Programme Support Officer

**Contractual hours**

36

**Basis**

Full time

**Date posted**

12/09/2024

**Job reference**

R00000627

**Location: St Pancras**

**Hours: Permanent - Full time**

**Grade: C**

**Salary: £27,300**

We are looking for a Programme Support Officer to join the Living Knowledge Network team at the British Library.

The Living Knowledge Network (LKN) is a UK-wide partnership of over 30 national and public libraries created by the British Library, which supports libraries to meaningfully connect with their communities by sharing the UK’s national heritage and through cultural programming.

**LKN’s three main strands of work are**:An innovative live events programme. From quiz nights, national moments of celebration and a live streaming programme. LKN brings world-class speakers, emerging voices and inspirational debate to public libraries and the people who use them.

An annual panel exhibition. Each year LKN partner library services display pop-up displays inspired by the British Library’s exhibitions at St Pancras. This nationwide simultaneous exhibition acts as a showcase for libraries’ own collections as well as a springboard for an exciting programme of events independently programmed by libraries.

A skill sharing programme. A series of monthly webinars and other learning opportunities to support the professional development of public library professionals, particularly around audience development, cultural programming, sustainability and broader marketing and communication skills.

In your role as Programme Support Officer,
- you’ll help deliver cultural programmes for public libraries, including events, exhibitions and training through providing organisational assistance and feeding into programme planning.
- You will support the planning, design, delivery and evaluation of the annual LKN panel exhibition, particularly sourcing and securing copyright clearance for images, creating additional exhibition resources for partner libraries, overseeing the logistics of exhibition panel delivery to all LKN partners and tracking activities organised by LKN partner
- libraries.
- Working closely with the Live Screening Producer, you will provide partner libraries with key information, support materials and marketing assets ahead of LKN events including live streaming events.
- For the skill sharing and professional development programme you will research new speakers, analyse participant feedback and market the webinar programme.
- You will support the promotion of nationwide cultural events and exhibition seasons internally and externally through regularly updating the LKN website, creating content for blogs, contributing to social media channel posts and unearthing content for newsletters.
- You will report to the LKN Programmes Lead and will be part of a small team of people who are passionate about public libraries and their impact on people’s lives.

So, if you want to make a meaningful impact, supporting to create exhibitions and training for libraries and archives across the UK, we want to hear from you

We are looking for a proactive and highly organised person, with a passion for creating inclusive and accessible events, spaces and experiences for diverse audiences. Organisation will come naturally to you and you will be adept at juggling multiple projects, keeping them on track. You will also be comfortable taking the initiative and motivating yourself.

You'll be a an excellent communicator with excellent written, verbal and presentation skills and the confidence to work with a variety of people at all levels both internally at the British Library and with LKN library partners across the UK. Experience working in a library setting or community focused environment would be desirable but not essential.

The role requires some work outside of standard working hours, as well as occasional travel.

As one of the world’s great libraries, our duty is to preserve the nation’s intellectual memory for the future and make it available to all for research, inspiration and enjoyment. At present, we have well over 170 million items, in most known languages, with three million new items added every year. We have manuscripts, maps, newspapers, magazines, prints and drawings, music scores, and patents. We make our collections and programmes available to all. We operate the world’s largest document delivery service providing millions of items a year to customers all over the world. What matters to us is that we preserve the national memory and enable knowledge to be created both now and in the future by anyone, anywhere.

In return, we offer a competitive salary and a number of excellent benefits. Our pension scheme is one of the most valuable benefits we offer, as our staff can become members of the Alpha Pension Scheme where the Library contributes a minimum of 28.97% (this may be higher dependant on grade. Another significant benefit the Library provides is the provision of a flexible working ho