Library Assistant (Special Collections) - Strand, London, WC2R 2LSAbout UsThe King’s community is dedicated to the service of society. King’s Strategic Vision 2029 sets out our vision for the future, shaped around five priority areas: educate to inspire and improve; research to inform and innovate; serve to shape and transform; a civic university at the heart of London; and an international community that services the world. Our ambitious Education Strategy sets out the actions that we must take to transform how we teach, how and where our students learn and how we support them during their time with us. Libraries & Collections comprises four departments: Education & Learning, Research & Impact, Service Design & Delivery, along with Business Operations. We are part of the Students & Education Directorate, which manages the student lifecycle from application to graduation and beyond. This role is based in the Special Collections team, which is responsible for the development, management and promotion of our special collections. Our special collections comprise over 200,000 rare or unique items, ranging in date from the 15th century to the present day. This is currently a hybrid role, based largely on campus but with some potential for limited home working.About The RoleThe purpose of the Library Assistant (Special Collections) is to support the operations and services of the Foyle Special Collections Library. This is a role in which you will be primarily working on-site. This is an exciting opportunity for candidates looking to work with unique and distinctive collections that enhance teaching, learning and research and who wish to utilise their skills and expertise in service development and delivery. This is an opportunity to grow your skills in in rare books and printed special collections. We encourage applications from candidates who have experience from both within and outside of the Higher Education sector where they can demonstrate the skills needed to succeed in this role. All grade 3 staff are assigned a placement brief within a particular team but may be moved across to a different placement brief elsewhere within Libraries & Collections in order to support service needs or your development. All Libraries & Collections staff are encouraged to take responsibility for their own performance and development, through agreeing clear objectives, maintaining professional awareness and reflecting on own performance. We expect all colleagues to role-model a positive, proactive, flexible and committed approach that encourages others. You will be required to participate in frontline services as required, including contributing towards a rota for evening and weekend working. This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.