Information Assistant London, England
Job description
Founded in 1894, City, University of London is a global university committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location.
City attracts around 20,000 students (over 40% postgraduate level) from more than 150 countries and staff from over 75 countries.
In the last decade, City has almost tripled the proportion of its total academic staff producing world-leading or internationally excellent research. During this period, City has made significant investments in its academic staff, its estate and its infrastructure and continues to work towards realizing its vision of being a leading global university.
Background
City’s Library service provides support to students, staff and the wider University community with three library locations, augmented by online resources and user support delivered both online and at our library help desks. We are seeking to recruit an Information Assistant to join our Law Library team. The role will be based in the Law Library located in the City Law School Building at the Northampton Square campus.
Responsibilities
Duties in the Law Library will include handling circulation transactions and enquiries at the library help desk, helping maintain the study environment in the library and supporting our online enquiry service. You will support our Academic and Content & Discovery Services teams in processing library stock acquisitions and maintaining the law library collections. Regular tasks will include assisting with maintaining content and material through the Reading Lists Online portal, loose-leafing of legal report material, processing of serials and digitisation of high demand course reading content.
Person Specification
The successful candidate will be able to offer excellent customer service and will possess good verbal and written communication skills. You will be familiar with using libraries and library resources and able to utilize information technology to a high standard, including web technologies and social media. You will be capable of working effectively in a team as well as individually and able to organize and prioritise your own workload. The ability to deliver work with a high degree of accuracy is an important element in this role.
Additional Information
City offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.
Closing date for applications: 16th May 2023 at 11.59pm
Interviews are scheduled for Early June 2023.
City, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.
We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.
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