Library Assistant (Afternoons) (0.5 FTE)

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

We are looking for a part-time Library Assistant to staff the Library in-person in the afternoons on weekdays. 

This is an excellent opportunity for someone to develop their skills and experience across a number of responsibilities in a wide-ranging role. All duties are delivered on site, providing face-to-face services to users from the Enquiries Desk and support to remote users online via our Live Chat service and our ServiceDesk portal, and undertaking tasks and projects relating to User Services (or other areas of the service as needed). The post contributes to all aspects of the delivery of library services, ensuring an excellent standard of customer service.

You should be educated to a degree level or hold equivalent qualification. You will have proven experience of working as a member of staff in a library, and demonstrable knowledge of issues relating to the delivery of library services. You should possess excellent communication skills, and be customer focused. Further particulars are included in the job description.

The post is part-time 17.5 hours per week, 0.5 FTE and permanent. 

The post holder is required to work onsite in the Library 14:00-17:30 Monday-Friday, and on occasion are responsible for closing the Library at the appointed time. Term dates are listed on our website at https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/term-and-holiday-dates.

The salary will be on the Professional Services salary scale, Grade 3 in the range £29,514 - £33,207 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service.  Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at LSHTM.

Applications should be made by clicking the 'Apply' button above. Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk. 

The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as "Please see attached CV" will not be considered acceptable. 

Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.

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