Library Assistant (Document Delivery)

University of Bath; Bath; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave + discretionary days

Pension schemes

Cycle to work scheme

EV salary sacrifice

Gym discount

PT/PG tuition discounts

Professional development opportunities

Museum discounts

Safer Recruitment

Job summary

The University of Bath invites applications for a Senior Library Assistant in the Document Delivery team. You will help source material not held in the library, process inter-library loans, and support digitisation workflows for teaching staff.

This part-time role (21.9 hours/week) offers exposure to a contemporary document delivery service within a leading higher education library and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrable experience of being an effective team member.
• Attention to fine detail.
• Excellent IT skills, including the ability to learn LMS workflows and how to search a variety of resources to locate specific items of information.

Responsibilities

• Locate items held by other libraries and services and process borrowing and lending requests via our Library Management System (LMS).
• Work closely with other members of the Document Delivery team, wider library staff and the University's academic community to ensure requested material is obtained and delivered accurately and efficiently.

Skills

Excellent communication

Team player

Attention to detail

IT skills

LMS workflows

Tools

LMS Alma

Job description

This Senior Library Assistant role within the Document Delivery team works across its three services of (Inter-Library Loans, Bath Copies and Library Scanning Service for Teaching Staff) to achieve the smooth and efficient provision of material not held within the library's collections in addition to the delivery of digitised content from the library's print holdings.

The post should appeal to people who are seeking experience of working in a contemporary document delivery service within a higher educational library.

Responsibilities

• locate items held by other libraries and services and process borrowing and lending requests via our Library Management System (LMS)
• work closely with other members of the Document Delivery team, wider library staff and our University's academic community to ensure requested material is obtained and delivered accurately and efficiently.

Key Attributes / Requirements

• excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• demonstrable experience of being an effective team member.
• attention to fine detail.
• excellent IT skills, including the ability to learn local LMS based workflows and how to search a variety of resources to locate specific items of information.

You will understand the role that document delivery services plays in a higher education library. Knowledge and experience of working with an LMS such as Alma would be advantageous as will an understanding of digitisation processes from print resources.

This is a part-time position working 21.9 hours per week (Monday-Wednesday) for a fixed-term period until 31 July 2027. We understand the importance of continued professional development for all Library staff, and you will benefit from the programme of local opportunities we provide, and our support for your involvement in appropriate external activities.

For more information and informal discussion about the role please contact Tom Brumfit or Steve Alston.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

What we can offer you

• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff benefits include discounted postgraduate tuition and language courses, alongside a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities such as apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning, and more
• Local discounts, including free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
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• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Employee assistance services through Health Assured, including access to the Wisdom app

Be Well at Bath

• Staff support groups and networks
• A network of Staff Wellbeing Champions
• A suite of tools, resources and frameworks that enable you to be at your best and thrive