Jobs in the
Zooniverse

Working for the Zooniverse means working with an interesting group of people on some of the most interesting projects around, while knowing your work will be seen by hundreds of thousands of people and will contribute to the progress of knowledge. It’s a good way to spend your time.

The Zooniverse is a collaboration between institutions from the UK and USA; all of our team are employed by one or the other of these partner institutions. This page will be updated to provide up to date summaries of Zooniverse-related jobs. For more information, follow the instructions in each job description or get in touch with the named contact.

We hope to hear from you soon.

Oxford

The Zooniverse team at the University of Oxford are leading the development of the new Zooniverse platform, as well as projects covering everything from Penguins to Particle Physics, all the way up to disaster relief. We encourage flexible working, including working remotely for part of each week. For more details of these positions, please contact Chris Lintott on cjl@astro.ox.ac.uk

Citizen Science Humanities Project Lead

The University of Oxford is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work within the Citizen Science team responsible for the hugely successful Zooniverse.org platform, leading our efforts to develop crowdsourcing tools for researchers in the humanities. The successful candidate should have a relevant research background, a track record which demonstrates their interest in crowd-led research and an ability to communicate well with both specialists and those outside their field. The ability to work within a technical team will be an asset, though specific web development skills are not required.

Chicago

The Adler Planetarium's Citizen Science team includes a dynamic mix of web developers, data scientists, researchers and educators who are responsible for everything from building Zooniverse projects and developing governance tools for volunteers, to running Hack Days and teen programs. We can offer flexible hours and the opportunity to try new things, whether that be getting involved with outreach or playing with cutting edge technology.

Citizen Science Mission Specialist

The Adler Planetarium, (Chicago, IL) is seeking a part time temporary Mission Specialist to help with our Citizen Science team. The temporary Mission Specialist will work with the Citizen Science education staff to facilitate teen experiences on site at the Adler and occasionally around the Chicago community. Programs include Wednesday After School Teen Hangouts, Saturday Hack Labs, and other events as required. Teen programs will run from approximately October 2014- March 2015. Contact Jen Bundy at jbundy@adlerplanetarium.org for more details.

Minnesota

The group in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota is leading the devopement of the Zooniverse's text-based projects.

Web and Software Developer for Zooniverse Crowdsourcing Platform

The University of Minnesota (UMN) has an opening for a web/software developer to join the Zooniverse crowdsourcing initiative. Building on the success of our high-profile research crowdsourcing projects such as Galaxy Zoo, Planet Hunters, Old Weather and the rest of the Zooniverse platform, the successful candidate will be expected to lead the development of several text-based crowdsourcing projects on the current Zooniverse platform and contribute to the development of a new Zooniverse platform focused on text-based projects.