Plain English



I came across an advert recently for a job with Glasgow City Council - who wish to recruit a 'City Data Project Officer'.

Now I'm not thinking of applying for the post, but I was fascinated by the wording of the advert - which left me completely baffled as to what the job was all about.

Here's an extract of what the advert had to say:

"Glasgow recently won a UK competition to be a Future Cities Demonstrator for the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) and will deliver the Glasgow City Management System. This role will assist with the development of the data requirements and will support delivery of the City Data Work Package in particular. You must have a Degree level qualification, preferably ICT related, excellent communication skills, strong presentation/interpersonal skills and the ability to deliver/make decisions. The ability to manage a workload under pressure and meet deadlines is essential as is being confident in the application of ICT knowledge for analytical and interpretative purposes. This post is tempoary (sic) for a period up to 12 months."

Now if anyone knows what that gobbledegook means, I'd be interested to find out - for no great reason other than to understand how someone can mangle the English language in such spectacular fashion.

And if anyone is interested in the job - apparently it is based at 229 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1QU - on a salary scale of £25,071.14 - £29,519.58 a year

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