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Project Officer (Critical Information and Open Research Practices)

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1120876


University of Warwick


26/10/2026


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Approximately 440 hours between October/November 2026 and May/June 2027 – expected to work as 2 days per week with some flexibility on the spread of hours across the project period.


Not Applicable

Pay


£14.35


£1.73

Description

Role

The Project Officer will support the delivery of a fixed-term project aimed at embedding Open Research and Critical Information Practices within the researcher lifecycle at Warwick. Working with Library colleagues and project stakeholders, the postholder will plan and create high-quality digital learning resources covering key areas of Open Research, aimed at PGRs. The postholder will also develop a toolkit for teaching staff and academic supervisors to support them to embed these competencies in teaching. They will engage with PGRs to inform and validate project outputs, and support the wider team to promote the project across the University. Through this work, the Project Officer will support the University’s wider ambitions to promote a research culture characterised by openness, integrity, and responsibility.

Duties and responsibilities

  • Scope, plan and develop a suite of self-directed online learning resources to support Open Research and Critical Information Practices
  • Work collaboratively with colleagues to inform and deliver project outputs within established timescales
  • Ensure planned outputs are accessible, sustainable, and suitable for adaptation and ongoing use beyond the life of the project
  • Engage with postgraduate researchers and academic and professional services staff to inform and validate project outputs
  • Monitor and report on project progress
  • Contribute to recommendations for the continued development and embedding of Open Research and Critical Information Practices across the university
  • Review sector-wide practice and the current Warwick provision to ensure that project outputs represent best practice

Skills and experience

Essential

  • A good understanding of Open Research practices, including areas such as research data management, FAIR data principles, reproducibility, responsible metrics
  • Good writing and communication skills and the ability to communicate complex information to a range of audiences
  • Experience of delivering projects or work to agreed timescales
  • The ability to work both independently and as part of a team, and manage multiple competing demands and interests
  • Experience using digital tools (such as Moodle, sitebuilder) to create and house online content, or experience planning material to be hosted using them
  • Effective interpersonal and relationship-building skills
  • Commitment to inclusive practice and the creation of accessible responses

Desirable

  • Experience of delivering teaching or developing online learning materials
  • A basic understanding of the implications of AI in research
  • Empathy for, and understanding of, the postgraduate researcher experience
  • Understanding of curriculum development and doctoral research supervision
  • Confidence in presenting project updates, including to University-wide networks
  • Knowledge of Critical Information Practices/Information Literacy

Location
Hybrid – on campus and home working

Additional information
Advert closes on 26/10/2026 at midnight 

Interviews to confirmed. 
 
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