Senior librarian at Örebro University Library

Are you interested in further developing your skills in scholarly communication and strategic research support in libraries? Consider applying for this position at the vibrant Örebro University Library in Sweden!

Background
Örebro is Sweden’s sixth largest city, and is located in the heart of Sweden, in its demographic centre. Örebro is a small metropolis known for its beautiful medieval city castle, parks and nature reserves, vibrant restaurants, and social life. With its 750 years of history Örebro is one of the oldest cities in the country. Among its 150,000 inhabitants as many as 165 different countries are represented. Örebro is conveniently close to Stockholm (200 km), Gothenburg and Oslo (both 300 km).

Örebro University is a growing and modern university with an FTE of 15,000 students and 1,500 employees. The majority of the most attractive professional degree programmes are offered here, and research is conducted in a broad range of subjects. The University is ranked among the 100 top young universities in the world.

Örebro University Library is responsible for information provision and library services to the University and parts of Region Örebro county. The Library’s activities are based on the University’s vision: “leading towards a knowledge-driven society”. We strive to work close to our users, focusing on enhancing the support given to the University’s growing research output as well as further development of digital support. In recent years, the Library has undergone major staff changes and has been assigned new mandates, including the coordination of open access to research data.

The University is currently focusing on enhancing its research output and the Library adapts and develops its activities accordingly.

Duties and responsibilities
We are looking for a driven librarian to join the library’s scholarly communication and research support team. In the team, you will have a leading role in the library’s provision of bibliometric analyses to support the University management, Faculties, and individual researchers. The position also includes responsibility for coordinating and developing research support initiatives between the library’s units and provide peer training within the area of your expertise. We expect you to have a great interest in research support and services related to scholarly communication, experience from work environments with high work independency and skills in building professional relations internally and externally.

Qualifications
Requirements:


• Master’s degree or doctorate in library and information science, or equivalent
• At least 3-5 years’ experience of research and publication support or from own research
• Documented experience with bibliometrics and knowledge of altmetrics
• Knowledge of advanced information retrieval as well as experience of indexing/metadata
• Proficient oral and written English communication skills

Further weight is given to:


• A few years’ work experience from academic or research libraries
• Experience of own research or co-publishing
• Experience from CRIS/RIMS systems and different types of research productivity tools

Great importance is attached to your personal qualities. Work duties centre on service delivery, and most are performed in close collaboration with colleagues and users. The successful candidate must be flexible and open to change, deliver quality work and adopt holistic approaches. Knowledge of Swedish is not required, but you need to be interested in learning the language.

Information
This is a permanent full-time position (100%). At Örebro University, salary depends on the successful candidate’s qualifications and experience (and where appropriate, positions are subject to a trial period).

At Örebro University, we expect each member of staff to be open to development and change; take responsibility for their work and performance; demonstrate a keen interest in collaboration and contributing to development; as well as to show respect for others by adopting a constructive and professional approach.

Örebro University actively pursues equal opportunities and gender equality as well as a work environment characterised by openness, trust, and respect. We value the qualities that diversity adds to our operations.

For more information on the position, please contact Camilla Göthberg, manager, e-mail: camilla.gothberg@oru.se.

Application
The application is made online. Click “Apply” to begin the application procedure.

For the application to be complete, the following electronic documents must be included:


• Covering letter, outlining why you are interested in the position of senior librarian specialised in science communication and research support
• CV with a relevant description of your overall qualifications and experience
• Copies of relevant course/degree certificates and references verifying your knowledge and skills

Only documents written in Swedish, English, Norwegian and Danish can be reviewed.

The application deadline is May 24, 2023. We look forward to receiving your application!

As we have already made our choices in terms of external collaboration partners and marketing efforts for this recruitment process, we decline any contact with recruitment agencies and advertisers.

As directed by the National Archives of Sweden (Riksarkivet), we are required to deposit one file copy of the application documents, excluding publications, for a period of two years after the appointment decision has gained legal force.