Part time permanent
Location: York
Salary: £26,038 to £28,879 per annum (£15,622 to £17,327 pro rata)
Introduction to York St John University
Situated in the heart of the historic city of York, and with the addition of our London Campus, York St John University has a long and proud tradition as a distinguished higher education provider. Our success is founded on the quality of academic teaching and research, our thriving campus environments, our professional and pastoral support, and our values of an inclusive, innovative and ambitious community with a strong sense of belonging.
The team
Library and Learning Services supports learning and teaching across the University through the development and maintenance of the University’s library collections, and through engagement with students to develop their academic and digital skills. The service also supports the University’s research activity through provision of the University’s research output and research data repositories. Library and Learning Services embeds the University's social justice approach through our work within the anti-racist and decolonial practice group, LGBTQ+ networks, our Accessibility Support Service, and the Library's IAMplify initiative.
The role
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, pro-active individual to act as Acquisitions and Metadata Librarian. Working alongside the Senior Acquisitions and Metadata Librarian and the wider Scholarly Communications, Content and Discovery team, your focus will be to assist day-to-day coordination and operation of library acquisition and cataloguing processes in line with collection development policies. You will play a key role in helping to ensure that services delivered are flexible, user-focused, and at the leading edge of best practice within the profession. You will contribute to ensuring that resources are discoverable and available to our users as quickly as possible.
The successful candidate should be customer focused, have excellent IT skills, a self-motivated and collaborative approach, and have the ability to enter and manipulate data to a high standard of accuracy.
Additional information
The role is an on-campus role at the university's York campus. It is 0.6 FTE (22.2 hours per week). The working pattern will be agreed with the successful candidate, but the hours will be focussed towards the start of the working week.
Unfortunately this role is not eligible for Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship however we welcome your application if you are able to evidence right to work in the UK via an alternative route.
It is anticipated that the selection process will include an interview and a test. Further details will be provided if you are shortlisted for interview.
For informal enquiries please contact Victoria Hamilton, Head Of Library & Learning Services (v.hamilton@yorksj.ac.uk).
We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive policies and facilities to support staff from different backgrounds. As part of our commitment to providing an inclusive working environment, consideration is given to all requests for job share or flexible working arrangements.
Application process support
We are keen to support you throughout the recruitment process. Before starting your application please refer to the attached 'candidate guidance document' which provides advice about completing the application process.
If you require a reasonable adjustment in order to apply for this position please contact vacancies@yorksj.ac.uk. Within the application form there is an opportunity for you to request a reasonable adjustment at the interview stage of the process, however if you wish to discuss this in further detail at any point in the process please do not hesitate to contact us. The following resource may help you adapt the device you are using to apply to suit your needs My Computer My Way (abilitynet.org.uk)
Please note that CVs are not accepted in place of the application form. Within the application process you will be asked to answer a selection of work-related questions. Our aim is to get to know you, and understand your individual skills and experience, and how you would apply these within the role. We are aware that ChatGPT can assist you with this, but we would prefer you to share your answers in your own words.
Our benefits package
We offer a wide range of employee benefits including -
- Excellent annual leave entitlement, including five discretionary university closure days over the Christmas period
- Disability leave (applies to staff who have disclosed a disability and is also available to staff with disabled dependants)
- Pension scheme
- Health Cash Plan after six months service
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists
- On-campus courses, one-to-one tutorials, and online resources to help you develop your digital skills and work with new software
- Relocation expenses package for certain roles
- Reimbursement of Skilled Worker Visa application fees and Visa loan scheme for additional costs (if applicable to the role)
Further information about life at YSJ
Read more about our culture, inclusive community, working arrangements and benefits for York St John employees here.
The latest news, views and stories from our staff and students can be found here.
We are committed to managing and reducing our environmental impact and to promoting sustainable development wherever we can, read more here.
Closing Date - Tuesday 01 October 2024 at midnight
Provisional Interview Date - Thursday 17 October 2024
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