Recruitment Role Profile Form (Template)
Version 1.0
Last amended: February 2011
THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
Recruitment Role Profile Form
Job Title:
Research Associate/Fellow
School/Department:
School of Computer Science
Salary:
£25,769 - £37,768 per annum depending on skills and experience
(minimum £28,982 with relevant PhD). Salary progression beyond
this scale is subject to performance
Job Family and Level: Research & Teaching Level 4 Training Grade/Level 4
Contract Status:
Fixed-term from 01 October 2016 until 30 September 2019
Hours of Work:
Full-time (36.25 hours per week)
Location:
School of Computer Science, Jubilee Campus
Reporting to:
Dr Rong Qu, Professor Bob John, Dr Jason Atkin
Purpose of the New Role:
To conduct scientific research in order to meet the objectives of the requirements of the
European Commission project.
1.
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Main Responsibilities
% time
per year
To initiate, innovate and undertake research within the consortium. This
involves knowledge engineering on large amounts of data, and establishing the
case based reasoning system.
To write research papers in order to disseminate the research findings. To
support further dissemination of results through invited presentations at
international meetings, conferences and seminars.
To be involved in research activities and work collaboratively with other
researchers within the consortium. To attend and contribute to consortium
meetings as required by the academic research team.
80%
Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience
Essential
Qualifications/
 PhD (or equivalent) or near
Education
completion in Computer Science,
Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge
Engineering or closely related
discipline
Skills/Training
 Data analysis skills
 Research capabilities including
building knowledge bases and
developing new research
methodologies/ideas
 Good understanding of data mining
and knowledge discovery
 Good interpersonal and
communication skills
10%
10%
Desirable
 Understanding and development
of data mining tools and
knowledge engineering
techniques
 Computer programming skills
Experience
Other
 Writing reports and research papers
 Oral Presentation of research
findings
 Working independently and as part
of an international team
 Willingness to travel in Europe
Decision Making
i)
taken independently by the role holder
• Conducting research on a day-to-day basis according to agreed objectives
• Decision on technical issues arising as part of the research work
ii)
taken in collaboration with others
• Exploration of research directions to support overall research goals
• Decision on strategies to achieve the agreed research goals
• Decision of reports and papers to be written for dissemination
iii)
referred to the appropriate line manager by the role holder
• Changes to the research directions, objectives or goals
• Approval of reports and papers for circulation and/or presentation outside the research team
Additional Information
The role holder will be part of the ASAP research group in the School of Computer Science.
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