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Part time – 21.6 hours (0.6 FTE), Fixed Term for 12 months

Highly organised and passionate about people, you'll support the Access and Outreach Manager to deliver a range of events, tours and projects for people with disabilities and additional needs. Providing administrative and operational support for this creative programme, the post-holder will work on a range of onsite and outreach activities, including projects for young people with Special Educational Needs and adults with learning disabilities; accessible exhibition tours for visitors who are blind and partially sighted and D/deaf and hard of hearing; early openings for families with children on the autism spectrum; workshops for neurodiverse participants and activity for adults with neurological conditions.

This role will involve occasional work during evenings and weekends.

As one of the world’s great libraries, our duty is to preserve the nation’s intellectual memory for the future and make it available to all for research, inspiration and enjoyment. At present we have well over 170 million items, in most known languages, with three million new items added every year. We have manuscripts, maps, newspapers, magazines, prints and drawings, music scores, and patents. We make our collections and programmes available to all. We operate the world’s largest document delivery service providing millions of items a year to customers all over the world. What matters to us is that we preserve the national memory and enable knowledge to be created both now and in the future by anyone, anywhere.

In return we offer a competitive salary and a number of excellent benefits. Our pension scheme is one of the most valuable benefits we offer, as our staff can become members of the Alpha Pension Scheme where the Library contributes a minimum of 26.6% (this may be higher dependant on grade. Another significant benefit the Library provides is the provision of a flexible working hours scheme which could allow you to work your hours flexibly over the week and to take up to 5 days flexi leave in a 3 month period. This is on top of 25 days holiday from entry and public and privilege holidays.

For further information and to apply, please visit www.bl.uk/careers quoting vacancy ref: 04500

Closing date: 14 April 2023

Interview date: 03 May 2023

We are able to provide sponsorship under the UK Skilled Worker visa for this role, as it does meet the eligibility criteria required for this immigration route