User Experience Librarian

**THIS POST COULD BE CONSIDERED AS A SECONDMENT OPPORTUNITY**





**About the role**



Join us at the Bodleian Libraries as a User Experience Librarian and be
instrumental in creating a welcoming and engaging library environment that
meets the needs of our diverse user community. This is an exciting opportunity
to improve the user experience of the Bodleian Libraries by designing,
undertaking, analysing and reporting research into the experience of our
users.





As part of the small, friendly, supportive Assessment Team, you will undertake
user experience research in support of Strategic projects, for example user
testing developments of existing resource discovery tools; researching user
needs from new library services; and supporting colleagues to undertake and
embed local user experience research into the comfort of physical library
spaces.





This a part-time, fixed-term position, working 15 hours per week (Tuesday and
Friday) for 21 months. The role is office based, with the option to work
occasionally from home. There may need to be some occasional flexibility to
undertake interviews outside standard office hours, depending on the
availability of users.





The User Experience Librarian role is filled by 2 post-holders: 0.6FTE
existing postholder and this 0.4FTE postholder. These postholders work
collaboratively and co-operatively to deliver the responsibilities of the
role.





**About You**



You will have expertise and experience undertaking qualitative research,
including qualitative data analysis following grounded theory methods (or
similar e.g. history research methods) and strong knowledge of user experience
principles, techniques and methodologies.





You will have excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the
ability to connect, build trust with, and work effectively with diverse user
groups.





You will have a postgraduate degree in librarianship/information
management/psychology/anthropology/another social science subject (or
equivalent experience) and a strong customer service ethos with the ability to
identify opportunities for improvement and advocate for change.





**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





The Bodleian Libraries is committed to supporting staff in their personal and
career development and offers extensive training and development
opportunities, including fully funded conference attendance.





**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.





**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.





Are you excited about this role but feel you don’t meet every requirement?
Studies show that some groups of people are less likely to apply for jobs
unless they match everything, not just the essential criteria. If your
experience doesn’t perfectly align but this is your dream role, please do
apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.





The Chair of this recruitment panel will be Dr Frankie Wilson, Head of
Assessment, who can be contacted with enquiries relating to the role
(frankie.wilson@bodleian.ox.ac.uk). General queries about the recruitment and
application process should be directed to the Recruitment team within our
Human Resources department (recruitment@glam.ox.ac.uk).





Please discuss secondments with your line manager in the first instance, as
you must have their agreement that you can be released for a secondment before
you submit an application https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/secondments





Only applications received online by 12.00 midday on Tuesday 21 January 2025
can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place during week
commencing Monday 3 February 2025.