into recorded music, and material generated by CHARM. 
Day-to-day tasks include editing data received from contributors in word 
processing, spreadsheet and database files, preparing it to be 
transferred to the online database, and inputting data from printed, 
typewritten and manuscript sources, as well as dealing with email and 
written correspondence from contributors and users. The coordinator will 
be responsible for developing contacts with archivists, collectors, 
discographers and other experts on recorded music, seeking material
to add to the website, and will liaise with staff at the Centre for
Computing in the Humanities at King’s College who design and maintain 
the website.

He or she will be capable of meticulous accuracy in repetitive tasks,
and must be able to work independently and as part of a team as well as 
show initiative and the ability to prioritise. Experience with a range 
of office and internet software is essential; experience with web-based 
database programs is desirable. You must have good written and oral 
English and organisational skills. And you must have wide-ranging 
knowledge of musical repertoires in order to be able to recognize titles 
of musical compositions, names of composers and performers, voice and 
instrument types, and other information found in discographies, in a 
variety of spellings and languages.

The salary will be on of the CRA4 scale, currently £18,876 to £21,416
per annum including £2,323 London Allowance. Please quote reference 
H4/AAM/17/06.

For further details, job description and application form please contact
Personnel Department, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS.
Fax 0207 848 1352 or e-mail strand-recruitment em kcl.ac.uk. Informal 
enquiries may be made to the Associate Director of CHARM at King’s 
College, Professor Daniel Leech-Wilkinson: email 
daniel.leech-wilkinson em kcl.ac.uk. The closing
date for completed applications is 13 March 2006, 4pm.

-- 
carlos palombini
diretor
centro de pesquisa em música contemporânea
universidade federal de minas gerais
cpmc-ufmg
<palombini em terra.com.br>