Closing date: 12:00 UTC, Friday 11 September 2026

6-month appointment, with possibility for renewal

Do you enjoy building relationships and advocating for open access? Would you like to work with libraries and library consortia to support sustainable open scholarly infrastructure? Join DOAJ as our Library Engagement Manager and support our efforts to build a sustainable future for DOAJ.

About DOAJ

DOAJ is a global open scholarly infrastructure that indexes and promotes quality, peer-reviewed, open-access journals. We help researchers, libraries, and research funders identify trusted open access research.

DOAJ is a mission-driven, non-profit foundation registered in Denmark. We are a small, fully remote organisation with colleagues across Europe, Africa, Asia and South America. Our team brings together publishers, librarians, and academics committed to making research more open and equitable.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced, proactive individual to develop and maintain DOAJ’s relationships with libraries and library consortia internationally, ensuring we secure the sustainable investment we need to continue delivering our mission.

Working closely with the DOAJ’s Managing Director and Head of Community & Communications, you will communicate our mission and services to library audiences, develop new relationships and bring the perspectives and needs of the academic library community into our work. You will also support DOAJ’s advocacy, outreach and representation within the library and scholarly communications communities.

The role is at least 30 hours per week and is fully remote.

The Library Engagement Manager has responsibilities in the following areas:

Library engagement and relationships

You will build and maintain relationships with academic and research libraries, library consortia and library networks internationally, identify opportunities to reach new audiences, and gather feedback and intelligence to inform DOAJ’s work.

Securing library investment

You will communicate with existing and prospective library supporters, including supporting our renewal process, maintaining an overview of supporter opportunities and progress in our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, and working with colleagues on relevant administration and documentation.

Outreach, advocacy and representation

You will represent DOAJ in meetings, webinars, conferences and other engagement activities by preparing and giving presentations and communications for library audiences. You will also represent DOAJ in relevant library, scholarly communications and open access organisations, networks, working groups and events.

You will also monitor developments in academic libraries, scholarly communications and open access and have the opportunity to contribute to DOAJ’s wider communications and advocacy activities.

About you

You are a driven, confident relationship-builder who enjoys working with people and organisations. You are proactive, organised and comfortable representing an organisation internationally.

You enjoy working collaboratively in a small international team and building relationships across cultures and time zones. You understand the importance of trusted information, openness and equitable access to research, and share our belief that research should be open and available to everyone.

Essential requirements

• Relevant professional experience in or with academic or research libraries, scholarly communications, open access or a related field
• Proven experience developing and maintaining professional relationships and networks
• Proven experience communicating with a range of audiences
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple activities and deadlines
• Ability to work independently, take ownership of responsibilities, and proactively drive tasks and projects forward.
• Strong written and spoken English communication skills

Desirable experience and knowledge

• An understanding of libraries’ motivations and decision-making processes for investing in open infrastructure
• Experience in open access, scholarly publishing or open infrastructure
• Experience of advocacy, community engagement or partnership development
• Experience supporting fundraising or supporter relationships
• Experience of working internationally or in a remote organisation

We offer

• The opportunity to contribute to a globally recognised open infrastructure organisation that is helping to make research more open and equitable.
• A high degree of trust, autonomy and responsibility.
• Flexible remote working with colleagues across the world.
• The opportunity to build relationships with libraries and scholarly communications organisations internationally.
• A collaborative and supportive working environment where your ideas and initiative are valued.

Compensation

The Managing Director will agree on the level of compensation upon appointment. The level of compensation depends on location and type of contract.

Diversity

DOAJ is an adopting organisation of the C4DISC Joint Statement of Principles and strives to improve diversity and inclusion in scholarly communications. We are committed to ensuring these principles are reflected in our organisational structure and underpin our day-to-day operations.

Questions and application

If you have questions about the role, working for DOAJ, or the application process, please email Joanna Ball joanna@doaj.org

To apply, please send a cover letter and a copy of your resumé/CV to to jobs@doaj.org by 12:00 UTC on Friday, September 11 2026. 

Your cover letter must explain how you meet the essential and desirable requirements.