Scholarly Communication Specialist

The Hunt Library at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) invites applicants to join a dynamic team serving a diverse population of residential and online students and faculty. This collaborative and forward-thinking position will work closely with ERAU faculty and researchers to showcase, archive, and enrich the open access scholarship of our community.

The successful candidate will join the Hunt Library https://huntlibrary.erau.edu/, serving Daytona Beach and our Worldwide Campus of online students, working regular business hours. Hunt Library is a forward-thinking, technologically advanced library organization serving a dynamic university with a growing research focus. Hunt Library utilizes Digital Commons, Digital Commons Data, Pressbooks, and Elsevier's Pure to showcase the open research and open educational materials of the university to a global audience. This professional staff position will join the Scholarly Communication department, and report to the Assistant Director for Scholarly Communication.

No aviation or aerospace background is required: we welcome professionals from a wide variety of academic backgrounds who will enjoy working with our passionate research community. Growing the research presence and agenda is at the heart of the ERAU strategic plan, and Hunt Library provides an excellent opportunity to develop skills related to this area of growth. Consider joining our team. Recent graduates and mid-career librarians or IT professionals are encouraged to apply.

Job Description:

The Scholarly Communication Applications Manager will join a highly motivated team of librarians to support open access and open publication, and enhance discovery and delivery of ERAU's scholarship, creative works, data, and more. This position will provide technical support and trainings for our suite of scholarly communication applications, which includes bepress Digital Commons, PressbooksEDU, Digital Commons Data, and Elsevier Pure. In addition, the Applications Manager will lead the way in actively identifying, evaluating, and, as necessary, deploying new technologies and tools to improve scholarly communication services, further workflow automations, and respond to user needs. The successful candidate will be comfortable collaborating with faculty, staff, and students, and be able to work independently and in teams. The position requires rigorous attention to detail, initiative, the ability to manage competing projects, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and good communication and interpersonal skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintains applications and workflows that support scholarly communication services.
• Provides one-on-one or small group training for faculty, staff, students, and/or external university partners on how to use applications and tools as needed and appropriate
• Develops and maintains learning and how to materials related to applications
• Primary liaison between Scholarly Communications, the Library Systems & Technology department, and university IT
• Supervise 1-2 student workers who assist with data entry, technical projects, and general departmental support.
• Contributes to policy and process development related to open scholarship and publishing in conjunction with department librarians
• Identify, review, and report on new technologies and systems in support of Research and Scholarly Communication

Perks Await You at Embry-Riddle!

• Generous Time Off: Enjoy 9+ paid holidays, including the day after Thanksgiving and the week between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day.

• Personal Leave: Relax with 12 days of personal leave for non-exempt employees or 18 days for exempt full-time employees in your first year.

• Tuition Coverage: Get 100% tuition coverage for yourself for one undergraduate and one graduate degree, and discounted rates for your spouse and dependent children up to age 26.

• Retirement Contributions: ERAU contributes 6% of your base salary to your retirement plan and offers a 4% matching contribution - with no vesting period.

Application process/requirements

To submit your application for this opportunity, please visit the Embry-Riddle Career Site and search for requisition number R308740. Please attach all relevant materials to your application when you apply online. Complete submissions include:

• Cover letter

• Full Resume

• Contact information for at least three professional references (please note that references may be contacted as part of the interview/screening process)

Current Embry-Riddle employees:Please apply directly through the ERAU Employee Hub Central application within Workday.

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