Archive and Library Assistant

4 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**Grade UE04 - £23,144 - £25,138 per annum (pro rata). (A revised salary range for this grade of £24,533 - £27,181 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024).**

**Information Services Group - Heritage Collections (Access & Engagement) - Library & University Collections**

**Part time - 14 hours per week (Thursday and Friday)**

**Open ended (Permanent)
We are looking for an Archive and Library Assistant, working with Heritage Collections and based at the Centre for Research Collections, Main Library.

**The Opportunity**:
We are looking for a highly-motivated and customer service-driven individual to join the Research Services team. This role provides high-quality services to users of the collections, including staff, students, visiting academics, and independent researchers. The Centre for Research Collections provides access to heritage collections for research, teaching and engagement.

The Research Services team manages, develops and delivers research, user and public access to the University of Edinburgh’s heritage collections. It consists of the Research Services Manager, the St Cecilia’s Hall Curator (who manages the Museum Assistants), the Research Services Supervisor (who manages the Archive & Library Assistants), a Senior Archive & Library Assistant, Virtual Access Assistant and a Modern Apprentice. Access to collections is facilitated in person and online through the Centre for Research Collections, the School of Scottish Studies Archive and New College Library. The team manages St Cecilia’s Hall Concert Room & Music Museum.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- Front-line customer-service experience.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Comfortable working in a busy environment.
- Commitment to supporting Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in the workplace.
- Enthusiasm for a career in the heritage sector.

Click to view a copy of the full **job description**

As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Click to access our staff benefits page (opens new browser tab) for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

**Key dates to note**:
Interviews will be held on **25 April 2024.


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