Software Developer (Researcher - CENTRIC) Sheffield, England
Sheffield Hallam University
Full Time
Sheffield, England
29762 - 36333 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
*** As long as you meet the essential criteria in the person specification, not having experience of working in an academic setting will not preclude you from being shortlisted. ***
The Role
Centre of Excellence in Terrorism, Resilience, Intelligence & Organised Crime Research (CENTRIC) is looking for a software developer to play a key role developing new and contemporary technologies in a the 3PO project.
You will be working as part of the dedicated 3PO team and the wider technical team within CENTRIC contributing to the development of software tools and applications. 3PO is a project that will develop technical solutions to protect police officers and their families from online harms and ultimately to empower their full participation in the online domain. (For information on the project, please see website www.3po-project.co.uk)
You will be involved in all stages of the software development lifecycle from project definition and requirements elicitation through to development and full-scale piloting within a law enforcement environment. You will also collaborate with 3PO’s partners including several UK Law Enforcement Agencies.
CENTRIC operates in fields such as terrorism, organised crime, open source intelligence, international law enforcement, border management, resilience, and humanitarian assistance. In each of these fields the kinds of software CENTRIC develops spans the domains of situational awareness, social media monitoring, data analytics, virtual reality training, and mobile applications.
You will also develop strong links with universities, law enforcement agencies, intergovernmental organisations, and industry, and the opportunity to work closely with researchers and practitioners with a wide range of technical expertise.
The Team
CENTRIC is a multidisciplinary, security focused research centre, located at Sheffield Hallam University. By collaborating with a number of academic, law enforcement, government and industry partners from across the EU, CENTRIC's objective is to address issues and provide solutions to some of Europe's most pressing contemporary security challenges.
CENTRIC aims to provide a platform for researchers, practitioners, policy makers and the public to focus on applied research in the security domain. The Centre's activities are firmly underpinned by consideration for citizen perspectives, the interests and engagement of all end-users, as well as key societal and relevant ethical issues.
You can find out more about the directorate at http://research.shu.ac.uk/centric/
Sheffield Hallam welcomes applications from all candidates irrespective of age, pregnancy and maternity, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, or marital or civil partnership status.
For this job we particularly welcome applications from minority ethnic applicants who are underrepresented in this area at Sheffield Hallam.
The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international applicants in this role; this will depend on a number of factors specific to the individual applicant.
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