Acquisitions Co-ordinator

About the Role

We are seeking an Acquisitions Co-ordinator to supervise a team of Library Assistants and assist the Acquisitions Librarian with the technical and financial management of the service. The job is varied and will involve liaising with stakeholders and suppliers, analytical reporting and reviewing processes.

About You

You will have relevant experience of resources and collections work. You will be a great communicator, with a proactive approach and be committed to excellent customer service. Strong organisational skills, IT skills and an ability to problem solve are key requirements of this role.

About the Department

The QMUL Library Services is rapidly evolving and building a culture of diversity, service excellence and continuous improvement commensurate with the needs of a growing university which excels in teaching, learning and research, while retaining strong links to the local community in the East End of London.  

The department comprises five teams which work across our London and transnational sites and online: Library Frontline Services, Library Teaching and Learning Support, Library Resources and Collections, Library Research Support, and the newly formed team of Library Innovation and Support. Strategic leadership is provided by the Library Services Senior Management team, comprising the University Librarian and the five Heads of Library Service. Additionally, a number of Cross-Service Working groups bring together colleagues with diverse skills and professional interests from all grades and teams across the department, and contribute significantly towards service improvements and communications. 

The role of the Resources and Collections team is to ensure that Queen Mary provides access to high quality academic information resources to support the strategic ambitions of the university.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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