Senior Open Access Assistant Institutional Repository

About the role

This is an opportunity to join the open access (OA) section of the Scholarly Communications Management team, specifically supporting the ‘green’ open access deposit workflows. You will be one of three Senior Open Access Assistants working with the Institutional Repository Manager enabling researchers and staff to make their work available on open access in the university’s repository, Spiral. With revised and new funder open access policies being implemented in response to Plan S, you will have a key role in assisting with the provision of advocacy and training related to the university and funders' open access policies and REF 2029.

You will also be able to get experience in providing paid-for gold open access services, assisting colleagues when necessary. This is an exciting role within the team which is working with partners inside and outside the university to develop effective solutions for open access and with opportunities for advocacy and training with different audiences across multiple campuses.

What you would be doing

Working with the Institutional Repository Manager and other OA colleagues you will have a wide variety of responsibilities including implementing, promoting and managing open access services. You will:

• Deposit research outputs into the university’s repository, including journal articles, grey literature and PhD theses
• Provide advice and training to staff and researchers on OA deposit workflows
• Prepare reports on open access activity
• Work with research groups to establish deposit workflows for grey literature
• Respond to queries from university staff, researchers and students
• Take part in activities to raise awareness of open access and open research across the university

What we are looking for

• Previous experience of working with a publications repository
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Good presentation and interpersonal skills
• Good research and analysis skills
• Proven experience of using Excel
• Ability to pay care and attention to detail
• Experience of working in a team

You will have proven experience in providing customer service or administrative support. Previous experience of working in an academic environment, or for an open access service, is desirable but not essential.

What we can offer you

The university has a Race Equality Charter action plan in place, running initially for 3 years from 2021, receiving the bronze award in November 2021. There are several staff representation networks:

• Imperial As One for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff,
• Able for staff with disabilities
• Imperial 600 for LGBTQ+ staff
• Networks for women

The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Centre provides advice, guidance and training for all staff to raise awareness of equality, diversity and inclusion, with senior leadership support including that of the Associate Provosts for EDI.

Further information

This post is part-time for 21 hours a week and fixed term for a minimum of three years.  Working days can be agreed on appointment, ideally one to be a Monday or Friday.

All applicants are required to complete the online application form. The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. An answer to any of the criteria such as "Please see attached CV" will not be considered acceptable.

If you require any further details on the role please contact:

Kim Blake, Institutional Repository Manager – k.blake@imperial.ac.uk  

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