Head of Open Research

Job id: 086466. Wage: £51,974 – £61,021 every year, together with London Weighting Allowance..

Posted: 18 March 2024. Cut-off date: 07 April 2024.

Enterprise unit: College students & Training. Division: Analysis & Impression.

Contact particulars:Gavin Beattie. [email protected]

Location: Strand Campus. Class: Skilled & Help Companies.

Job Description

About Us  

The King’s group is devoted to the service of society. King’s Strategic Imaginative and prescient 2029 units out our imaginative and prescient for the long run, formed round 5 precedence areas: educate to encourage and enhance; analysis to tell and innovate; serve to form and rework; a civic college on the coronary heart of London; and a world group that companies the world.  

Inside Libraries & Collections, we aspire to be leaders in enabling entry to information and knowledge elementary to this imaginative and prescient. Developments in digital schooling, e-research and AI are reworking our companies. Our Open Library technique outlines our formidable plans and the way they contribute to pupil success and analysis excellence. 

We’re very excited to be recruiting to the position of Head of Open Analysis at a time when Open Analysis has by no means been extra vital. Our Open Analysis crew is answerable for working with King’s researchers in an thrilling, complicated, and fast-moving space. The crew works to help the curation and dissemination of scholarly outputs – help for open entry publishing, REF, analysis information administration, and copyright; alongside the availability of an interlending service and big selection of subscription-based Library sources. 

Concerning the position

As Head of Open Analysis, you’ll work to drive ahead and promote the openness of King’s world-class analysis. You may be a member of Libraries & Collections Senior Administration Group, contributing to our general strategic path, offering operational management throughout our division and main the Open Analysis crew in creating and delivering companies. You’ll play a number one position in planning our long-term transition from paywalled content material to investing in open fashions of scholarly publishing.  

You’ll work intently with different heads of service to make sure supply of our Open Library technique and develop coverage on collections and open analysis. 

All Libraries & Collections employees are inspired to take duty for his or her efficiency and improvement by figuring out clear targets, sustaining skilled consciousness, taking part in skilled networks, and reflecting on their efficiency. We count on all senior managers to undertake a constructive, proactive, versatile, and dedicated method that conjures up and motivates others.  

You may be anticipated to take part in frontline companies, together with contributing in the direction of a Supervisor on Obligation rota for night and weekend work. 

We notably welcome purposes from international majority ethnic candidates as they’re underrepresented inside Libraries & Collections at this degree. We additionally encourage purposes from candidates who’ve expertise from each inside and out of doors of the Larger Training sector the place they’ll reveal the talents wanted to achieve this position. 

That is presently a hybrid working position with each work at home and on campus. The position shall be primarily based in our division, presently within the Maughan Library on the Strand campus

This submit shall be supplied on an indefinite contract. 

It is a full-time submit, however we welcome purposes from candidates searching for a versatile work sample inside our vital service working hours.

Key duties

• With the Affiliate Director, set up Libraries & Collections because the voice of Open Analysis at King’s
• Work intently with colleagues in Libraries & Collections, colleges and the Analysis Administration & Innovation Directorate to embed the ideas of Open Analysis in coverage, follow, and tradition throughout the college, guaranteeing compliance with analysis funders
• Proactively maintain updated with developments and modifications in open scholarship and scholarly publishing, each nationally and internationally, sustaining a powerful skilled profile and engagement with sector teams
• Lead the operations, companies, and employees of the Open Analysis crew, delivering and creating a variety of companies
• Collaborate as a part of the Senior Administration Group to ship our technique; present operational management and steerage for workers throughout the entire of Libraries & Collections
• Guarantee coordinated approaches to prioritising, operational planning, and shared accountability for delivering our goals, whereas tackling complicated points that forestall success
• Create a standard tradition of empowerment the place employees are supported and challenged to be able to drive steady enchancment, service innovation and supply of outcomes
• Guarantee constant and efficient line administration follow via efficient goal setting, clear definition of job roles, communication of technique, the operational plan and dedication to the Efficiency Improvement Evaluation course of
• Co-ordinate a visual view of crew priorities, offering transparency, focus and alternatives for collaboration
• Drive the implementation and use of Enterprise Intelligence to steer operational service planning, price range administration and choice making

The above checklist of duties is probably not exhaustive, and the submit holder shall be required to undertake such duties and duties as could moderately be anticipated throughout the scope and grading of the submit.  

Abilities, information, and expertise 

Please clearly deal with the way you meet the important standards in your utility, and the place potential the way you meet the fascinating standards as nicely.

Important standards  

Related work expertise and schooling: We expect a variety of various work and academic experiences may help you to achieve success on this position. Related work expertise may embody expertise at administration degree in a analysis library or analysis organisation. Instructional experiences ought to embody being educated to first diploma degree or a professionally accredited library/data/archives qualification.

Expertise of managing and motivating a crew of employees via continuous change and to a excessive degree of efficiency

Means to develop and consider new companies for analysis and researchers

Expertise of economic administration, akin to budgeting, forecasting and monetary reporting

Means to clarify complicated concepts with readability and facilitate constructive dialogue to be able to affect key stakeholders

Extremely organised and expert in managing and delivering initiatives and initiatives, with an understanding of the position of enterprise planning and enterprise intelligence in efficient service supply

Means to work on personal initiative and cozy with ambiguity, taking energetic possession for service improvement and supply and persevering when confronted with obstacles

Up-to-date information of present points and debates in scholarly communication, analysis information administration, and Library subscriptions, together with authorities and funder insurance policies within the UK and internationally

Understanding of the present and future challenges dealing with educational libraries in research-intensive universities

A significant and visual dedication to Fairness, Range & Inclusion

Fascinating standards

Expertise of advocacy and outreach actions, akin to creating promotional campaigns, giving high-level shows, writing briefings and articles and use of social media

Information of the position that HE Libraries play within the educational analysis lifecycle

Information of HE copyright and the way it’s utilized in educating and analysis

Additional Data

Please submit a private assertion when making use of for this emptiness, clearly setting out the way you meet the important standards, as that is how we shortlist purposes. Study extra about how we recruit, together with tips about writing your utility and supporting assertion on our web site: https://jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/making use of   

If you’re a pupil or alumni of King’s there are sources from King’s Careers & Employability to help you in your utility and interview. 

Interviews shall be held in-person on the Maughan Library and can include a presentation and competency-based questions linked to the important and fascinating standards.

Interviews are presently scheduled to happen on 16 April 2024

Though we’ve got made enhancements over the past variety of years, our crew remains to be under-represented by way of employees from international majority ethnicities, LGBTQ+ identities, and from individuals with disabilities. We encourage purposes from all backgrounds, communities and industries, and are dedicated to using a crew that has numerous expertise, experiences and skills.