Senior Library Assistant: Collections Management

**THIS IS A RE-ADVERTISEMENT OF RECENT VACANCY 169019, PREVIOUS APPLICANTS
NEED NOT APPLY**





The Bodleian Health Care Libraries is looking for a full-time library
assistant with acquisitions and cataloguing experience.





The post will be based at the Cairns Library at the John Radcliffe Hospital in
Headington, with duties at other Bodleian Health Care Library sites as
necessary. There will be some occasions when you will work on your own.





You will help provide library services to the staff and students in the
University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division and Oxford University Hospitals
NHS Trust.





Your main tasks will be ordering print and electronic materials; cataloguing
and classifying print materials; assisting with the online reading lists;
monitor and prepare document supply requests and supervise staff involved in
document supply roles; responding to simple enquiries; reservations &
membership registrations; answering IT queries & supporting the Outreach Team
with literature searches for readers.





Single staffing the Cairns library between 5pm and 7pm Monday to Friday will
be required on occasions.





You will have collection management, customer service experience and excellent
communication, computer & numeracy skills.





This is a permanent post, working 36.5 hours per week.





Benefits include 38 days leave (including bank holidays), extensive training
and development opportunities, access to travel and childcare schemes, free
entry to colleges, discounted access to sporting facilities and a wide range
of other staff discounts. For more details please see
https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/staff-benefits.





Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we proudly promote a
friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through
diverse groups and champions, as well as a number of family-friendly policies,
such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff
returning from periods of extended absence, for example shared parental leave.





You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting evidence form attached
below (or supporting statement) as part of your online application. The
supporting evidence form lists each of the essential and desirable selection
criteria, as listed in the job description – please explain how you meet each
one.





The Chair of this recruitment panel will be Edina Pillok, who can be contacted
with enquiries relating to the role (edina.pillok@bodleian.ox.ac.uk). General
queries about the recruitment and application process should be directed to
the Recruitment team within our Human Resources department
(recruitment@bodleian.ox.ac.uk).





Only applications received online before 12.00 midday on Monday, 8th January
2024 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place on Wednesday
24th January 2024.