"Research Metrics and Open Infrastructure Lead"

Location

Osney One Building, Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 0EW

About the role

Are you passionate about helping one of the world’s leading universities understand and share the true impact of its research? Join us to shape the future of responsible metrics and open scholarship at Oxford.

The Open Scholarship Support team helps the University make research more open, transparent, and straightforward to share.

In this role, you will support the development of responsible research metrics and open research tools, helping Oxford understand and communicate research performance in a fair and meaningful way. You will work closely with colleagues across the University to provide guidance on bibliometrics, altmetrics, and research indicators, and will support services such as ORCID, OSF (Open Science Framework), and SHOx (Shortform Hosting at Oxford).

This is a full-time post, working 37.5 hours per week. This role supports remote working up to 3 days per week.

About You

You will have experience working with research metrics and an understanding of responsible metrics principles. You should be confident using bibliometric tools and data sources and be able to communicate findings clearly. Strong analytical skills, experience working with data, and the ability to work collaboratively will be important.

Experience with open research tools, research infrastructure, or data management systems would be helpful.

What We Offer

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days of annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Cycle loan scheme
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

More information is available at https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/staff-benefits

Diversity

Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diverse groups and champions, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, for example, shared parental leave.

We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment processes are inclusive and accessible. If you require the job description or any other materials in an alternative format, or if you would like to request any adjustments to support you through the application or interview process, please contact the recruitment team at recruitment@glam.ox.ac.uk.

How to apply

You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting statement as part of your online application. Your supporting statement should list each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description, and explain how you meet each one. CVs alone will not be considered.

We aim to provide a supportive working environment and are happy to discuss training and professional development opportunities. The Chair of this recruitment panel will be Ruth Mallalieu, Head of the Office for Open Research, who can be contacted with enquiries relating to the role (ruth.mallalieu@bodleian.ox.ac.uk). General queries about the recruitment and application process should be directed to the GLAM Recruitment team (recruitment@glam.ox.ac.uk).

Only applications received online by 12.00 midday (GMT) on Friday 16th January 2026 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place during the week commencing 2nd February 2026.