Graduate Trainee Library Assistant

8 hours ago

Bath, United Kingdom University of Bath Full time

Graduate Trainee Library Assistant

This is a fantastic opportunity for a graduate who is seeking a substantial, practical and varied academic library-based experience prior to their study to become a Library and Information professional.

**About the role**:
You will form a crucial part of the Technical Services team, being able to work in response to patterns of greatest need, focussing on the Acquisitions and Copy and Print areas. There is also capacity for you to work in and explore other areas of the library, to broaden your knowledge and demonstrate the range of library roles.

Additionally, there will be the opportunity to engage fully with development events and training, learn about the work of the Library service as a whole, and engage with libraries beyond the University, as well as undertaking cross-library project group work. Membership of the Library's Staff Development Group and the Library Engagement Group are offered - and these can give exciting opportunities to get involved with student engagement and social media.

**About you**:
You will be an accomplished, versatile communicator and a proactive team player, keen to kick-start your career in the library and information profession

We are looking for someone with excellent customer services skills, who enjoys working in a frontline environment, as you will be dealing directly with users of the University Library. You will also have flexibility, and the ability to undertake process-driven, detail-oriented work in a backroom capacity.

You will have the opportunity to engage with students, and help create promotional events for the library, so creativity and a collaborative approach will be welcomed.

Therefore, you will be a reliable and committed team worker, with:

- a combination of technical expertise and communication skills
- the proven ability to work in a team
- a strong customer care ethos
- attention to fine detail
- excellent IT skills

**Further information**:
This is a full-time post based primarily in the Library’s Technical Services area, for a fixed-term period of up to 24 months.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

**What we can offer you**:
We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

- Free counselling services through Health Assured
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Staff discount at Team Bath gym
- Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
- Staff discount on language courses
- Generous employer contributory pension schemes
- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
- A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
- Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
- Local discounts and more
- A family-friendly workplace
- An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- Relocation allowance

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn.

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