Posted to IASSIST on: 2026-07-22
Employer: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Employer URL: https://unc.edu/
Description
Health Research Intelligence Librarian
The University Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks a Health Research Intelligence Librarian to join our staff.
The Health Research Intelligence Librarian works within the Health Research Intelligence unit of the Health Academic and Research Engagement department to generate strategic analytics that guide institutional and unit-level strategy. This work includes conducting research impact assessments, analyzing and visualizing collaboration and research networks, and performing topic or trend analyses using bibliometric and related data sources.
The librarian consults with faculty, research groups, departments, institutes, and other campus units to address questions about impact and collaboration, strengthen publication and output tracking, and communicate research contributions to audiences such as funders, administrators, and promotion and tenure committees. The role also provides training and guidance on research metrics, including responsible and contextualized use of bibliometric indicators. The librarian collaborates closely with related units across the University Library—such as scholarly communications, library data services, and research information management teams—to ensure alignment of research impact services and to support coordinated, campus-wide research intelligence activities.
Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit
The University and The Library
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the country’s oldest state university. UNC Chapel Hill has an enrollment of approximately 29,000 students, employs more than 3,500 members of the faculty, and offers 69 doctoral degrees as well as professional degrees in medicine, social work, information science, and law.
The University Library aspires to be an intellectual and creative partner in the mission of the University, the success of every Tar Heel, and the vitality of our state.
The largest academic research library in the southeastern United States, the University Library at UNC-Chapel Hill includes eight library locations, 10 million volumes, over 250 employees, and more than 180 student workers and hosts 2 million visitors annually.
The University Library serves campus and broader communities that reflect the socioeconomic, ethnic, and religious diversity of the state of North Carolina, and we maintain a welcoming, inclusive, and open educational and workplace climate for all. We strive to create an environment of respect and collaboration where vision and innovation can flourish. Learn more about our Strategic Framework — including our pillars, values, and priorities — by visiting https://library.unc.edu/about/strategic-framework/.
The Region
The Triangle region is one of the most desirable places to live and work in North America and offers its residents a wide array of recreational, cultural, and intellectual activities. The mountains or the seashore are less than a half day’s drive from Chapel Hill.
Primary Responsibilities
Principal responsibilities include:
- Conduct bibliometric and research impact analyses.
- Prepare clear reports, visualizations, and narrative summaries.
- Provide consultations for faculty, students, research groups, departments, and institutes on research impact, publication tracking, researcher profiles, and responsible metrics.
- Develop and maintain guides, templates, and training materials
- Design and deliver workshops on bibliometric tools, research impact methods, and related data sources.
- Contribute to workflow optimization projects using AI and automation.
- Stay current with developments in bibliometrics, research assessment, responsible metrics, research information management, and analytics tools.
- Document methods, decisions, workflows, and quality assurance practices to ensure transparency, reproducibility, and continuity.
- Participate in library, campus, and professional committees or communities of practice related to research impact, analytics, and library-based research support.
- Monitor developments in bibliometrics, research assessment, responsible metrics, research information management, and analytics tools, and guide the unit in adopting emerging best practices.
- Participate in and represent the unit within library, campus, and professional committees or communities of practice related to research intelligence, analytics, and research support services.
Required Qualifications, Competencies & Experience
- Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited library/information science program or an advanced degree in a related field such as public health, biomedical informatics, or data science.
- One or more years of experience working in an academic, library, or research setting.
- emonstrated experience conducting bibliometric or research impact analysis using publication, citation, or research administration data.
- Experience using Python or R for preparing, cleaning, and analyzing datasets for research impact or bibliometric purposes and applying automation to improve workflows.
- Experience producing data visualizations or analytic summaries for non-technical audiences.
- Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with varied user communities, including students, faculty, researchers, colleagues, and community members.
- Excellent oral, written, analytical, and interpersonal communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with network analysis, collaboration mapping, or graph analytics (e.g., VOSviewer, Gephi, NetworkX).
- Experience creating dashboards or interactive visualizations using tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Plotly, or Shiny.
- Experience working with research information management systems or publication data workflows, including author disambiguation and affiliation/department mapping.
- Experience designing and delivering instruction or training materials, such as workshops, guides, or consultations.
- Education or work experience in a health discipline.
- Experience applying AI or machine learning techniques to text, metadata, classification, or data cleaning tasks.
- Experience using reproducible workflows, including version control, documentation, and quality assurance checks.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple analytic projects in an academic, library, or research environment (evidenced through portfolio or project descriptions).
Salary & Benefits
This is a twelve-month, non-faculty academic librarian appointment. Standard state benefits include annual leave, sick leave, and State or optional retirement. The salary range for the Health Research Intelligence Librarian position begins at $54,249. The University Library intends to hire at a minimum of $70,860, with a salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.
This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement to include a partially remote work location, consistent with System Office policy. UNC Chapel Hill employees are generally required to reside within a reasonable commuting distance of their assigned duty station.
Salary
Minimum $70,860
Job Location
Chapel Hill, NC
More info/apply URL: https://library.unc.edu/job-postings/health-research-intelligence-librarian/
Archived on: 2026-07-31