Library, Information and Archive Services Assistant

5 months ago


Holborn, United Kingdom LMP Group Full time

**Library, I**nformation and Archive Services Assistant Apprenticeship - Farrer & Co**

**About the employer**:
Farrer & Co is synonymous with the highest quality legal advice and service. We advise individuals, families, businesses, financial services, educational and not-for-profit organisations on every aspect of the law, wherever the need arises. From our offices in London we work with trusted professionals around the world to deliver a seamless international service.

**Overview of role**:
To provide support to our Library and Information team ensuring our users receive consistently excellent library and research services. The main components of the role are to assist with collection management, to provide library administration support and to provide support as appropriate with library projects and related KM initiatives.

**Key details**:

- Hours: Monday to Friday (shifts tbc), 35 hours per week
- Wage: £24,000 per year
- Location: 66 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, London, WC2A 3LH

**Apprenticeship details**:

- Qualification: Level 3 Library, Information and Archive Services Assistant
- Duration of course: 18 months
- Training Provider: LMP Education (Rated in top 10 of UK providers)
- All learning delivered online/ remotely alongside role.

**Full Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Assist with delivery of the Library Enquiry Service particularly for hard copy and journal article requests.

Answering enquiries relating to:

- Press Searches - identifying relevant press articles based on search criteria.
- Document delivery - supply of case law, legislation and journal articles when correct citations are provided.
- Assist with creation and management of group and individual current awareness alerts, covering press and journal resources.
- Management of our specialist current awareness systems in conjunction with Senior Legal Research
- Specialist and Information Specialist.
- Keeping the library catalogue up to date and ensuring that items and locations are properly recorded.
- Management of old and new library stock - making sure that all out of date material is removed from circulation or labelled accordingly.
- Processing of invoices for online and hardcopy resources.
- Liaison with external trainers - organise training sessions either within our offices, or online or telephone, as required.
- Creation of LIS training materials i.e. online guides, videos etc
- The deployment of new and amended library resources, including training.
- LIS pages on the intranet - maintenance and ongoing development of the main library page and sub-pages. Ensuring that all links are live and correct, and that all content is accessible.
- Work with our Knowledge Lawyers to produce and maintain practice area resource guides.
- Delivery of ad hoc library projects working with other members of the library team and Head of Knowledge Management.

**Skills & Personal Qualities**:

- Excellent IT skills.
- Technically competent in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Interest in information & knowledge resources, databases and associated technology.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise work.
- High level of attention to detail.
- Punctual and time sensitive.
- Excellent team player.
- Proactive and flexible - ability to adapt to changed responsibilities and new situations.
- Creativity - has new, creative and unique ideas to problems.

**Qualifications Requirements**:

- GCSE or equivalent (Functional skills) English (Grade 4) essential
- GCSE or equivalent (Functional skills) Maths (Grade 4) essential

**Next steps & Pre-employment checks**:

- Additionally, please be aware that upon a successful offer of employment, DBS checks and references will be obtained as part of your enrolment.



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