Join the University of Sheffield as an Open Research Manager.
The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work, with a diverse community of staff and students. We offer a fantastic range of benefits, including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement, a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, and a commitment to your development and wellbeing.
Overview
Working across the University and nationally with the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN), you will support projects to accelerate open research practices, embed an open research culture, and enhance research transparency, reliability, and reproducibility.
Under the direction of the University’s new Office for Open Research and Scholarship, you will contribute to key open research projects on the University’s Research Culture Action Plan. You will also advocate for and support open research practices and communities across the University.
Main Duties And Responsibilities
* Support researchers to engage with open research practices in alignment with the University statement on Open Research.
* Contribute to the delivery of open research projects on the University’s Research Culture Action Plan.
* Develop and deliver training in open research practices, and lead on outreach activities relating to open research for the University Library.
* Engage with others in the sector to work on collaborative projects, share best practice, and keep up to date with new developments.
* Support the monitoring of the adoption of open research practices at the University and report on these to appropriate stakeholders.
* Advocate for and support open research communities at the University.
* Directly manage and supervise staff with responsibilities related to open research and research data management.
* Gain familiarity with and play an active role in the UKRN Open Research Programme (ORP) Training Project.
* Promote and recruit to UKRN ORP training, and locally administer the ORP programme evaluation.
* Provide follow-on support for Sheffield researchers and research-enabling staff who attend ORP training.
* Support national project activities, liaising with external stakeholders including Open Research Coordinators and Administrators (ORCAs) at other UKRN institutions and ORP training providers.
* Collate learning and outputs from the ORP to proactively shape the development of the University’s support and services for open research practices.
* Design and prepare internal and external communications, such as email updates, webpages, and blog posts.
* Carry out other duties, commensurate with the grade and remit of the post.
Person Specification
We are looking for a candidate with a postgraduate research degree or equivalent experience of university research environments. You should have knowledge of open and transparent research practices and how these are evolving across different disciplines.
Essential criteria include:
* A strong understanding of the wider open research environment as it pertains to research culture.
* Experience of the research lifecycle (as a researcher or in a support role) and a strong understanding of how this varies across disciplines.
* Experience supervising, motivating, and communicating with staff.
* Ability to contribute to policy and service development relating to open research.
* A good understanding of project management and project administration.
* Excellent communication skills, including actively sharing information across networks and stakeholders.
* Experience of collating, analysing and interpreting data to report on activity and make recommendations.
* Excellent organisational skills, alongside the flexibility and initiative to manage the competing priorities of a diverse, busy workload.
* Experience of evaluating programmes of activity, reflecting on learning, and/or continuous improvement.
Desirable criteria include experience in research data management support services and/or open access systems and infrastructure.
What We Offer
We offer a range of benefits, including:
* A minimum of 41 days annual leave including bank holiday and closure days (pro rata) with the ability to purchase more.
* Flexible working opportunities, including hybrid working for some roles.
* A generous pension scheme.
* A wide range of discounts and rewards on shopping, eating out and travel.
* A variety of staff networks, providing opportunities for social interaction, peer support and personal development.
* Recognition Awards to reward staff who go above and beyond in their role.
* A commitment to your development access to learning and mentoring schemes.
* A range of generous family-friendly policies.
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