Library Assistant

**THIS POST COULD BE CONSIDERED AS A SECONDMENT OPPORTUNITY**





**About the role**



The Horton Library is a small and friendly library and we get to know our
readers well. Your duties as library assistant will include: welcoming
readers, issuing and returning books, shelving and tidying, registering
readers, answering simple library and IT enquiries and referring more complex
ones to the Outreach Librarian.





Your duties will also include staffing the Horton Library on your own at times
and ensuring the library & other relevant areas in the building are locked up
at the end of the day.





This is a part-time, fixed-term position, working 29.2 hours per week until 31
March 2025 due to NHS funding. Your working hours will be within our opening
times of 09:00-17:00, Monday-Friday. Your non-working hours will be negotiable
but will need to meet the requirements of the service. You will be based at
the Horton Hospital Library, Banbury, but you may very occasionally be
expected to work at other Bodleian Health Care Libraries in Oxford.





This role requires regular manual handling and some lone working. Full
training will be given.





**About You**



You will have excellent customer services and communication skills, as well as
good general IT skills, including use of email, internet, and general
applications such as Microsoft Office. You will also have the ability to work
independently and as part of a small team.





**What We Offer**



As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is
reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:



• An excellent contributory pension scheme



• 38 days of annual leave



• A comprehensive range of childcare services



• Family leave schemes



• Cycle loan scheme



• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans





More information is available at **https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/staff-benefits**





**Diversity**



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.





**How to apply**



You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting evidence form using
the attached template as part of your online application. Your supporting
evidence form should list each of the essential and desirable selection
criteria, as listed in the job description, and explain how you meet each one.
CVs or supporting evidence forms submitted on their own will not be
considered.





We aim to provide a supportive working environment and are happy to discuss
training and professional development opportunities. If you have any queries
relating to the role, please contact Susan Riley
(susan.riley@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@glam.ox.ac.uk).





Please discuss secondments with your line manager in the first instance, as
you must have their agreement that you can be released for a secondment before
you submit an application. **https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/secondments**





Only applications received online by 12.00 midday (BST) on Wednesday 24 July
2024 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place on Friday 9
August 2024 at the Horton Hospital Library in Banbury.