Library Assistant

About the role

The Horton Library is a small and friendly library and we get to know our readers well. Your duties as library assistant will include: welcoming readers, issuing and returning books, shelving and tidying, registering readers, answering simple library and IT enquiries and referring more complex ones to the Outreach Librarian.

Your duties will also include staffing the Horton Library on your own at times and ensuring the library & other relevant areas in the building are locked up at the end of the day.

This is a part-time, fixed-term position, working 29.2 hours per week until 31 March 2025 due to NHS funding. Your working hours will be within our opening times of 09:00-17:00, Monday-Friday. Your non-working hours will be negotiable but will need to meet the requirements of the service. You will be based at the Horton Hospital Library, Banbury, but you may very occasionally be expected to work at other Bodleian Health Care Libraries in Oxford.

This role requires regular manual handling and some lone working. Full training will be given.

About You

You will have excellent customer services and communication skills, as well as good general IT skills, including use of email, internet, and general applications such as Microsoft Office. You will also have the ability to work independently and as part of a small team.

What We Offer

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days of annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Cycle loan scheme
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

More information is available at https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/staff-benefits

Diversity

Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diverse groups and champions, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, for example, shared parental leave.

How to apply

You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting evidence form using the attached template as part of your online application. Your supporting evidence form should list each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description, and explain how you meet each one. CVs or supporting evidence forms submitted on their own will not be considered.

We aim to provide a supportive working environment and are happy to discuss training and professional development opportunities. If you have any queries relating to the role, please contact Susan Riley (susan.riley@bodleian.ox.ac.uk). General queries about the recruitment and application process should be directed to the Recruitment team within our Human Resources department (recruitment@glam.ox.ac.uk).

Please discuss secondments with your line manager in the first instance, as you must have their agreement that you can be released for a secondment before you submit an application. https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/secondments

Only applications received online by 12.00 midday (BST) on Wednesday 24 July 2024 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place on Friday 9 August 2024 at the Horton Hospital Library in Banbury.

Please do let us know if you require any more information. Many thanks for your assistance in advance.

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