Potential Activity Scope
Develop and make available template documents, annotated with guidance notes.
Potential Objectives
To develop a range of sample language that research organizations can incorporate into their HR/job ads, highlighting the importance and value of research software skills and roles.
To tailor the sample language to different types of roles, ensuring it accurately reflects the skills and responsibilities associated with each role.
To incorporate inclusive and welcoming language in the samples, promoting diversity and inclusivity in research software roles.
To provide guidance on how to adapt the sample language to specific job ads, ensuring it aligns with the organization's culture, values, and specific needs.
To disseminate the sample language widely among research organizations, providing a valuable resource for HR departments and hiring managers.
To gather feedback on the use and effectiveness of the sample language, making revisions as needed to ensure it continues to meet the needs of research organizations.
Targeted Impacts
Build up organizational capacity to bolster the status of research software as a core aspect of contemporary research.
This potential activity was curated as part of "Charting the Course: Policy and Planning for Sustainable Research Software," a Sloan Foundation-funded project within URSSI dedicated to supporting the future of research software through evidence-informed policy work (Project contacts are: @danielskatz and @dr-eric-jensen). If you are interested in working on this, please add a comment.
Potential Activity Scope Develop and make available template documents, annotated with guidance notes.
Potential Objectives
Targeted Impacts
This potential activity was curated as part of "Charting the Course: Policy and Planning for Sustainable Research Software," a Sloan Foundation-funded project within URSSI dedicated to supporting the future of research software through evidence-informed policy work (Project contacts are: @danielskatz and @dr-eric-jensen). If you are interested in working on this, please add a comment.