The Library wishes to appoint a dedicated and hard-working Graduate Trainee Librarian for 2025-2026. The post offers an ideal opportunity to gain a wide range of experience in a busy academic library before embarking on a career in library and information work. Candidates should have or expect to be awarded a first degree or equivalent qualification (or good predicted result if in final year of degree). The Library welcomes applicants from any subject background. The role is based in the 19th-century Waterhouse Library which occupies 5 levels of the building.
The post-holder will provide assistance in the College Library with a range of day-to-day operational tasks and will assist with designated Library projects. This training post is designed to equip the post-holder with a wide range of practical library experience prior to the attainment of a formal academic library and information qualification. The post-holder is expected to play a full part in the Library team, promote the Library’s services to its users, gain valuable organisational and project management experience, and contribute to improvements in the Library’s services. As this is a training post, the post-holder will have the opportunity to attend training sessions both within the University and externally, and to take part in visits and other professional activities arranged on behalf of the graduate trainees in Cambridge. Although most of these sessions take place in work hours, the post holder is expected to contribute to their own professional development outside of work hours. Please note that this is a training post aimed at people who are new to the profession. Therefore, applications from anyone with more than 3 years’ cumulative experience in libraries or archives, with any library management experience, or who has started or completed a library qualification will not be considered. We welcome candidates who have other work experience that wish to start a career in library and information work. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
The Department
The Library is a small department of five, which includes the College Archivist. Its purpose is to support teaching, learning, and student wellbeing within the College, and to support special collections research in the wider scholarly community.
How to Apply
If you would like to have an informal conversation about the post, or require this pack in a different format, please contact: james.anderson@pem.cam.ac.uk
Please complete an Application Form and Rehabilitation of Offenders Form (compulsory), and an Equal Opportunities Form. Completed application forms together with a brief covering letter specifying which role you are applying for can be emailed to: hr@pem.cam.ac.uk
or alternatively posted to The HR Office, Pembroke College, Trumpington Street, CB2 1RF.
Please do not include separate CVs.
Closing Date: Wednesday 19th February 2025 at 09:00am
Interview Date: Friday 28th March 2025 via Zoom
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