library assistant United Kingdom
Job description
Permanent, part-time position. 20 hours per week.
Appointments are usually made at the bottom of scale. Working pattern to be agreed (afternoons will be required).
Join our team in the Student Opportunity Hub in the heart of campus and provide a welcoming help desk service and administrative support for the Hub, handling enquiries and requests for information from students, graduates, external enquirers and University staff, diagnosing client need, delivering an information advice service and referring appropriately to Student Opportunity resources and services.
Student Opportunity offers students a broad range of rich co-curricular development opportunities. Through an extensive offer of digital and in-person services, including events, workshops, one-to-one appointments, bursary support, volunteering and internships, we help students develop a global perspective, become culturally aware, and have confidence in achieving their personal vision of career success.
Experience of customer care and enquiry work and a professional and friendly approach to handling enquiries are essential for this role, together with accuracy and attention to detail and experience of administering processes and working in an office.
You will be a proactive team worker with excellent communication and organisational skills. You will also possess cultural sensitivity and understand the needs of different students. Good IT skills are also essential.
We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Jenny Hughes, Head of Operations and Information. E: [email protected].
In the Supporting Statement section within the application form please present your information by providing examples against the ‘Essential and Desirable’ criteria which can be found in the
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Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.
We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here.
The University of Warwick holds an Athena SWAN Silver award; a national initiative to promote gender equality for all staff and students. Further information about the work of the University in relation to Athena SWAN can be found at the following link: Athena Swan (warwick.ac.uk)
The University of Warwick is one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University alliance, whose aim is to become by 2025 an open, multicultural, confederated operation of connected campuses.
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Benefits and Rewards
Please refer to this link for a full list of our employee benefits here at Warwick here.
About University of Warwick
CEO: Professor Stuart Croft
Revenue: $500 million to $1 billion (USD)
Size: 5001 to 10000 Employees
Type: College / University
Website: www.warwick.ac.uk
Year Founded: 1965
