Senior Library Assistant: E-resources and reading lists

About us

LCCOS is acknowledged as an international leader in Open Science and Scholarship.

The LCCOS family comprises 4 museums and allied object collections, 14 libraries, the UCL Student Centre, Special Collections facilities, multiple additional learning spaces, the Bloomsbury Theatre and a substantial off-site storage facility. We also provide comprehensive services to healthcare staff through our partnerships with 6 NHS Trusts. LCCOS holds the UK Customer Service Excellence (CSE) Award, The National Archives (TNA) Archives Service Accreditation, and Arts Council England Museum Accreditation. The combined staff in UCL LCCOS totals around 440.

About the role

The senior library assistant: E: resources and reading lists is part of the Acquisitions team, within Collection Services, currently based in the UCL Institute of Education Library: Collection Services are responsible for the provision of books, journals and other materials required to support research, teaching and learning at UCL.

This post co-ordinates the ordering process within the Acquisitions Team to ensure that books are ordered in line with purchasing procedures, by supervising a team of seven library assistants in collaboration with two other senior assistants.

Flexible Working Statement: We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.

This role is 0.62 FTE, the salary for this role is £36,433 per annum (pro-rata).This role is eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of 40% on site

This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information.

This role does not meet the eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa certificate of sponsorship under UK Visas and Immigration legislation. Therefore, UCL will not be able to sponsor individuals who require right to work in the UK to carry out this role.

About you

We are looking for candidates who in particular have the following experience and skills:

• The senior library assistant e-resources and reading lists works with accuracy and attention to detail to use bibliographic information to buy print and electronic resources.
• They will have ability to lead, instruct and motivate staff assisting in this work.
• An ability to classify books and assign shelf-locations is also required.

This post is part time: the work pattern can flexible between Monday and Friday, but the post holder must be able to regularly work on Wednesdays.

The advert will close on the published date at 23:59 GMT. Interviews will be carried out on-line.

A job description and person specification can be accessed from the link at the bottom of this page.

Further details

To apply, please provide:

• An up-to-date CV, including as a minimum detail of your current employment, salary and notice period, details of any former employment and your education history.
• A supporting statement, showing how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria marked ‘Application’ in the Person Specification found within the Job Description for this post. Your statement should be provided using the free text box under ‘Questionnaire’.

If you have any queries about the role or have any queries about the application process, please contact lccos-, quoting the job title and reference number.

Further information about UCL LCCOS can be found on our website https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lccos/

The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work – please visit www.ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-working to find out more.

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