Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Graffiti Gazetteer

Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Pusey Lane Oxford OX1 2LE

Grade 7: £39,424 - £47,779 per annum, inc. Oxford University Weighting

Part-time (0.5 FTE), fixed-term for 12 months

Reporting to Dr Hana Navratilova, the Principal Investigator, the post holder will be a member of the Graffiti Gazetteer research project. This project, now in its second phase, is focussed on scaling up a digital research infrastructure that serves as a data repository for secondary epigraphy (graffiti) in Egypt. This phase of the project is supported by funding from the John Fell Fund, building on funding from Digital

The post holder will be responsible for carrying out research, data harvesting, and grant scoping for the next phase. They will lead data ingest, with a focus on data quality assurance, ensuring adherence to project data standards. They will work closely with the project's software development specialist.

The successful candidate will hold or be close to obtaining a doctoral qualification in a relevant discipline (ideally Egyptology, Archaeology or Classics). Equipped with knowledge or practical experience of agentic AI or AI-assisted workflows, they will have experience of Digital Humanities research and of working with geospatial data and ArcGIS, as well as with inscriptional or related archaeological datasets. They will bring experience of research data management and of contributing to grant development, funding applications or research proposal writing.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively as the situation requires, are essential.

This position is based in central Oxford. This is a part-time, fixed-term position for 12 months, to start from 1st November 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 25 August 2026.

Interviews are expected to take place the week commencing 21 September 2026