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Library Assistant at House of Lords
London, United Kingdom
Job Descrption
This is an exciting opportunity to gain practical experience of working in a library and to work in a unique environment at Parliament! This will involve helping to provide access to library collections for customers by ensuring the Library suite is ready for use, displaying newspapers, accurate retrieval and re-shelving of stock, and maintaining the journal collection. All carried out to agreed timescales and in adherence to related policies and procedures. Excellent customer services are expected from all Library staff.
Please note:
• This post is based onsite and is not suitable for regular remote working.
• Expected working hours are 8:30am to 4:30pm.
• This post involves manual handling (lifting... carrying, using a trolley); use of ladders; and computer work.
You’ll be accountable for/to:
• Displaying, logging and filing newspapers in the Library suites. Reporting issues to supplier.
• Library start up tasks to ensuring main Library suite is ready for use: replenishing stationery, checking paper and toner levels in photocopiers, cleaning photocopier glass, and tidying. Ensuring all Library offices have a sufficient supply of paper and toner.
• Open, correctly sort and distribute incoming mail and collect and distribute parliamentary papers.
• Filing, shelving, labelling and weeding of journals to ensure they are easy to locate in the Library.
• Retrieve and re-shelve books held in onsite collections and nearby off-site archives. Assisting with small scale book moves. This will involve manual handling and some use of ladders.
• Processing new books to assist the cataloguers: printing classmark spine labels, labelling and adding barcodes using the Koha library management system.
• Provide other administrative or collection-based assistance to the Library as required, covering for or assisting colleagues within the Library Assistant team (eg: checking in journals).
If this sounds like something you would like to hear more about, please apply below.
What we’re looking for:
• Excellent Communication skills.
• To be able to work well in a team environment.
• Excellent attention to detail.
It would be even better if you had or if you’re willing to learn…
• Interest in pursuing a career in libraries, information work or archives.
The job description provides full details about the role and what we are looking for.
What you’ll get in return:
• 30 days annual leave (increasing to 35 after one years’ service).
• Generous pension scheme.
• Discounts from well-known brands and retailers.
• Parliamentary health and wellbeing programme.
• The opportunity to witness history in the making!
The work we do is vital to House of Lords, and you will be a pivotal member in the team strengthening the work of the House. The House of Lords is the second chamber of the UK parliament. It is independent from and complements the work of the House of Commons to:
• Make laws.
• Check and challenge the actions of the government through questions and debates.
• Investigate public policy and provide a forum of independent expertise.
Please complete your online application by 23:55 on Sunday 17th November 2024.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application process, please contact HL Recruitment.
Job offers are standardly offered at the minimum of the salary range.
The House of Lords Administration is committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all candidates regardless of their age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender/sex, gender reassignment/trans status, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation and socio-economic status. The Administration will also consider flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments.
We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. For this role we particularly welcome applications from groups which are currently underrepresented within the team, including applications from Black, Asian and ethnic minority candidates and candidates with disabilities
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