Digital Scholarship Associate

Location: Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG. This role supports working from home for up to two days per week.

About the role

The Centre for Digital Scholarship is seeking a Digital Scholarship Associate to support the Towards Digital Collections project. You will develop and deliver national training for the UK Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) sector, creating engaging learning resources and organising events that promote digital collections and digital scholarship.

Working closely with colleagues across the Bodleian Libraries and external partners, you will coordinate training activities, build relationships with stakeholders, evaluate programme impact and contribute to research outputs. Some travel across the UK will be required to support events.

This is a fixed-term post for 25 months, working part-time for 30 hours per week. This role supports working from home for up to two days per week.

About You

You will have a degree, or equivalent professional experience, in a relevant field together with specialist knowledge of digital cultural heritage collections. You will have experience of developing and delivering events, training or engagement programmes, ideally within higher education, the cultural heritage sector or a similar environment.

You will be an excellent communicator with strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities independently. You will enjoy building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and be confident representing the Centre at meetings and events. Experience of research, content creation or evaluating learning programmes would be advantageous.

What We Offer

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days of annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Cycle loan scheme
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

Diversity

Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diverse groups and champions, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, for example, shared parental leave.

We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment processes are inclusive and accessible. If you require the job description or any other materials in an alternative format, or if you would like to request any adjustments to support you through the application or interview process, please contact the recruitment team at recruitment@glam.ox.ac.uk.

How to apply

You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting statement as part of your online application. Your supporting statement should list each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description, and explain how you meet each one. CVs alone will not be considered.

We aim to provide a supportive working environment and are happy to discuss training and professional development opportunities. The Chair of this recruitment panel will be Megan Gooch (megan.gooch@bodleian.ox.ac.uk), Head of the Centre for Digital Scholarship, who can be contacted with enquiries relating to the role. General queries about the recruitment and application process should be directed to the GLAM Recruitment team (recruitment@glam.ox.ac.uk).

Only applications received online by 12.00 midday (BST) on Monday 3 August 2026 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place on 13 August.

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