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Senior E-resources Assistant

Hybrid in London·Part-time·Added 5 days ago (last checked 7 Oct)

Overview

Job details

  • Part-time

    Per the ad.

  • Hybrid

    Office and home days — the ad has the split.

Requirements

  • Be near London for hybrid days

    No relocation package mentioned.

Benefits

  • 27 days holiday

    Per the ad, which doesn’t say whether bank holidays are on top.

  • Cycle to work and season ticket loan

    Commuter benefits named in the ad.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Annual leave & Work life balance

  • 27 days annual leave + 6 closure days (Christmas and Easter) as well as statutory holidays
  • Hybrid and flexible working
  • Ability to buy 5 additional annual leave days

Children & Family

  • Enhanced maternity, adoption, paternity leave
  • Carer's leave
  • Workplace nursery

Other benefits

We also offer some great benefits some of which are defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE); cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan; on-site gym etc. As part of the UCL community you can access free lunch hour lectures, exhibitions and museums and collections. On campus UCL has the Bloomsbury theatre hosting a range of performances and a series of bars, cafes and other facilities, which UCL staff can use.

Visit Reward and Benefits | Work at UCL - UCL - University College London to find out more.

Visa & relocation

This role does not meet the eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa certificate of sponsorship under UK Visas and Immigration legislation. Therefore, UCL will not be able to sponsor individuals who require right to work in the UK to carry out this role.

The role

We are looking for candidates who in particular have the following experience and skills:

What you'll do

The E-Resources Team is responsible for managing a large and varied collection of e-resources (databases, e-journals and e-books). This includes acquisition, access management, discovery and review. The post holder will ensure UCL's e-resource holdings and linking information in the library management system (Alma) are accurate and up to date, and they will use their excellent communication skills when responding to user enquiries, and when liaising with publishers, subscription agents and UCL IT support to resolve access issues.

How you'll work

This role is eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of 40% on site.

We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.

This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information.

About you

  • Experience of periodicals/journals or acquisitions work in a library environment.
  • A demonstrable understanding of the issues involved in acquiring and managing electronic resources.
  • Experience of responding to customer enquiries.
  • Ability to work with accuracy and attention to detail.

Further details

The advert will close on the published date at 23:59 GMT. Interviews will be held at the Institute of Education Library.

A job description and person specification can be accessed from the link at the bottom of this page.

To apply, please provide:

  • An up-to-date CV, including as a minimum detail of your current employment, salary and notice period, details of any former employment and your education history.
  • A supporting statement, showing how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria marked 'Application' in the Person Specification found within the Job Description for this post. Your statement should be provided using the free text box under 'Questionnaire'.

If you have any queries about the role or have any queries about the application process, please contact lccos-jobs@ucl.ac.uk, quoting the job title and reference number.

Further information about UCL LCCOS can be found on our website https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lccos/

The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work - please visit www.ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-working to find out more.

About University College London

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In their own words

About the company & team

UCL is London's global university. LCCOS - Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science - provides outstanding staff, services and resources to support the world-class research, education and enterprise that is undertaken in UCL, and connects the world with UCL through innovative programming and engagement activities. LCCOS is acknowledged as an international leader in Open Science and Scholarship.

The LCCOS family comprises 4 museums and allied object collections, 13 libraries, the UCL Student Centre, Special Collections facilities, multiple additional learning spaces and a substantial off-site storage facility. We also provide comprehensive services to healthcare staff through our partnerships with 6 NHS Trusts. LCCOS holds the UK Customer Service Excellence (CSE) Award, The National Archives (TNA) Archives Service Accreditation, and Arts Council England Museum Accreditation. The combined staff in UCL LCCOS totals around 450.

Additional information

As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. Our department is working towards an Athena SWAN award. We are committed to advancing gender equality within our department.

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