Vacancy for Collections Development Manager at University of Southampton

Digital Preservation Coalition; Southampton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A public educational institution in Southampton is seeking a Collections Development Manager to lead a team and enhance service delivery through innovation. The ideal candidate will have strong people management skills and experience with analytical tools, driving team performance in providing access to essential information resources for students and staff. This role offers a salary between £32,348 and £39,745 per annum, with a full-time contract.

Qualifications

• Strong people management skills.
• Experience with analytical tools.
• Ability to inspire team performance and service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and implement innovative ways of working.
• Connect students and staff with necessary information resources.
• Ensure a responsive service for students and staff.

Job description

Overview

Vacancy for Collections Development Manager at University of Southampton

3 November 2022

Southampton

£32,348 to £39,745 per annum

Full-Time

Role description

Are you a strong people manager, who leads from the front, who will inspire your team to high levels of performance, service delivery, innovation and continuous service improvement? Do you have knowledge and experience using analytical tools? Are you looking for a role where you can help facilitate, develop and implement new and innovative ways of working that will also challenge you, and deliver high levels of job satisfaction? If so, this role within the Collections Development team at the University of Southampton could be the right one for you.

Collections Development is a part of the Collection, Technologies and Systems team at the University of Southampton Library. We connect students and staff with the physical and electronic information resources they need to support their learning, teaching and research. We ensure that world class information resources are provided promptly and cost effectively. We’re here to provide students an effective and responsive service and support. We want to ensure our information resources are integral to their studies and successful outcomes through our work. We are an ambitious and developing team with a focus on constantly seeking new ways to acquire, curate and evaluate the right information resources to provide the best experience for our students and staff. We’re adopting a new collections policy, implementing a new library services platform and planning a major upgrade to our physical and digital library environments to support our students and staff.