Scholarly Communication Specialist

Embry-Riddle: A Global Leader in Aviation and Aerospace

With vibrant campuses in Daytona Beach, FL and Prescott, AZ, plus a Worldwide network across approximately 120 locations, Embry-Riddle stands as the world's largest aviation and aerospace university. For over 95 years, we've been pioneering education in STEM fields, serving over 11,600 residential students and 19,200 globally in the 2023-24 academic year with cutting-edge programs in Applied Science, Aviation, Business, Technology, Engineering, Safety, Security, and Space.

The Opportunity

The Scholarly Communication Specialist works with Hunt and Hazy librarians to support open access and open publication and enhance discovery and delivery of Embry-Riddle's scholarship, creative works, data, and more. This position helps to support the open access repositories, researcher information portal, and open publishing platform maintained by the department, with a focus on technical workflows, data quality, and support materials for end users. This position also supervises 1-2 student workers who support the Scholarly Communication department, coordinating student projects and providing training as needed.

The successful candidate will join the Hunt Library https://huntlibrary.erau.edu/, serving the Daytona Beach, Prescott, and Worldwide Campuses for online students. The Hunt Library is committed to an inclusive, equitable working environment. We strive to create a collegial culture of belonging for our staff and students, and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Perks Await You at Embry-Riddle!

• Health Benefits: Experience comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with wellness programs that include preventive care and fitness memberships. Our flexible spending and health savings accounts simplify managing healthcare costs. Join a workplace that prioritizes your health-because your journey to wellness should be rewarding! Buckle up for a healthier, happier you!
• Tuition Coverage:Get 100% tuition coverage for yourself for one undergraduate and one graduate degree, and discounted rates for your spouse and dependent children up to age 26.
• Retirement Contributions:ERAU contributes an annual 6% gift of your base salary to your retirement plan and offers a 4% matching contribution, with no vesting period.

• Generous Time Off:Relax with 18 days of personal leave in your first year. Enjoy 9+ paid holidays, including the day after Thanksgiving and the week between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day.

Required Education and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree plus an additional 2 years of experience in libraries and/or higher education
• Experience with vendor-supported software and enterprise-wide systems, preferably repository or database systems
• Experience with web development or basic code to support workflows
• Experience with collaborative teams and cross-unit support
• Experience training non-technical users

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of open access and academic research processes
• Experience with Elsevier Products, particularly Digital Commons, Digital Commons/Mendeley Data, Pure, or Pressbooks/Wordpress
• Experience with enhancing or supporting digital access, discovery, and accessibility
• Experience with ExLibris systems

Key Responsibilities:

• Develops and maintains learning and how-to materials related to Scholarly Communication applications
• Maintains and develops technical workflows for Scholarly Communication applications to support account access, uploading content, ongoing feature enhancements, and data quality
• Coordinates troubleshooting requests, statistics, and tickets with application vendors
• Serves as liaison between Scholarly Communications, the Library Systems & Technology department, and university IT
• Supervises 1-2 student workers who assist with data entry, technical projects, and general departmental support.

Application process/requirements

To submit your application for this opportunity, please visit the Embry-Riddle Career Site and search for requisition number R310005. Please attach all relevant materials to your application when you apply online. Complete submissions include:

Cover letter

Full Resume

Contact information for at least three professional references (please note that references may be contacted as part of the interview/screening process)

Current Embry-Riddle employees:Please apply directly through the ERAU Employee Hub Central application within Workday.

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