Senior Library Assistant

2 weeks ago

Westminster, United Kingdom House of Lords Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 303015**Salary**:

- £26,750 - £29,325**Job grade**:

- Other- HL4**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- Until end of August 2024**Business area**:

- Restoration and Renewal.**Type of role**:

- Library**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- WestminsterAbout the job

**Job summary**:
We are looking for a Senior Library Assistant to join the Library at the House of Lords. This is a position where you will get the opportunity to participate in the Library’s Collections Project, which is auditing and preparing the Library collections to be moved offsite to facilitate the Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster. The post will play a vital role in ensuring the safeguarding of the Library’s collections during this crucial phase of the project.

This is an opportunity to work onsite at Parliament This is an exciting opportunity for someone wishing to work in a Library at a paraprofessional level or to build upon existing paraprofessional Library experience through project work.

**Job description**:
**You’ll be accountable for**:

- Records appraisal, catalogue updates and inventory record-keeping, including use of the Koha Library Management System, SharePoint and other systems or IT packages as required, including Excel and Word.
- Packing and barcoding collections, working to collection care standards and guidelines.
- Supporting collections disposals and moves through stock identification, retrieval and relocation.
- Extensive manual handling, use of ladders and working in a basement storage facility as part of a two-person team.
- Providing other administrative and clerical assistance to the Library as required, likely to include core (Senior) Library Assistant duties such as administering binding work and covering for or assisting colleagues within the Library Assistant team as required.

**Person specification**:
**Competencies**:
Essential
- Good all-round IT skills, including the ability to use Excel.
- Good written and oral communication skills.
- Strong team-working skills.
- Ability to organise own time when working under pressure and meet deadlines.
- A high level of initiative and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and proven ability to maintain a high level of accuracy and motivation when performing routine and repetitive tasks.

Desirable
- Familiarity with Parliamentary material.
- Experience in recording bibliographical data.
- Experience in handling historical volumes.

**Benefits**:

- 30 days annual leave (increasing to 35 after one years’ service).
- Generous pension scheme.
- Discounts from well-known brands and retailers.
- Parliamentary health and wellbeing programme.
- The opportunity to witness history in the making

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.**Medical**:
**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
- We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).-
- Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.**Contact point for applicants**:
Job contact:

- Name:
- Liz Ralph
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