Weekend Assistant Librarian (Part-time, Term-time Only)

About the role

Join the Bodleian Law Library Team as a Weekend Assistant Librarian!

The Bodleian Law Library is one of the largest academic law libraries in the country, and provides services to readers from the University, wider academia, and the legal profession.

You will be responsible for the Bodleian Law Library’s services at weekends and work as one of the senior library staff on Mondays contributing to planning and developing our library services.  You will line manage a small team, answer enquiries, and provide a high-quality legal reference service to a broad range of Library users.

This is a permanent part-time, term-time only position, working onsite 25 hours per week during the University term.  This role does not support remote working.

This role involves working at heights, lone working and regular manual handling.

About You

You will be professionally qualified librarian (or have equivalent experience) and have experience of working in an academic or legal library environment. 

You will have excellent IT skills and familiarity with library catalogues and online resources. 

You will have experience of supervising staff, a commitment to good customer care, strong collaborative skills and proven ability to work independently and prioritise workloads.

Knowledge of European languages is desirable.

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 statement as part of your online application. Your supporting statement should list each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description, and explain how you meet each one. CVs alone will not be considered.

We aim to provide a supportive working environment and are happy to discuss training and professional development opportunities. The Chair of this recruitment panel will be Margaret Watson.  Academic Services Librarian, Bodleian Law Library who can be contacted with enquiries relating to the role (law.ref@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).

Only applications received online by 12.00 midday (GMT) on Monday 24 February 2025 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place during week the commencing Monday 24 March 2025.

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