Subject Librarian (Health & Medical Sciences)

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution. The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.

Our research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world around us.

Background

Library Services provides a dedicated, professional and responsive service across the three campuses of City St Georges, University of London. Our collections of print and online resources support the teaching and research activities of the institution. Our printed collections consist of around 250,000 books with over 25,000 online journals and over 1600 study spaces available in our libraries.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will liaise and develop contacts within the School of Health & Medical Sciences in relation to promoting and gathering feedback on Library Services. They will participate in ongoing collection management and development including monitoring and evaluating health resources to support the students, researchers and staff of the School. They will represent Library Services at relevant meetings.

The successful candidate will be involved with the induction of staff and students, will contribute to developing, delivering and evaluating Digital and Information Literacy programmes, and will inform and assist in projects undertaken by Library Services.

Person Specification 

The successful candidate will have a qualification in librarianship or information management, or equivalent experience in a library role. They will have knowledge of library resources and research skills, excellent organisational skills and a proven ability to plan and undertake a range of tasks, and to manage their workload effectively. They will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and customer service experience that enables them to interact with library users, colleagues, academic staff, researchers and other stakeholders inside and outside of the university. 

Additional Information

Further information is available in the job descriptions JD - Subject librarian.pdf

Closing date :  19 July 2026 at 11:59pm

Interviews are scheduled to take place on 10/11 August 2026

The selection process will involve an interview and a presentation. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage. 

City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

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