Library and Information Assistant Apprentice

Best Apprenticeships; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education provider in the United Kingdom is seeking someone to join their Open Science team. This role involves delivering library services, supporting open research practices, and contributing to the development of institutional repositories. Responsibilities include marketing services, managing enquiries, and participating in service development. Ideal candidates have experience in library services and strong communication skills. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in library and information services.
• Strong communication skills for customer service.
• Ability to engage in team meetings and collaborate.

Responsibilities

• Support marketing and promotion of services and resources.
• Contribute to submission of materials into repositories.
• Serve as first point of contact for library services.
• Engage in service development and liaise with users.

Job description

You’llbe part of the Open Science team helping to deliver a range of library and information services, as well as, supporting open research practices, such as open access publishing of journal articles and data sharing, through the development and operation of the institutional repositories.

• Supporting the marketing and promotion of services and resources (preparing and updating guidance documents, intranet pages, display screens).
• Contributing to the submission of materials into the publication and data repositories, updating metadata and quality checking of records.
• Being the first point of contact for some services, including time on the library enquiry desk, answering a range of enquiries (in person and via email) and triaging more complex enquiries to the relevant members of the team.
• Contributing to service development through active engagement in team meetings and liaising with library users.