Vacancy Details

Librarian

Location: Bury, Greater Manchester
Salary: £27,465 - £29,319
Expiry date: 03/03/2023
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Length: Permanent

About This Position

Bury College is welcoming applications for a Qualified Librarian to join our Learning Resources department on a Full time - Permanent basis!

Joining us as a professional and experienced librarian, you would expect to contribute to the organisation and management of the library services, including but not limiting to the following

• Financial planning and management of the library budgets, the Library Development Plan and Line Management of the LRC staff.
• Providing a first class information and resource service that focusses on; teaching, learning and assessment.
• Working closely with wider college teams to ensure that all resources have direct relevance to curriculum to enhance learners’ study programmes.
• Promoting an inclusive environment supporting a diverse student community.

Experience required

• With previous experience of working with library management systems, you will have either a graduate or post graduate library qualification and have a working knowledge of the Dewey Decimal Classification system.
• Good communication and customer services skills are essential as is an ability to maintain an appropriate learning environment in the LRC for all students while promoting diversity and inclusivity.
• Previous experience of working in an educational setting and of supervising staff would be highly advantageous.

This opportunity is based on 37 working hours per week.

Bury College is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity, celebrating diversity, safeguarding its learners and expects all staff to share these commitments.

Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.