ABOUT US

UCL is London’s global university. LCCOS – Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science – provides outstanding staff, services and resources to support the world-class research, education and enterprise that is undertaken in UCL, and connects the world with UCL through innovative programming and engagement activities. LCCOS is acknowledged as an international leader in Open Science and Scholarship.
The LCCOS family comprises 4 museums and allied object collections, 14 libraries, the UCL Student Centre, Special Collections facilities, multiple additional learning spaces, the Bloomsbury Theatre and a substantial off-site storage facility. We also provide comprehensive services to healthcare staff through our partnerships with 6 NHS Trusts. LCCOS holds the UK Customer Service Excellence (CSE) Award, The National Archives (TNA) Archives Service Accreditation, and Arts Council England Museum Accreditation. The combined staff in UCL LCCOS totals around 440.

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for candidates who in particular have the following experience and skills:

• A thorough understanding of open access issues;
• Practical experience of delivering open access services;
• Experience of organising team processes and processing financial information electronically.

FURTHER DETAILS:

The advert will close on the published date at 23:59 GMT. Interviews will be carried out in person.
A job description and person specification can be accessed from the link at the bottom of this page.

To apply, please provide:

• An up-to-date CV, including as a minimum detail of your current employment, salary and notice period, details of any former employment and your education history.
• A supporting statement, showing how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria marked ‘Application’ in the Person Specification found within the Job Description for these posts. Your statement should be provided using the free text box under ‘Questionnaire’.

If you have any queries about the role or have any queries about the application process, please contact lccos-jobs@ucl.ac.uk, quoting the job title and reference number.
Further information about UCL LCCOS can be found on our website https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lccos/
The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work – please visit www.ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-working to find out more.

UCL’s Open Access Team delivers green and gold open access services for all UCL academics, including facilitating compliance with funders’ open access policies, and managing open access budgets and publisher agreements. The Open Access Advisors are responsible for the day-to-day running of key open access services.
Working in a small team, the postholders will advise academics on gold open access and research funders’ policies (including UKRI, Wellcome, CRUK and BHF), implement workflows for publisher agreements, organise gold open access payments, advise on rights retention and contribute to service developments.
These two posts are full-time grade 6 maternity cover roles, to start as soon as practicable. The salary is £ 36,433 per annum, including London Allowance. These roles have an initial funding end date of 31 March 2026, but are likely to be extended beyond that date.
These roles are eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of one day per fortnight on site.
These appointments are subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information.
These roles do not meet the eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa certificate of sponsorship under UK Visas and Immigration legislation. Therefore, UCL will not be able to sponsor individuals who require right to work in the UK to carry out these roles.