Job details
Responsible to: Academic Librarian
Location: Kedleston Road, Derby Campus
Closing date: Sunday 23 February 2025
Salary: £27,280 to £29,634 per annum, pro rata (for exceptional performers, there is scope for further progression up to £34,090 per annum, pro rata).
Job grade: ATOS 5
Reference: 0561-24
Contract type: Fixed term contract until 03/10/2025
Post type: Part-time
Adaptive working type: Hybrid
This role will be based on site, primarily in the named location with the opportunity to work remotely available in line with our Adaptive Working Framework.
About the University
We have one simple promise – to make a positive impact. Through our ground-breaking research, teaching excellence and commitment to sustainable living, we are changing lives for the better. The University of Derby is a modern university with a modern outlook. Everything we do is driven by delivering excellence and opportunities for our students, our staff and our region. We have some of the best university facilities in the UK and achieve outstanding results for our teaching and research and have been awarded Gold in the prestigious Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2023 – making it one of the top universities in the country recognised for its outstanding student experience and student outcomes. Financially strong and seriously ambitious we offer our employees an inclusive culture that centres itself around staff wellbeing, where you can be confident you will receive all the help and encouragement you need to build a rewarding career with lots of opportunities to enhance your skills.
About the College/Department
Our Library is one that supports our communities to realise their ambitions by opening up new areas of knowledge understanding and through fostering applied creative thinking. At the centre of our approach is a high-quality student experience, outstanding student outcomes and supporting an excellent research environment. With this in mind, our teams deliver against three core strategic themes:
1. Community: The original missions of libraries were not about repositories of books or as gatekeepers to knowledge, but about fostering communities of scholars. With that in mind, our focus is on how the Library supports the wider range of communities we have, fostering connection and empowering academic culture.
2. Confidence: There is a fundamental role for the Library to ensure all students become confident, independent learners and researchers. We shall support students to develop confidence and applied creative thinking through our academic skills provision and an industry relevant skills offer that enhances performance whilst at university as well as into their chosen future.
3. Content: Exploration and access to scholarly content is critical to the process of learning, teaching, research, and knowledge exchange. The Library plays a significant role provisioning scholarly content, working with our academic colleagues and students. We shall work to ensure that relevant content is delivered in a sustainable way and that we leverage technology and metadata expertise that enables our students and academics to explore and access the scholarly record.
About the role
As an Academic Enhancement Coordinator you’ll work as part of a team responsible for delivery and development of content to support taught student skills development. You’ll work collaboratively with stakeholders across the institution to improve student facing resources and to deliver engaging workshops. You will have the opportunity to support students to build information literacy, successfully complete academic writing and academic assessments, and in developing the skills listed in the Develop@Derby Skill Set including communication, problem solving, and critical thinking.
This role is 30 hours per week; Tuesday to Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm.
The anticipated interview date is 6th March 2025.
About You
To be successful in this role you will be self-motivated and able to work collaboratively with other Academic Enhancement Coordinators. You’ll be able to plan, prioritise and organise work to achieve individual and shared objectives on time, alongside undertaking professional development. With the role involving delivering training, you will be confident in delivering presentations in an engaging way and able to use digital technologies to support the learning of students.
Key requirements that we are looking for:
* Level 3 qualifications or above or relevant professional experience.
* Ability to develop and produce learning and guidance materials in a range of formats.
* Confidence in approaching new technologies and flexible approach to change.
* Experience of delivering educational training.
* An understanding of the information requirements and discovery-seeking behaviours.
* Ability to work across all university sites, as required.
Principal accountabilities
* Working collaboratively, deliver operational support for academic enhancement and skills, working to operational plans and placing strong focus on continuous improvement to align with university priorities.
* Collaborate to inform and deliver against an academic skills framework, designed to enhance taught student confidence in their academic skillsets.
* Support the design of and deliver training and guidance on academic skillsets, with a particular focus on enhancing information literacy and building taught student confidence in, but not limited to, independent learning, critical thinking, building search strategies and referencing.
* Implement evidence-led pedagogical approaches to academic skills provision designed and delivered by the Library, under the guidance of senior colleagues.
* Build positive and effective relationships with academic colleagues in order to support the learning and teaching priorities of the University.
* Capture and collate data in respect of academic enhancement provision, in accordance with defined measures and benchmarks.
* Develop and create relevant academic skills resources, ensuring these suit a range of learning preferences.
* Work collaboratively to deliver academic enhancement contributions that further the University’s civic priorities.
* Promote the Library’s academic enhancement provision including, but not limited to, organising and contributing to events, marketing and social media.
* Work to assess student academic enhancement needs through effective questioning and online tools, and work with individuals and groups to enhance their skills.
* Actively participate as a member of working groups across the Library and, where relevant, the wider University to develop and implement policies and procedures, contribute towards decision-making, resolve issues and implement assigned projects.
* Contribute towards the development and implementation of operational plans associated with academic enhancement and skills provision.
* Actively promote and support inclusion through operational activities undertaken through the role.
* Undertake continuous personal and professional development in support of the role.
* Be flexible with working pattern and in working at different University sites and supporting other library teams, as required.
* Ensure compliance with relevant University policies and procedures.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
Qualifications
* Level 3 qualifications or relevant professional experience.
Experience
* Experience of delivering user-focussed services with an emphasis on continuous quality improvement.
* Experience of using digital technologies to support learning.
* Experience of delivering educational training, supporting the development of academic skills.
* Experience of building positive relationships and working productively in collaboration with a wide range of colleagues.
Skills, knowledge & abilities
* Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion with the ability to role model, adhere to and advocate the University’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy.
* An understanding of the information requirements and discovery-seeking behaviour of students and researchers.
* Knowledge of information literacy principles and skills relevant to academic success.
* Confident and self-assured with strong presentation skills in the context of a learning environment.
* Ability to develop and produce learning and guidance materials in a range of formats.
* Ability to plan, prioritise and organise work to achieve objectives on time.
* Confident in approaching new technologies and flexible approach to change.
Business requirements
* Ability to work across all University sites, as required.
* Ability to be flexible within the working pattern to meet the business needs, including working evenings, weekends, or extended hours.
* Enhanced DBS disclosure (no barred lists).
Desirable Criteria
Qualifications
* Relevant library and information qualification.
* Membership of relevant professional bodies.
Experience
* Experience of working within an academic library.
Skills, knowledge and abilities
* Knowledge and understanding of the post-16 education environment.
Benefits
* Generous annual leave entitlement of 38 days inclusive of bank holidays and concessionary days (pro rata)
* Local Government Pension Scheme
* Suite of holistic wellbeing benefits and support including family-friendly policies, generous sick pay provision and comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
* Access to a variety of staff discounts at high street retailers
* Discounted onsite gym
* Discounted access to Devonshire Spa
* Cycle to Work scheme
* A flexible working environment
* A commitment to personal and professional development
Key contact
For further information and informal enquiries regarding the role, please contact Alexander Wood, Academic Librarian via a.wood@derby.ac.uk
For enquiries regarding your application and for sponsorship eligibility, please contact the recruitment team via recruitment@derby.ac.uk.
Important information
Visa Sponsorship Eligibility
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers under the Skilled Worker route for this role; however, applications are welcome from candidates who are able to demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
DBS check
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and is therefore subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Equity, diversity and inclusion
The University of Derby is committed to promoting equity, diversity and inclusion, regardless of age, disability, trans status, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief (or none), sex and sexual orientation.
Environmental Sustainability
At the University of Derby, we are passionate about embedding sustainability into everything that we do. We aim to bring environmental sustainability into all aspects of the University, including teaching, research and operational activities.
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