Public Engagement Officer

Location: Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG, with some ad hoc working from home 

About the role

The Bodleian Public Engagement Team is recruiting a Public Engagement Officer to develop, coordinate and deliver a programme of engagement for adults, volunteers and community groups. 

You will support the Public Engagement Manager to deliver the Public Engagement element of the Bodleian Strategy. You will work creatively with University researchers, arts practitioners, internal and external stakeholders and partners to develop and deliver a successful programme of public engagement events and learning resources for adults and community groups, including digital and online outputs. You will also work with the Public Engagement Manager and the GLAM Assessment and Evaluation team to support the evaluation of the Libraries’ education activities, use evaluation data to make recommendations for future practice and help to provide a strong evidence base for our work. 

This is a full-time, permanent post, working 37.5 hours per week, including occasional evenings and weekends. 

Due to the nature of this post, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. 

About You

You will be educated to degree level or equivalent, with significant experience working with adults and volunteers in a museum or library setting.

You will be an inspiring communicator, with the ability to develop relationships with a diverse range of people. 

You will have knowledge and understanding of learning through objects, preferably including material in special collections libraries and archives. 

You will have a positive approach to work, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team. 

An understanding of evaluation and assessment methods with experience of forming evaluation questions and using audience data, is also essential. 

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. 

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. 

The Chair of this recruitment panel will be Neil Stevenson, Public Engagement Manager, who can be contacted with enquiries relating to the role (neil.stevenson@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). 

Only applications received online by 12.00 midday on Friday 7 February 2025 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place on to take place on or close to Thursday 20 February 2025.

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