Wikimedian in Residence and Research Visibility Champion
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Wikimedian in Residence and Research Visibility Champion
(Metadata and Open Research Services)
Salary from £42,679 to £51,000 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £54,730 pa inclusive of London allowance
This is a full time, fixed term post, for 2 years
We are seeking to recruit a fixed term, full time Wikimedian in Residence and Research Visibility Champion to join the Library’s Digital Scholarship and Innovation Group for 2 years, working with both the Metadata and Open Research Services teams. 3 days a week will be spent on Wikimedia work, and 2 on bibliometrics.
The Metadata team manages the metadata for Library collections and LSE’s research outputs, and the discovery of this content both within and beyond LSE systems. The Open Research Services team is responsible for LSE’s institutional repositories, Open Access, bibliometrics, publishing advice service, open research advocacy, copyright and research data support.
You will be responsible for championing the use of tools to improve research visibility, and for developing, promoting and integrating Wikimedia in supporting Open Scholarship at LSE and in the wider social science community. As the institutional expert on Wikimedia you will advocate for its benefits in disseminating research and expertise to a global audience, provid...
- Location:
- London
- Salary:
- Salary from £42,679 to £51,000 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £54,730 pa inclusive of Lo
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Research, Academia & Science