Liaison Librarian

Teesside University; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

A holiday entitlement of 185 hours (25

Entitlement is pro rata for part-time

Additional leave over the Christmas

Special leave to support a range of

Flexi time scheme

A variety of provision to support

A range of family friendly benefits.

Employee benefits platform discounts

Job summary

Teesside University in Middlesbrough invites applications for a Liaison Librarian to join Student and Library Services. This full-time, permanent role offers hybrid working with two remote days and requires strong customer care and digital literacies development for students.

You will design learning materials and support the university community with evolving student needs, working one evening per week until 7pm and one morning from 8am as part of your weekly hours.

Qualifications

• Strong customer care and digital literacy development experience.
• Ability to create learning materials for students.

Job description

Liaison Librarian

Company: Teesside University

Salary: £31,861 to £36,320 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: Middlesbrough, TS1 3BA

Working pattern: Hybrid - 2 days remote

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 3 Nov 2026

Closing date: 17 Nov 2026

Summary

Student and Library Services are pleased to offer a superb opportunity to join our student facing Learning, Teaching and Research team in this Liaison Librarian role. This role is a full time and permanent opportunity for someone with excellent customer care skills and experience and who wants to make a difference in a higher education setting.

We are looking for someone who is flexible and can easily adapt within an environment that is lively and responsive to evolving student needs, someone who is keen to explore and harness digital opportunities available that will help to improve our student experience and someone who is passionate about the support we offer to our University community.

This role involves supporting students to develop critical digital and library literacies and creating effective learning materials to facilitate this.

This role involves working one evening per week until 7pm and one morning from 8am as part of your weekly hours.

Essential requirements

This role involves supporting students to develop critical digital and library literacies and creating effective learning materials to facilitate this.

This role involves working one evening per week until 7pm and one morning from 8am as part of your weekly hours.

Benefits

• A holiday entitlement of 185 hours (25 days), increasing to 28 and 30 days after 3- and 5-years’ service respectively, plus bank holidays.
• Entitlement is pro rata for part-time/fractional posts.
• Additional leave over the Christmas and New Year period during the Christmas closure.
• Special leave to support a range of circumstances.
• Flexi time scheme.
• A variety of provision to support staff with personal development and recognition.
• A range of family friendly benefits.
• An employee benefits platform which provides discounts with 350+ retailers and access to health and wellbeing resources.
• More information about our benefits and an employee benefits brochure can be found here.

Please be advised that due to the minimum salary thresholds imposed by the UKVI, this post will not qualify for university sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route.

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