Information Assistant (0.8 FTE, annualised hours)

Reporting to the User Services Librarian, the Information Assistant works as a key member of the user-facing team to provide support at the library desk on a rota basis and assists with technical, professional and outreach services to ensure the delivery of a professional library provision.

You will have experience of working in libraries, ideally in an educational setting and will have good technical skills, including use of MS Office applications, Library Management Systems and Online Academic Resources. The successful candidate will have good interpersonal, listening and language skills, be able to interact with a wide range of people and show intercultural sensitivity and diplomacy.

You will be able to work independently, taking responsibility for coordination of activities within a specific area, as well as part of a team.

This is a part-time position, based predominantly on campus, ideally suited to someone studying toward becoming a qualified librarian. There is some flexibility over hours/patterns of work across the academic year and limited remote working during teaching weeks.

About Richmond American University London

Richmond American University London is a unique institution, global in outlook and in practice, diverse and cosmopolitan in its culture. A leading private and not-for-profit institution, we are dually accredited in both the United States, by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and registered with the Office for Students in the UK. Our students receive both UK and US degrees, bringing together the best of British and American higher education. Operating in London since 1972, our mission is to educate and inform future generations by providing them with the knowledge and support to think critically, the freedom to challenge assumptions and the skills to work with others. Our distinctive, multi-disciplinary Liberal Arts degree programmes offer a holistic approach to teaching and learning that focuses on developing academic and personal skills to enable our students to make positive contributions through employment, personal development, and public service after graduation.

Richmond is an equal opportunities employer. A Basic level DBS check is required for this position. For further information about this vacancy and the University, please visit: www.richmond.ac.uk

Closing date: 15th December 2024

Interviews will be held in person on: 6th January 2025

To apply for this role, please email your CV and supporting statement together with details of two recent work-related references via the 'Apply' button.

Please note that while submitted applications will be acknowledged, we are unable to provide individual feedback to applicants.

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