Information Specialist

Closing date: 11.59pm on 15 May 2025

Interview date: 27/05/2025

Contracted hours: 28 hours, 12 month fixed term contract

Salary per annum: £41,799 per annum (pro rata) 

Imagine being faced with a world of exciting possibilities that could ultimately enable you to support our members and help shape the health policies of the future. As the UK’s largest trade union and professional body for nursing, we support over half a million members with unwavering loyalty and total commitment. We represent and develop them, support their practice and lobby on their behalf to make a positive difference to their working lives.

We're accredited with Investors in People Silver Standard. Our people are our greatest asset, and we want people who can contribute to our purpose in line with our values.

As our Information Specialist you’ll use your enthusiasm, your positivity and your customer service skills to deliver an exceptional service to our members.

In this varied role every day will be filled with possibilities. You will get involved in anything from literature searching to information literacy teaching. We'll look to you to help develop learning resources for our members. It's a great way to build on your skills and experience and develop your potential.

As well as exceptional customer service, to join us you’ll need an in-depth knowledge of information literacy and search support.

To succeed at the Royal College of Nursing all you need to do is think bigger, better and brighter. And with an attitude like that, anything’s possible.

What we offer you

We expect you to look after our members. And we expect you to be rewarded for it. We offer an impressive range of benefits, a broad range of learning development opportunities and an award-winning health and wellbeing programme. We offer annual leave up to 28 days plus bank holidays and three additional days for the Christmas break plus generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave packages.

We are a diverse organisation and understand everyone has different needs and many of our employees enjoy flexible working enabling them to deliver results whilst having a good work life balance, please discuss with the recruiting manager.

Equal opportunities for everyone.

Equity, diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we aim to foster an inclusive environment so our people can bring their authentic selves to work. This is integral to our mission to enable you to support our members and ensure their voice is heard by all UK governments to get the best outcomes for them and their patients.

As a proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities.

Contact details

For more information or an informal discussion about the role please contact Anna Semmens, Head of Library and Archive Services: 02076473586.

For more information about the recruitment and selection process please contact recruit@rcn.org.uk

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