From rshetty at mit.edu Mon Apr 9 19:22:56 2007 From: rshetty at mit.edu (Reshma Shetty) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 19:22:56 -0400 Subject: [sc-discuss] two full-time positions available at OpenWetWare: a wiki for biologists Message-ID: <6e9f40380704091622v4f11f393m13fedd70373a940@mail.gmail.com> Hello, I thought some folks interested in Science Commons might also be interested to know that OpenWetWare (http://openwetware.org ) is hiring for two full-time positions. OpenWetWare is an effort to promote the sharing of information, know-how, and wisdom among researchers and groups who are working in biology & biological engineering. We are looking for a senior technology developer and a senior knowledge developer (details below). Both will be hired and based out of MIT in Cambridge, MA, USA. Please forward to any folks you think might be interested. Questions go to hiring at openwetware.org Thanks, Reshma ----- Do you want to change the future of scientific and engineering research? Are you looking for a unique opportunity to empower researchers to openly share information? OpenWetWare is a community of thousands of researchers from around the world who freely share their ideas, results, tools, and wisdom. Our project has largely been volunteer driven to date; we are now looking to hire two full time employees. Senior technology developer Responsibilities: Define and carryout lead software development and technology integration in support of OpenWetWare. Cultivate and respond to community input. Leverage internal volunteer development resources and establish productive relationship with external open source projects. Oversee outsourced server operations. Help lead development of our long term technology development strategy. Requirements: Deep experience and proficiency with Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. Familiarity with MediaWiki a plus. Awareness and understanding of ongoing external web 2.0 trends and projects. Should be able to develop and carryout independent projects. Must be able to foster productive relationships with existing and growing OWW user community. Apply at http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Hiring Senior knowledge developer Responsibilities: Lead improvements to the OWW community and knowledge structure. Develop and implement knowledge management resources that improve the sharing of information via OWW. Lead conversations with OWW users and Technology Developers to ensure continuing relevance of ongoing knowledge management improvements. Help lead development of our long term community and knowledge development strategy. Requirements: Excellent communication, writing, organizational, and knowledge management skills. Awareness of ongoing external web 2.0 trends and projects. Fanatical enthusiasm for open research and communication. Apply at http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Hiring Questions? Email hiring at openwetware.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/sc-discuss/attachments/20070409/9bdef94d/attachment.htm