Senior Library Assistant

FX Plus are seeking a motivated, customer focused Senior Library Assistant to join our team. Providing operational support and specialist assistance to a range of students and staff across multiple sites, you will work flexibly within a team to ensure effective, efficient library service in both the physical and digital space. You will be responsible for contributing to the delivery of high-quality academic library services for Falmouth University and the University of Exeter, and will work toward the continuous, innovative development of an agile and progressive library environment.

 

Your key responsibilities in this role will be to contribute to the running of library processes; involving but not limited to, acquisitions, resource list management, daily circulation, archives & special collections, promotional content creation and systems administration. The Senior Library Assistant Team respond to enquiries and liaise with colleagues across various departments including Estates Management and IT as required.

 

As an employer of choice we can offer the successful candidate for this role a range of benefits, including:

  

Alongside these benefits we offer a first class working environment across our campuses with all the facilities you would expect from working across two leading Universities.

It is essential that candidates for this role have experience working in a customer facing environment. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be able to confidently engage with all users of the library, good technological skills including knowledge of MS Office Applications, and the willingness and ability to problem solve is required for this role. Alongside these key skills, we are looking for candidates with a flexible attitude to working hours and a can-do attitude with a keen interest in developing within the library.

 

We would like to hear from candidates who can also offer the following:

 

For full details of the skills/experience required, please see the job description above.

 

This is a permanent, part-time, 22.5 hours per week, 36 weeks per year position.

 

The role will require on campus working.  The working days will be Monday, Thursday and Friday (09.00 am - 17.00 pm) with a rota for Saturday or Sunday working (10.00 am - 18.00 pm), with Thursday being a day off on those weeks.  The working weeks of the role will be determined by University term-times with a two week break at Christmas and Easter.

 

If you are looking to have an informal discussion about the vacancy ahead of applying please email [email protected].

 

The closing date for the position is Sunday 13 October 2024.

 

Falmouth Exeter Plus manages and delivers services at Falmouth, Penryn and Truro Campuses on behalf of Falmouth University and the University of Exeter. Working closely with the Falmouth & Exeter Students' Union (The SU) and the wider, universities partnership we support Higher Education learning and living, ensuring that the interests of all campus users are at the heart of everything we do.

It is a fast moving environment where agility and a positive approach to change and enhancement are central to our progress. Our mission is 'to deliver world-class shared professional services to help our partners achieve their global ambitions’.

Falmouth Exeter Plus welcomes and encourages job applications from people of all identities and backgrounds, particularly those under-represented and/or marginalised, as it is important we have a diverse range of candidates to consider.