Repository Officer (job share)

The role and Team

This role is a 0.5 FTE job-share as Repository Officer in the Research and Systems Team, part of Durham University Library and Collections. The preferred working pattern will cover the start of the working week (Mon-Wed), but this will be open to discussion. The service operates a flexi time scheme for Grades 1-6, and a hybrid working pattern with an expectation of working at least 2 days per week on site (pro-rata).

The Repository Officer takes a leading role in the development of the university publication repositories (scholarly publications and theses). The repositories play a key part in the dissemination of research output and underpin the University's policy and approach to support open research. The role holder:

• Builds and maintains an awareness of developments (policy drivers, functionality and metadata requirements) in the wider open access environment and communicates that with stakeholders at Durham University.
• Contributes to planning and development of wider services around open access, scholarly communications and research support.
• Delivers advocacy, training and support activity to academic and professional staff driving engagement with open access, repository and research support services.
• Ensures administrative tasks are appropriately prioritised and completed to deliver a stakeholder-focussed service.

We are an ambitious and developing team with a focus on providing the best experience for our students, researchers and the wider community. We are valued partners working with our students, professional services and academics across the University, and professionals and organisations regionally, nationally and internationally.

The Team

We are an ambitious and developing team with a focus on providing the best experience for our students, researchers and the wider community. We are valued partners working with our students, professional services and academics across the University, and professionals and organisations regionally, nationally and internationally.

Our Research and Systems Team, under the leadership of the Head of Research and Systems, provides services in two key areas of departmental activity.

1. Open Research Team: We take pride in continually developing services to support scholarly communications and a transition to open research, providing advocacy, encouraging engagement and training on best practice in areas such as open access, research data management and responsible metrics. The team also contributes to training and support for research staff and students as part of the University's approach to supporting digital literacy and engagement with a wider approach to digital scholarship.
2. Systems Team: Our systems underpin the core activity of the Library and University and extend to enabling innovation in education and research, particularly digital scholarship.

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