Bibliographic Services Lead – Procurement & Cataloguing

birmingham.gov.uk; Birmingham; Hybride; GBP 37 000 - 46 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Membership of West Midlands Pension

Enhanced Holiday Entitlement – 30 days

My Rewards Scheme

Health and wellbeing support

Résumé du poste

The Birmingham Library Services team is expanding with the appointment of a Bibliographic Services Co-ordinator. This permanent role supports the library management system Spydus, supplier relationships and procurement of books and related services.

You will lead a small team and work closely with the Library Service Manager across the city’s service. The post is based at The Library of Birmingham with some duties as Duty Manager.

Qualifications

• Experience in frontline library services or procurement, acquisitions and inventory management.
• Knowledge of cataloguing and classification standards.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage priorities.
• Experience building partnerships and collaborative working relationships.
• Decision-making confidence and ownership of outcomes.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and high-quality service.

Responsabilités

• Lead and coordinate bibliographic services across Birmingham Library Services.
• Manage stock budgets, expenditure monitoring and reporting.
• Oversee procurement and acquisition of library stock and electronic resources.
• Develop and maintain cataloguing and classification standards.
• Monitor and support library acquisition systems, databases and interfaces.
• Review working practices and implement service improvements and efficiencies.
• Supervise staff and volunteers, providing guidance and specialist advice.
• Build strong relationships with internal teams, suppliers and external partners.

Connaissances

Frontline library experience

Procurement

Inventory management

Financial systems

Cataloguing standards

Spydus

Outils

Spydus

Description du poste

The Birmingham Library Services team is expanding with the appointment of a Bibliographic Services Co-ordinator. This permanent role supports the library management system Spydus, supplier relationships and procurement of books and related services.

You will lead a small team and work closely with the Library Service Manager across the city’s service. The post is based at The Library of Birmingham with some duties as Duty Manager.