[Matthew K. Gold (he/him)]

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From: Flanders, Julia <j.flanders@northeastern.edu>
Date: Thu, May 4, 2023 at 9:25 PM
Subject: job posting for circulation
To: mattgold@gmail.com <mattgold@gmail.com>

The Digital Scholarship Group at Northeastern University is hiring! We have
just launched a search for an Associate Director–an exciting position with
a great portfolio of interesting and important work, and room for growth.
Please circulate to potential candidates and consider applying. The
position will remain open until filled but application review will begin
after May 26. Here’s the link to apply and learn more, and I am also happy
to answer questions:

https://northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/careers/details/Associate-Director–Digital-Scholarship-Group_R114480

The full posting is included below for convenience.

Best wishes, Julia
Julia Flanders
Professor of the Practice
Director, Digital Scholarship Group
Northeastern University

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About the Opportunity

The Digital Scholarship Group (DSG) in the Northeastern University Library
is excited to open a search for an Associate Director. Working within a
warm, collaborative, and collegial environment dedicated to social justice,
this position has broad responsibility for coordinating the research and
development effort of the DSG group, building and maintaining relationships
with collaborative partners, and overseeing DSG’s outreach and pedagogical
initiatives. This position is based in Boston but is eligible for a hybrid
work arrangement, and specific arrangements can be negotiated at the time
of hire. This position is situated at a leading R1 institution committed to
intensive research and meaningful educational experiences for students at
all levels. The University Library is a vital partner in learning,
teaching, and community-engaged research for a diverse campus community
centered on experiential learning.

Responsibilities

The Associate Director has responsibility for guiding DSG’s research and
development projects in ways that balance external funding requirements,
the pace of our collaborative partners, and our own internal balance of
activities and responsibilities. This position oversees the work of DSG’s
developers and analysts on design and implementation of digital research
projects, and ensures strong communication and documentation practices
within the group. Working closely with other DSG and library staff, faculty
collaborators, and students, this position leads the creation and use of
digital archives and exhibits using our WordPress-based publication
platform and the array of resources it draws upon including Wikipedia,
Wikidata, Knightlab tools, and digital repositories within and beyond
Northeastern. The AD also plays an important role in developing policies
and practices within the group to enact our commitment to digital
approaches that consider the ethical, social, pedagogical, and research
implications of digital tools, methods, and data. The AD may serve as PI or
project director on external grants and will contribute to grant-funded and
internal projects such as the Boston Research Center, the Civil Rights and
Restorative Justice project, and others. They may also contribute directly
to project design and development based on specific areas of expertise.

Within the Northeastern University Library, the DSG Associate Director also
works closely with staff from Research Data Services, Digital Production
Services, and University Archives and Special Collections, as well as
external partners such as the Boston Public Library, to coordinate effort
on shared projects such as the Boston Research Center. This position also
has opportunities to contribute to DSG’s pedagogical activities in areas
like high-performance computing, digital collections, and
Wikipedia/Wikidata, and to support faculty and students in expert use of
structured data formats and effective digital workflows.

We warmly invite people with various skills and levels of expertise to
apply to this position. Candidates who meet some, but not all, of the
qualifications listed below are strongly encouraged to apply. We seek
colleagues who are committed to building an inclusive and diverse working
environment and who have been and remain underrepresented or marginalized
in the field of librarianship – including but not limited to people of
color, LGBTQ+ people, individuals with disabilities and applicants from
lower-income and first-generation library or academic backgrounds. We
expect this position to be an ongoing learning experience and are committed
to supporting professional development.

Qualifications

We realize that this is a lengthy list of activities and qualifications.
There are multiple paths toward success in this position, depending on the
successful candidate’s interests and experience. The following
qualifications are fundamental to the position:
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree or similar training in a
humanities, information science, data science, or other relevant discipline
preferred
• Experience working in a position of leadership in a digital
humanities/digital scholarship context; experience supervising staff and/or
students.
• Demonstrated history of experience and skill with project management;
experience supervising technical development activities would be a strong
plus
• Experience working with historical and cultural heritage data or
digitized materials
• Commitment to thoughtful, adaptive engagement with the needs of community
collaborators
• Ability to work on multiple concurrent projects and adapt to the evolving
landscape of digital humanities
• Demonstrated commitment to progressing diversity, equity, and inclusion
initiatives and practices
• Collaborative problem-solving skills and the ability to research and
recommend solutions as part of a participatory design process
• Strong oral and written skills, ability to communicate across expertise
levels and prepare project documentation
• Enthusiasm for growing skills and developing new technical competencies

The following skills are valuable to the position in the long term, but are
not all essential for applicants to possess at the outset; we can provide
training:
• Familiarity with key digital humanities platforms and information
standards (such as TEI, Omeka, Zotero, databases, GIS, Knightlab tools, or
linked open data)
• Familiarity with open-source development practices and workflows,
preferably within an academic or non-profit environment
• Experience with developing and leading workshops and with classroom
teaching
• Experience working with structured data formats (for instance, XML, RDF,
JSON, CSV, relational databases) and with data conversion, data
enhancement, and data analysis

Salary Grade: $93,300 to $149,285

About the Digital Scholarship Group

A recognized leader in the field, the Digital Scholarship Group supports
digital modes of research, publication, and collaboration through applied
research, systems and tools development, and consultative services. The DSG
offers a friendly and closely collaborative work environment, and actively
fosters the professional and intellectual development of all of our
colleagues and collaborators, including training opportunities and
mentorship.

Our team engages with faculty in the digital humanities and quantitative
social sciences from across the university to develop digital research and
teaching projects, organize events, plan grant-funded initiatives and
provide training and mentorship. We also work in close partnership with
Northeastern’s Archives and Special Collections, the NULab for Maps, Texts,
and Networks, and with cultural heritage partners in Boston including the
Massachusetts Historical Society and the Boston Public Library.

We develop tools and platforms for working with digital artifacts and data,
for querying and publishing them. We also provide workshops, mentorship
opportunities, and pedagogical frameworks to the Northeastern community.
Some of our major projects include the Boston Research Center, the Civil
Rights and Restorative Justice Project, and the Digital Archive of
Indigenous Language Persistence, as well as a number of digital archiving
projects from the Library’s Archives and Special Collections. In all of our
projects, we are attentive to inclusive and anti-racist approaches to data
modeling, platform development, and collaborative working processes.

About the Library

The Northeastern University Library supports the mission of the University
by working in partnership with the University community to develop and
disseminate new scholarship. The Library fosters intellectual and
professional growth, enriches the research, teaching, and learning
environment, and promotes the effective use of knowledge by managing and
delivering information resources and services to library users.

Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to
recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff.
Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives
to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group
relations and builds cohesion.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color,
national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any
other characteristic protected by applicable law.To learn more about
Northeastern University’s commitment and support of diversity and
inclusion, please see http://www.northeastern.edu/diversity.

To learn more about the Northeastern University Library’s commitment and
support of diversity and inclusion, please see
https://library.northeastern.edu/administration/diversity-equity-inclusion/.

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