Course Collections Assistant

2 months ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

The Library Learning Services team is looking for a full time Course Collections Assistant to help support our Resource Lists service that provides online reading lists for students and which the Library uses to manage the provision of materials for teaching. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a busy academic library supporting a key service and gain a wide range of library experience.

This is an open-ended (permanent) post. The current working pattern is Monday-Friday 9-5pm (35 hours per week). Hybrid working is an option with a minimum of two days a week working on campus. When you work on campus, you will be based in the Main Library, George Square.

**What the job involves**:
You will join the Library Learning Services team and help us support delivery of the Resource List service that provides online reading lists for students and which the Library uses to manage the provision of materials for teaching.

You will create and review Resource Lists using the Library’s reading list system (Leganto) and Library Management System (Alma).

You will follow and interpret service policy documentation to manage purchase and scan requests and moves of physical items to Reserve Collections to ensure students have access to the library resources they need for their courses.

This is an interesting and varied role with the opportunity to work closely with a number of Collections Services teams including Content Acquisition & Access, E-reserve and Scan & Deliver.

Your role will also involve responding to support queries from academic staff, usually using our call management system, but occasionally via Teams. Therefore, you will be an effective communicator who is confident and experienced in providing support to library users and can demonstrate initiative to solve complex user enquiries.

You will also contribute to the development of support materials for academic staff and students including training guides and updating web pages.

You’ll find more information about our Resource Lists service here.

View the full job description

**Your skills and attributes for success**:
**Essential**
- Experience working in a Library with a good working knowledge of library discovery and search tools
- Ability to quickly learn and use new packages and library systems
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
- Experience of providing excellent customer support to library users High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.

**Desirable**
- Relevant Library or Information Studies qualification
- Previous experience working with a reading list system Experience working with Alma or similar Library Management System

**What we can offer you**:

- A competitive salary of Grade UE04 £24,533-£27,181 Per annum
- Generous annual leave allowance of 40 days per year (inclusive of festive closure days)
- Highly competitive defined-benefit pension scheme with a substantial employer contribution
- A range of flexible working options to help prioritise work/life balance
- A day of paid leave annually for your chosen volunteering activity
- Access to excellent online learning and a Staff Scholarship fund
- Varied staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, support for staff wellbeing and more

Use our reward calculator to find out the total value of the pay and benefits for this role.

**Championing equality, diversity and inclusion**

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.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University 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.

**Application procedure**:
**To apply, upload a CV and cover letter outlining how you meet the essential and desirable criteria before 13 May 2024.**

Interviews are expected to be held on **Tuesday 28 May 2024.



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