Open Access Advisor

**Ref Number**

B25-00201

**Professional Expertise**

Libraries, museums, theatres and open science

**Department**

Vice-Provost (Faculties) (B25)

**Location**

London

**Working Pattern**

Part time

**Salary**

£35,930-£41,255

**Contract Type**

Fixed-term

**Working Type**

Hybrid

**Available for Secondment**

No

**Closing Date**

02-Jul-2025

**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 the role**:
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 postholder 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.

This is a grade 6 role. The salary is £35,930 per annum, including London Allowance, pro-rated (i.e. £17,965).

This role is an open-ended contract with an initial funding end date of 31 Mar 2026, with the possibility of extension beyond that date.

This role is eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of one day per fortnight on site.

This role does 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 the right to work in the UK to carry out this role.

**About you**:
The work pattern for the role will be agreed with the line manager.

**Further details**

The advert will close on the published date at 23:59 GMT. Interviews will be carried out online.

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 this post. Your statement should be provided using the free text box under ‘Questionnaire’.

**What we offer**:
Annual leave & Work life balance
- 27 days annual leave + 6 closure days (Christmas and Easter) as well as statutory holidays
- Hybrid and flexible working
- Ability to buy 5 additional annual leave days

Children & Family
- Enhanced maternity, adoption, paternity leave
- Carer’s leave
- Workplace nursery

Other benefits

We also offer some great benefits some of which are defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE); cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan; on-site gym etc. As part of the UCL community you can access free lunch hour lectures, exhibitions and museums and collections. On campus UCL has the Bloomsbury theatre hosting a range of performances and a series of bars, cafes and other facilities, which UCL staff can use.

**Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion**: