Health Research Intelligence Librarian

Position Summary

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 Academic and Research Engagement department to generate strategic analytics that guide institutional and unit-level strategy.

Primary Responsibilities

• 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 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.
• Demonstrated 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.

How to Apply

Please visit https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/322230 and complete the online application. Please include a resume of relevant experience, a cover letter highlighting your interest in this position and Carolina’s library, and the names, titles, and contact information for three professional references. Additionally, please indicate in your cover letter where you first learned of this position.

Deadline for Application

Review of applications will begin upon receipt. The position will close on August 14, 2026.