Assistant Librarian

**Summary**

**Salary**:

- £24,533 - £26,444 per annum, pro rata**Location**:

- Birkenhead**Job Type**:

- Part-Time Fixed Term Contract**Vacancy Group**:

- Professional Services**Category**:

- Professional Services**Closing Date**:

- 03/14/2024**Date Posted**:

- 02/29/2024**Reference**:

- NRA437**Description**:
The University of Chester seek to appoint an Assistant Librarian to work within Learning and Information Services. This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to help deliver frontline services support at our Marriss House Library, Birkenhead and also get involved with assisting our transition to a new Library Management System.

Learning and Information Services are responsible for providing library services, learning resources and library learning spaces for the University. This comprises digital collections of over 800,000 ebooks, 65,000 full text journals as well as an extensive portfolio of print collections and our Open Access repository. In terms of library spaces, the Seaborne Library at the Exton Park Campus, Chester forms part of the wider library provision which includes Wheeler and Queen’s Park Libraries and Kingsway Learning Resources Centre in Chester, the Guildhall Library at Shrewsbury, the Faculty of Health and Social Care Library at Birkenhead and our new town centre location in Warrington.

If you have a degree, library experience and are someone who enjoys understanding how systems can be used to enhance the user experience then please take a look at the attached job description.

This role is being offered for 18 months in the first instance working Monday-Thursday. Working pattern is available in the terms and conditions section of the attached JD.

Please note the interview date is scheduled for Tuesday 26th March 2024.

Please clearly demonstrate on your Employment and Education Details form how you meet the essential criteria of the attached JD/person specification.

Closing date: Midnight on Thursday 14th March 2024.

**Contacts**

**Contact 1**

**Contact Name**:

- HR Enquiries

**Telephone**:

- 01244 512047