LORIC - Open data consultancy support

Tender description

The University (Bishop Grosseteste University) has secured substantial funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to create an exciting, new, Lincolnshire Open Research and Innovation Centre (LORIC) based on the principles of Open Research, Innovation and Data. LORIC intends to connect the University research and innovation teams with private, public and third sector businesses/organisations to work on collaborative innovation projects. The centre will enable businesses to promote and apply the most effective uses of rapidly expanding Open Data Research and Innovation (Open DRI). The LORIC team are looking for a data specialist, with knowledge in open data sets to work with the LORIC team on a consultancy basis to help support the delivery of agreed outputs associated with the funding bid. The contract duration is circa 14 months , running from the start of May 2018 through to the end of June 2019. It is anticipated that the successful consultant /consultancy will support the project circa two days per week during this period.