Library Digital Advisor (Chelsea)

The opportunity 

Join our friendly team as a Library Digital Advisor at University of the Arts London (UAL) on a six-month fixed term contract.

In this role, you will provide high quality customer-focused digital library services, supporting a vibrant community of learners, educators, and researchers.

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Assisting users both in-person and online with their queries
• Managing library resources and equipment, offering first-line technical support, and guiding users in digital literacy
• Designing and delivering workshops, inductions, and creating digital learning materials
• Collaborating with technical teams to maintain and enhance digital library resources
• Contributing to library projects, representing the department in meetings, and sharing best practices

The term-time working pattern is Monday to Friday 10:15am to 6:00pm. During vacation, hours will generally be 09:00am to 5:00pm or 10:15am to 6:15pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

UAL Library Services operates a hybrid working pattern, with some working from home where operational needs allow.

About you

We are seeking a candidate with a degree-level qualification and/or relevant digital skills, with experience in a library or digital education setting.

You will possess:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with an ability to make users feel welcome
• Some knowledge of information management
• An interest in digital technologies, especially in art and design contexts

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2024 QS World University Rankings (for the sixth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.

Closing date: September 17^th 2024 at 23:55.

Our culture

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.

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