Library Services Advisor - 0663-26

Lancaster University; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancaster University Library Services is seeking proactive Library Services Advisors to join the User Services team in Bailrigg. You will respond to enquiries in person and online, support students, staff, researchers and community members, delivering frontline customer service across opening hours.

The role requires excellent interpersonal skills, reliability and the ability to work in a busy, team-based environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a customer-focused role.
• Ability to work effectively within a team.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Respond to Library enquiries in person and online.
• Support students, staff, researchers and community members.
• Provide frontline customer service across Library opening hours.

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Communication skills

Job description

Library Services Advisor

Location: Bailrigg, Lancaster, UKSalary: £24,685 (Full time, indefinite)Closing Date: Monday 07 September 2026Interview Date: Tuesday 22 September 2026Reference: 0663-26

Job Description

An opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and proactive individuals to join our User Services team. Library Service Advisors work as part of a team responding to Library enquiries in person and online, and supporting students, staff, researchers, and community members both on and off-campus.

Library users are at the heart of everything we do, and these roles are critical to our success. You will become part of an enquiry team delivering front-line customer service excellence across Library opening hours and via existing and emerging communication channels. The team provides a proactive, welcoming presence to all our users and assists in maintaining and developing the Library as an outstanding study environment.

You will have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate confidently with colleagues, students, University staff and external contacts. Reliability and previous experience of team working in a customer-focused role are essential, as well as the ability to use initiative and be self-motivated.

Lancaster University Library provides an outstanding environment for study and research. We are committed to being user-focused, digitally driven, socially inclusive and innovative in our approach to service provision. We provide inspirational and high-quality learning environments that encourage academic excellence, promote partnerships, and respond to the changing expectations of our users.

In addition to the fixed hours, applicants may be asked to cover other shifts when needed, both during weekdays and at weekends.

We are seeking to appoint to one role working Monday to Friday 11.45 to 20.00 and working one weekend every 6 or 7 weeks (taking the adjacent Friday and Monday off in lieu). This is a full time role which will be appointed at a grade 3 with the opportunity to move up to Grade 4 after successful completion of a training pathway.

Person Specification

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