Please note that this vacancy is only open to current University of Glasgow employees.

Job Purpose

To actively contribute and provide team leadership to the Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic (DASG) and Corpas na Gàidhlig projects.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1.  To supervise the work of corpus assistants working on the DASG project, and, where appropriate, to train new staff.

2.  To maintain accurate records of work in progress in line with project requirements and completed work, and to prepare regular reports.

3.  To use OCR (Optical Character Recognition Software) in order to capture the texts digitally, proofread and edit OCRed texts and save them as appropriately named files.

4.  To scan Gaelic texts using digital scanning equipment, file and correctly label scanned images and texts, and edit scanned images according to project protocols.

5.  To manage and be responsible for DASG-related files in the j: drive and on the DASG Teams site.

6.  To develop links with other corpus-related projects, and with libraries, archives and electronic repositories as appropriate.

7.  To travel to and work in repositories as necessary such as the National Library of Scotland or Edinburgh University Library in connection with DASG duties.

8.  To deal with copyright issues as appropriate.

9.  To liaise with IT and computing staff, and with commercial printers, as appropriate.

10.  Subject to project priorities to assist the DASG systems developer with the DASG Audio Archive, maintaining the database of reel-to-reel tapes and cassettes, transcribing and / or overseeing the transcription of the digitised recordings, aligning the transcriptions and recordings, and adding functionality to the web interface.

11.  To supervise the work of the Gaelic Transcriber on the ÈIST AI project.

12.  To represent DASG at internal and external meetings.

13.  To oversee DASG social media output, in particular the DASG blog.

14.  To monitor the DASG mail inbox and reply to correspondents, liaising with the Director of DASG as appropriate.

15.  To provide the Director with regular written reports, including formal reports for Faclair na Gàidhlig meetings.

16.  To undertake training as required relating to corpus and archival duties.

17.  To undertake other duties relating to the DASG project as requested by the Director of DASG.

Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Knowledge/Qualifications

Essential:

A1 (a) Good first degree in Scottish Gaelic or Celtic Studies with Gaelic or (b) ability to demonstrate the competencies required to undertake the duties associated with this level of post having acquired the necessary knowledge and skills ideally in a previous role.

A2 Detailed knowledge of Scottish Gaelic language and spelling conventions.

A3 Good knowledge of the DASG project.

Desirable:

B1 Good working knowledge of database administration tools (e.g. PHPMyAdmin).

Skills

Essential:

C1 Excellent communications skills both orally and written, in both English and Scottish Gaelic.

C2 Good interpersonal and presentation skills.

C3 Time/project management skills and ability to work to deadlines.

C4 Ability to use initiative and independent judgement.

C5 Ability to work as part of a team.

C6 Excellent IT skills, including ability to use a text editor (e.g. Notepad.

C7 Ability to self-motivate and work with little supervision.

Experience

Essential:

E1 Demonstrable relevant work experience with qualifications or significant relevant work experience without relevant qualifications.

E2 Experience of scanning and / or proofing texts and working on Gaelic digital projects.

E3 Experience of working with online databases.

Desirable:

F1 Experience of cataloguing, transcribing and annotating Gaelic audio recordings.

Terms and Conditions

Salary will be Grade 5, £27,319 - £31,236 per annum.

This post is full time (35 hours per week), and is available until 31 July 2028 in the first instance.

As a valued member of our team, you can expect:

1 A warm welcoming and engaging organisational culture, where your talents are developed and nurtured, and success is celebrated and shared.

2 An excellent employment package with generous terms and conditions including 41 days of leave for full time staff, pension - pensions handbook https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/payandpensions/pensions/, benefits and discount packages.

3 A flexible approach to working.

4 A commitment to support your health and wellbeing, including a free 6-month UofG Sport membership for all new staff joining the University  https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/staff/healthwellbeing/.

We believe that we can only reach our full potential through the talents of all. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Applications are particularly welcome from across our communities and in particular people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented within the University. Read more on how the University promotes and embeds all aspects of equality and diversity within our community https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity/.

We endorse the principles of Athena Swan https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity/athenaswan/ and hold bronze, silver and gold awards across the University.

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Closing Date:  23 October 2025