Oxford University's OSS Watch Looking for Open Source Community and Development Managers

Sander van der Waal | OSS Watch | June 10, 2012

Do you have a passion for of free and open source software? Do you understand how open source communities work and do you enjoy working with people?

The University of Oxford hosts OSS Watch, an open source advisory service to the UK higher and Further Education sector. We assist in the use and development of open source solutions. We are currently looking for a Service/Community Manager and a Development Manager. An outline of the jobs are shown below, and the full description and instructions on how to apply are the jobs website. You can apply until noon (UK time) 2 July 2012, and both posts are funded initially until 31st July 2013. Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.

For both roles, you will be a key part of an exciting project which is improving the methods of production of software in the UK academic sector. You should have relevant experience in an open and collaboratively developed open source project and must willing to undertake occasional travel to client sites and conference events.