Digital Scholarship Manager

University of Surrey; Guildford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension

Relocation assistance

Flexible working options

Job share

Blended home/campus working

Leisure facilities on campus

Travel schemes

On-site nursery

Job summary

The University of Surrey Library invites applications for a Digital Scholarship Manager to lead and shape our new digital scholarship offer and Open Research initiatives. You will develop innovative library services, collaborating with researchers and students, and apply technologies such as text mining, coding, VR and data visualisation to support interdisciplinary work across the university.

You will contribute to Education and Research strategies while helping deliver sector-leading services

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of digital innovation across GLAMs.
• Strong project management skills and a track record of implementing digital scholarship.
• Experience in relationship building and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Manage and contribute to the development of innovative Library services.
• Work in partnership with researchers, educators and students to explore new approaches and technologies across all subjects.
• Support operational delivery of the digital scholarship service across the University.

Skills

Digital scholarship

Project management

Relationship building

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Tools

Text mining

Coding

VR

Data visualisation

Job description

The University of Surrey is a global community of ideas and people, dedicated to life-changing education and research.

We are ambitious and have a bold vision of what we want to achieve - shaping ourselves into one of the best universities in the world, which we are achieving through the talents and endeavour of every employee.

Our culture empowers people to achieve this aim and to collectively, and individually, make a real difference.

The role

Join Surrey University Library in this new and pivotal role as the Digital Scholarship Manager.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a new area supporting researchers at Surrey. The post will manage and contribute to the development of innovative Library services, working in partnership with researchers, educators and students, exploring new approaches and technologies (including text mining, coding, VR and data visualisation) across all subjects.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the University's Education and Research strategies while helping deliver sector-leading Library services that enable innovation, collaboration and inclusive academic practice.

About you

We are looking for an outstanding candidate to help us shaping, set and maintain Surrey Digital Scholarship offer as part of our Open Research and Innovation team.

You will bring a deep understanding of digital innovation across Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAMs), alongside strong project management skills, a track record of impactful implementation in digital scholarship, and experience in relationship building. Key skills include managing digital scholarship services, developing digital skills training, and promoting interdisciplinary collaboration.

As a keen innovator and collaborator, you will help supporting the operational delivery of the service, working across functions with colleagues from other professional services departments to form a new offer for digital scholarship and open research across the University.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

Interviews will be held on Monday 14th September.

• generous pension
• relocation assistance where appropriate
• flexible working options including job share and blended home/campus working locations (dependent on work duties)
• access to world-class leisure facilities on campus
• a range of travel schemes
• supportive family friendly benefits including an excellent on-site nursery

The University of Surrey is committed to providing an inclusive environment that offers equal opportunities for all. We place great value on diversity and are seeking to increase the diversity within our community. Therefore we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups, such as people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and people with disabilities.