At a Glance
- Tasks: Supervise library services during weekends, ensuring a welcoming environment for all users.
- Company: Loughborough University, a vibrant campus with a focus on student experience.
- Benefits: Generous holiday allowance, competitive pay, and access to fantastic facilities.
- Other info: Great career development opportunities in a dynamic university environment.
- Why this job: Join a supportive team and enhance the library experience for students and staff.
- Qualifications: Experience in a library or educational setting is a plus, but not essential.
The predicted salary is between 12 - 15 £ per hour.
Application Closing Date: Sunday, 02 August 2026
Loughborough University Library
Term Time Only, Part Time, Open Ended
Saturday 9:00-13:00 and Sunday 13:00-17:00 (34 weeks per annum, mid to late-September to mid-June)
We are seeking to recruit a Supervisor into our Library Experience and Environment Teams Evening and Weekend Team.
Location: Loughborough University Library: on-campus. The University Library is central to the student and staff experience. We place great emphasis on providing excellent customer service, a range of learning environments, easy access to a large variety of information resources, and support for the development of information literacy, academic and research skills.
The role:
- The successful candidate will be working as part of the in person, front-line Library Experience and Environments Team taking responsibility for the supervision of staffing and the delivery of Library services during the weekends.
- You will maintain a welcoming and supportive learning environment for all users of the Library service.
Experience of working in a library, information or educational environment is desirable, but not essential.
Informal enquiries should be made to Helen Young, Deputy Director by email.
Closing date: Sunday 2 August 2026
Interviews will be held in person on the Loughborough campus on Friday 21 August 2026.
Application Process:
Please see our guidance notes on how to apply for top tips and advice on completing the form. Please use the 'Additional Information' section (on the 'Candidate Summary' page of your application) to provide any information you feel is relevant to support your application, providing examples where appropriate. Your application will be reviewed against the essential and desirable criteria listed in the Job Description document.
Our Benefits:
- Time off - generous holiday allowance, including 14 university closure days and bank holidays, with the option to buy extra through our holiday purchase scheme.
- Where you work - access to a range of fantastic facilities with plenty of green space across our 523-acre East Midlands campus, plus an exciting community at our London campus on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
- Financial wellbeing - competitive pay, two excellent pension schemes, and everyday savings opportunities.
- Support for you and those close to you - through our range of life event leave policies as well as access to an on-site nursery at our East Midlands campus, flexible and hybrid working options.
- Health and wellbeing - discounted gym memberships and access to world-class sporting facilities, including physiotherapy, plus healthcare offers such as eyesight testing and wellbeing support.
- Travel and sustainability - access to our electric vehicle and cycle-to-work schemes, as well as a variety of travel offers to support sustainable commuting.
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