Community and Outreach Manager for GLOBALISE - Huygens Instituut

Amsterdam Amsterdam
Max hours per week: 30,40 Max salary: 5.929 Duration of agreement: 1 jaar Apply until: 07/07/2024

What you will do

As the Community and Outreach Manager for GLOBALISE (https://globalise.huygens.knaw.nl), you will be joining a project dedicated to empowering researchers and the wider public to explore the early history of Dutch colonialism in Asia. Our mission centers on unlocking the UNESCO Memory of the World-listed archives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). These archives provide detailed insights into the VOC’s activities and contain unique and invaluable information about the societies of early modern Asia and South Africa. In pursuit of our mission, we collaborate with researchers, citizen scientists, and various user groups to adapt and enhance our infrastructure.

You will directly oversee the involvement of Dutch volunteers in tasks such as tagging mentions of persons and locations in historical texts, reviewing transcriptions, and georeferencing maps. Additionally, you will collaborate with our network of international scholars to establish hubs in countries such as Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and South Africa for engaging local scholars, students, and citizen scientists. You will take care that these contributions are impactful and align with the project’s goals.

You will also lead the outreach efforts to expand the utilization of the GLOBALISE infrastructure beyond our current reach of scholars. This will involve identifying and exploring new routes to engage non-specialist audiences, particularly in Asia, through strategic communications and partnerships. Your efforts will focus on enhancing the project’s visibility and encouraging the adoption of our resources for research, cultural, and educational initiatives.

What you bring
You have a master’s degree in a relevant field such as History or Cultural Studies, ideally some prior experience in community engagement, and a curious mind for connecting historical research with diverse, global audiences. You have an interest in colonial and non-Western histories and are sensitive to the potential ethical complexities surrounding these topics when working with citizen scientists.

Your communication skills enable you to connect with a broad range of people, often from international backgrounds. Independence, initiative, and a proactive work style are amongst your strengths. Proficiency in English is a must, and knowledge of Bahasa Indonesia, or another relevant Asian language and/or Dutch is advantageous. A pre-existing network within our relevant communities will be considered a plus.

What we offer
Joining GLOBALISE means being at the forefront of digital humanities research, and contributing to an innovative project together with a dynamic team of historians, data engineers, computational linguists, and developers. We offer a supportive and collaborative environment where your work will have a significant impact on creating more inclusive global histories.

The appointment is for four days a week for the duration of one year, with the possibility of extension until the end of the project (31 December 2026). The latest intended start date is 1 October 2024.

Your workplace
GLOBALISE is a collaboration of the Huygens Institute with the International Institute of Social History, the Digital Infrastructure Department of the KNAW Humanities Cluster, VU University, the University of Amsterdam, and the Dutch National Archives. You will be appointed at the Huygens Institute, located in the centre of Amsterdam.

More information
For more information about the job and the project, please contact Lodewijk Petram, project manager of GLOBALISE: lodewijk.petram@huygens.knaw.nl.

Application process
Job interviews will be scheduled in the week of July 15th.

To be considered for this position, candidates are required to reside in or relocate to the Netherlands. Candidates from outside the Netherlands may also work with us as self-employed contractors. These arrangements will be customized through mutual agreement to align with both the organization’s needs and the candidate’s circumstances.

About the Huygens Institute
The Huygens Institute aims to enrich, broaden, renew and make widely accessible the research on history and culture of the Netherlands. We do this by digitally opening up historical and literary data and texts from various collections and sources, connecting them and analysing them in innovative ways – across the centuries and beyond Europe’s borders.

Terms of employment
Depending on education and experience the minimum salary is 4.332 and the maximum salary is 5.929 gross per month for a full-time appointment (scale 11 cao Nederlandse Universiteiten/KNAW). This is exclusive of 8% vacation allowance, 8.3% year-end bonus, travel allowance, internet allowance, home working allowance and pension accrual with ABP.

The KNAW offers its staff an excellent package of secondary benefits. A package that meets the different needs of employees depending on their stage of life, lifestyle or career ambitions. For example, by working an extra two hours a week, it is possible to increase the number of days off from 29 to 41 days a year (with full-time employment).

For a complete overview of the terms of employment, please refer to the web page: werken bij de KNAW.

Applying for a Certificate of Good Conduct can be part of the employment procedure.

Diversity & Inclusion
The KNAW considers a working environment in which everyone feels welcome and appreciated of great importance. A working environment in which attention is paid to individual quality and where development opportunities are paramount. Together we strive for an inclusive culture in which we embrace differences. We would therefore like to invite candidates who want to contribute to this through their background and experience. In the event of equal suitability, preference will be given to the candidate who thus enhances diversity within the Academy.

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