About the role
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to develop your career in HE libraries?
Are you a talented and organised individual, with good attention to detail, who is keen to utilise your knowledge of the open access landscape and excellent people skills to build relationships and work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders to advocate for openness in the research lifecycle?
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, self-motivated and skilled librarian or research professional to provide operational leadership, expert advice and guidance on open-research practices. This important role manages and delivers a service for researchers to enable deposit of research outputs in the Bournemouth University’s open research outputs repository and enhance the visibility of their research. The role also contributes to delivery of other library objectives and institutional priorities, including our exciting new BU2035 strategy.
Your adaptability and thoroughness, combined with a proactive approach will be core to the role, enabling you to prioritise your work effectively and meet deadlines. Your customer focus, digital confidence, commitment to innovation, and knowledge of research in higher education will help you to develop excellent resources, and support research at BU. You will contribute to the delivery of Library teaching teaching, including postgraduate students. You will work with colleagues in a matrix way to meet service requirements.
This post presents an exciting opportunity for a naturally curious and ambitious individual to join BU’s innovative Academic Liaison Team within Library and Learning Services. This integrated team is responsible for the delivery of high-quality engagement and support for researchers, staff and students. A positive outlook and collegiate approach are essential.
Applications for this full-time, permanent position are welcome from applicants seeking to develop their career in higher education libraries.
For further information, or an informal discussion, please contact Emma Crowley, Library Academic Liaison Manager, by email: ecrowley@bournemouth.ac.uk.
This position does not meet the eligibility requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route within the UK Visa and Immigration service’s Points Based System. Therefore, BU will not be able to sponsor individuals who require permission to work to carry out this position. For more information, please visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job.
About the department
Our Academic Services department is made up of three teams: Academic Quality, Library and Learning Support and Student Administration. Academic Services creates an enabling academic environment, which shares expertise, builds capabilities and inspires stakeholders through sector leading, user centred processes and outstanding service delivery.
A job description for this position is available at the top of this page. If you require this in a different format, please contact us at hrvacancies@bournemouth.ac.uk.
£34,610 to £39,906 per annum (pro rata) with progression opportunities to £43,482
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