Collections Librarian Manchester, England
Job description
Company Description
At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.
We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.
Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.
Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.
Job Description
We are looking to recruit an experienced Collections Librarian to join AECOM Library and Information Services (ALIS), based in the UK. This is a varied role as the post holder is responsible for digital and print collection development and management, maintenance of vendor relations and licensing, as well as engagement with stakeholders at all levels of the business.
If you are someone who is proactive, flexible and ambitious we are looking for you to join our established team, playing an active part in developing ALIS globally within AECOM.
Key duties:
+ responsibility for collection development and collection management, ensuring provision of electronic and printed resources and memberships to meet the needs of AECOM users
+ managing key external providers, negotiating licence agreements and monitoring performance to ensure appropriate coverage, value for money and excellent service provision
+ using existing systems to extract, cleanse, analyse and produce detailed reporting on usage of resources
+ ensuring the ALIS collections budget is managed efficiently, monitoring and reporting on expenditure to the Head of Library and Information Services, Europe
+ responsibility for management of the ALIS print collection including disaster management, preservation, selection and deselection
+ maintain relationships with technical leaders, practice groups, learning networks and other stakeholders within the business to feed into collection management
+ establish and maintain effective relationships with professional institutions and academic bodies to feed into a facilitated collection of external resources
+ identify and exploit open access resources to develop and enhance ALIS collections
+ support ALIS service delivery through regular ALIS enquiry rota slots, delivering excellent customer service to all users
+ contribute to the development and delivery of ALIS strategy
+ undertake other duties in support of the work of ALIS as may be required by the Head of Library and Information Services, Europe
We would welcome applications from people who demonstrate the following:
+ proven negotiating and influencing skills
+ evidence of effective supplier relationship selection and management
+ ability to exercise judgement to assess service providers and resources
+ experience of managing the acquisition and licensing of content in all formats
+ excellent IT skills, in particular data analysis and usage reporting using Excel, or similar
+ familiarity with COUNTER and OpenAthens statistics or similar
+ analytical skills and critical thinking, able to quickly understand issues and resolve problems
+ ability to work independently and manage your own time
+ experience in building and maintaining collaborative relationships with colleagues at all levels
+ at ease with innovation and change and an adaptive and flexible approach to work
+ knowledge of licensing, copyright and IPR in a commercial environment
Qualifications
+ educated to a degree-level, in an information or library specialist area, or possessing equivalent experience
+ previous experience working in a collections role, ideally in a business or commercial environment
+ enthusiastic, highly motivated, flexible and able to exercise appropriate initiative
Additional Information
With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
Join us and let’s get started.
ReqID: J10080990
Business Line: Geography OH
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Administration
