Evening & Weekend Library Assistant

Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM), University of Oxford; Oxford; In loco; GBP 9000 - 13.000; Part-time

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Contributory pension scheme

38 days of annual leave

Childcare services

Family leave schemes

Discounted bus travel and season-ticke

Descrizione del lavoro

Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM), University of Oxford, is hiring for a part-time Reader Services assistant at Weston Library. You will greet readers, handle registrations, respond to enquiries, issue and return materials, assist with catalogues and IT facilities, and help maintain a safe reading room environment.

Responsibilities include moving and shelving library materials, including rare items, and supporting readers in a busy setting.

Competenze

• GCSE level or equivalent and excellent customer care.
• Clear and courteous communication, good IT literacy.
• Reliable, accurate and able to work in a team in a busy environment.

Mansioni

• Welcome and register readers and respond to enquiries.
• Issue and return material and assist with catalogues and IT facilities.
• Move, shelve and handle library material including rare items.
• Help maintain safe, welcoming reading rooms.

Conoscenze

Customer service

IT literacy

Teamwork

Formazione

GCSE level or equivalent

Strumenti

Library systems

Descrizione del lavoro

Company: Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM), University of Oxford

You will join the Reader Services team at the Weston Library, home to the Bodleian Libraries' special collections, helping readers access its outstanding resources. You will welcome and register readers, respond to enquiries, issue and return material, assist with catalogues and IT facilities, and help maintain safe, welcoming reading rooms. You will also move, shelve and carefully handle library material, including rare and fragile collections.

This is a permanent part-time post, working 9.58 hours per week. The anticipated working pattern is 16:50-19:00 on three weekdays and 09:50-16:00 every other Saturday. Some flexibility may be required.

Due to the nature of this post, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a satisfactory Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check due to access to rare and valuable special collections.

What We Offer

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days of annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

More information is available at https://www.ox.ac.uk/about/jobs/life-in-oxford

Diversity

Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diverse groups and champions, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, for example, shared parental leave.

We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment processes are inclusive and accessible. If you require the job description or any other materials in an alternative format, or if you would like to request any adjustments to support you through the application or interview process, please contact the recruitment team at [e-mail].

About You

About YouYou will be educated to GCSE level or equivalent, with excellent customer care, clear and courteous communication skills, and good general IT literacy.You will be reliable, accurate, and comfortable working in a team, prioritising tasks in a busy environment and handling books and journals safely.Previous library or customer service experience and familiarity with library systems would be advantageous.

Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM), University of Oxford

Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM), University of Oxford

Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM), University of Oxford