Acquisitions Supervisor

1 month ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE05 £25,285.00 to £28,929.00 Per Annum**
**Information Services, Library & University Collections**
**Open Ended Contract - Permanent: Full Time - 35 hours per week**
**2 Posts Available**

**The Opportunity:
**The posts are based within a small and friendly team which is located within the Main Library, George Square, Edinburgh.

A priority for the team is achieving full spend of the c.£8.2M Library Materials Budget and the postholders will support the Content Acquisition & Access Manager and the Content Acquisitions Coordinators by liaising with external suppliers and internal colleagues to ensure timely and accurate payments for library resource acquisitions and subscriptions.

The postholders will also line manage and supervise the team of Acquisitions Assistants in the purchase and lifecycle management of library materials to maximise the provision of content in support of teaching. This includes maintaining current knowledge of relevant purchase models for e-books and eTextbooks which can be a fast-changing environment.
- Working knowledge of academic book and periodical supply
- Understanding of library consortial purchasing and procurement requirements
- Experience of developing and maintaining supplier relationships
- Experience in the use of integrated library management systems such as Alma
- Ability to rapidly respond to and cascade technological, policy and procedural changes
- Ability to provide ongoing training and development of staff
- An ability to work to deadlines in a high-pressured environment
- Excellent communication, written and interpersonal skills

Please submit a CV and a statement of case which evidences that you meet the essential criteria for the job. Applications received without a supporting statement will be rejected.

It is anticipated that Interviews will be held in late June-early July 2023.

**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. Access our **staff benefits page **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.

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.

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