Research Assistant

**Research Assistant (M/F/d) **for digital data acquisition and data management in the digitization project Prize Papers: Indexing - Digitization - Presentation (salary group 13 TV-L) at a rate of 100% (currently 39.8 hours/week). The position is suitable for part-time work. The position is initially limited until 31.12.2028. After successful project evaluation, there is the possibility of extension. The project, funded by the Academies Program of the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities under the umbrella of the Niedersächsische Akademie zu Göttingen, aims to index and catalogue the extraordinary historical source of the so-called "Prize Papers" of the British High Court of Admiralty, to digitize the documents and artefacts, and to make them available online for research and the interested public. The collection consists of extremely heterogeneous, mostly handwritten documents in several languages, including administrative documents as well as letters or diaries from the early modern period. The project partners are The National Archives UK (TNA). The project also cooperates with the German Historical Institute London and the IT services of the Joint Library Network (VZG of GBV) based in Göttingen. The advertised position is based at the project headquarters at the University of Oldenburg, Germany. The position will work closely with colleagues from all project areas, especially Computer Science and the IT service providers. **Tasks**: - Indexing and digital input of metadata of multilingual heterogeneous and handwritten historical documents, ca. 1650-1817 (50%). - Maintenance and further development of controlled vocabularies and metadata standards - Data management, including data controlling and data monitoring, suggestions for optimizing data entry, data export to the portal, use/development of APIs for data exchange, error management database - Connection and networking with cooperation partners in data management - Collaboration with teams at all project sites Hiring Requirements: - Completed academic university studies (MA/Master of Education/Diplom Uni) in history or a related field. - Very good knowledge, ideally with training, in the field of data management/research data management and ideally with experience in humanities digitization projects - Knowledge of working with different data formats, data infrastructures, metadata standards, and creating interoperability of data (banks) - Knowledge of paleography for the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries or willingness to acquire this independently within six months - Very good knowledge of English, good knowledge of German, or willingness to acquire these within one year - Evidence of work experience/degrees/training in the above areas of responsibility - Ability to work in a team in an interdisciplinary and international environment - Excellent time management skills and initiative Desirable skills, knowledge and experience: - Knowledge of early modern history with a focus on global history / willingness to acquire. - Knowledge of digital humanities, datamining or HTR/OTR text recognition. You will work in a team of young scholars* working in a broad international network in the field of digital humanities and historical research. You will have the opportunity to develop your skills in digital data acquisition and data management of a large-scale historical digitization project in an international and outstanding project at the intersection of humanities, digitization and database technologies. The position is based at the University of Oldenburg. It includes travel to our project partners* in London and in Göttingen as well as to workshops and conferences relevant to the position. The University has set itself the goal of increasing the proportion of women in science. Therefore, women are strongly encouraged to apply. In accordance with - 21 para. 3 NHG, female applicants will be given preferential consideration if they are equally qualified. Disabled applicants will be given preferential consideration in case of equal suitability. Unfortunately, travel expenses incurred in the course of the interviews cannot be reimbursed.