Academic Librarian

Are you a librarian or have significant experience in a library/information or related academic service? Do you have the capability to support us to develop and deliver excellent library and information services for education and research. Do you bring experience in delivering specialist information literacy training?  If so, we would welcome your application as an Academic Librarian where you will be joining a supportive and collaborative team environment.

Reporting to our Academic Library Services Manager and a member of the Academic Library Services team, you will work across both our Medway and Canterbury campuses.

The role of an Academic Librarian will involve engaging and partnering with academic Schools, as embedded information liaison specialists, ensuring excellent communication and collaboration between IS Learning and Research Resources (LRR) across relevant education and research matters.  You will support students and academics with the identification, selection or use of library and information resources for their academic activity and design and deliver cross-campus digital literacy training to support all levels of academic activity.

As an Academic Librarian, you can expect to get involved in:

• Establishing and sustaining excellent working partnerships at all levels with designated Schools, and through their networks to develop a detailed knowledge of School education, research and engagement priorities, to inform, develop and maintain a service offer that supports disciplinary needs.
• Fostering collaborative agreement and interdisciplinary working across Schools, such as for the adoption of common systems, processes and ways of working, in order to deliver visible, valued and consistent experience of LRR services.
• Providing support, expertise, guidance and training, as required for the range of LRR services, referring to specialist LRR teams so that library collections and services for education and research meet disciplinary needs.

What will you bring to the role?

• A degree/post-graduate qualification in library/archive/information management or equivalent experience.
• Ability to manage and address complex issues, such as through coordinating and directing staff across multiple teams via projects or working groups, to support optimal outcomes for education, research & engagement services.
• Broad range of knowledge and understanding of information provision across education and research, such as open access and copyright, with specialist knowledge of information literacy to deliver training & support.

What we can offer in return:

As a member of our team, you can expect a friendly, open and collaborative working environment and support in your development & wellbeing. You'll enjoy a range of great staff benefits including:

• Hybrid working options allowing a flexible blend of office & home working (to be agreed in line with business needs)
• 43 days' leave per year (personal leave, bank holidays and additional days allocated for the Christmas period, pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Excellent pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Corporate employee-funded healthcare plan, in partnership with Benenden Health

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Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post.

For further information regarding the application process, please contact peopleserviceshr@kent.ac.uk quoting reference number IS-150-25-R.

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Please note that we prioritise applications from current University of Kent redeployees. 

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