Employment Opportunities at AustLII

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7 September 2001

Expressions of interest sought for positions

The Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII - http://www.austlii.edu.au/) is employing new staff members for 2001. We encourage people who are suitably qualified for and interested in the positions described below to apply. Applicants may apply for more than one position.

The positions will be located primarily at AustLII's offices at the Markets Campus of the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), in the Faculty of Law. AustLII is a joint facility of the Faculties of Law at UTS and UNSW. AustLII employees are employed as employees of UTS or UNSW. The positions are offered as full time positions but opportunities are available to accommodate the completion of tertiary studies or, in appropriate cases, on a part-time basis.

Information about AustLII's operation can be found in summary form in 'About AustLII', and in more detail in 'The AustLII papers 1999' as published in 2000 (1) JILT. Additional background information can be found in 'The AustLII papers 1997' as published in 1997 (2) JILT.

Applications for this round of AustLII's appointments in 2001 will close on 20 October 2001. However, further appointments are likely to be made next year, and expressions of interest are welcome at any time.

AustLII is looking for staff to fill some or all of the following positions:

Systems Officer / Project officer - International and Regional Collection
System administrator and software developer

Systems Officer / Project officer - International and Regional Collection

This position is part of the team responsible for AustLII's legal materials and those of the British and Irish Legal Information Institute's (BAILII) - over 80 large scale databases of primary materials (case law and legislation) and secondary materials (including law journals and law reform commission reports). Members of the team each have responsibility for management and development of sets of databases, and (depending on qualifications and experience) on the development of new software for text processing.

Members of the team are involved in various research projects funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) and other local and overseas funding bodies.

This position has a more regional and international focus. The principal responsibility of this position is to manage and develop BAILII's case law and legislation databases by the use of standards and automated tools but may require work on other databases.

Qualifications: Tertiary qualifications in computer science (or equivalent degree) are essential. A background in law is desirable. A sound knowledge of, and experience in the use of HTML and internet protocols is essential. Knowledge of Unix, Perl, and any text management tools is desirable. Good communications skills are highly desirable.

(2) System administrator and software developer

AustLII's main server is a Sun Enterprise E4500 server with a E3000 acting as a backup server. AustLII also has a number of Ultra 1s and Ultra 5s, as well as PCs and Macs. The servers receive over 300,000 'hits' per day. AustLII develops and uses a lot of its own software including a search engine, and web indexing software. This position is part of the team responsible for:

Administering servers running e-mail, WWW, databases, firewall, and other applications.
Configure, optimise, maintain, and troubleshoot hardware and software.
Manage backup, recovery, and security procedures.
Developing data management software.

Qualifications: Tertiary qualifications in Computer Science (or equivalent degree) is essential, but applicants who are near to completion of qualifications will be considered. Applicants require a sound knowledge of internet protocols, and experience in administrating Unix systems (Solaris, OpenBSD) and Apache servers. Knowledge of HTML, C and Perl is desirable.

Please contact ...

Anyone interested in submitting an expression of interest in the positions which are to be created should send the following details by e-mail to AustLII:

A short letter explaining which of the above-listed positions they feel that they are interested and qualified to fill.
A brief resume of their qualifications, employment history and experience in creating internet resources.

Details should be sent to AustLII's Administrative Officer, Cathy Thomson (cathy@austlii.edu.au). If any attachments are included with your email, please ensure that they are in rtf (rich text format). We cannot guarantee that we can read other forms of attachment.

Telephone enquiries should be directed to AustLII's Executive Director, Philip Chung, on 02 9514 3175.