Senior Library Assistant, Bibliographic Services

Senior Library Assistant, Bibliographic Services
Department: Library
Salary: Starting from £25,100, rising to £25,733 pro rata
Please note, the annual salary quoted is inclusive of a market supplement to ensure the annual pay rate aligns with our commitment as a voluntary living wage employer.
Closing date: Wednesday 30 July 2025
We are looking for part-time Senior Library Assistants to join our busy Acquisitions and Copy & Print teams!
Are you ready for the challenge of obtaining and managing electronic and physical books from a range of suppliers, for the benefit of our university community? You will help build the Librarys growing collection of over 765,000 print books and eBooks and online/print journal and database subscriptions. You will also be working directly with our users, supporting them to make the most of the Universitys Copy and Print services. Well help you to develop your skills in a friendly working environment, with great colleagues.
About the role
This Senior Library Assistant role within the Acquisitions and Copy and Print is a varied one, working within the teams to achieve the smooth and efficient provision of library resources. You will be involved with searching and ordering items, invoicing and processing resources for end use. You will also be troubleshooting access issues, collecting data to inform purchasing decisions, and you will be integral in the acquisition of reading list material, working with the Librarys Reading List system. Finally, you will work with other team members to ensure the provision of a first-rate Copy and Print service to all users; underpinned by an excellent customer-focused approach.
This position offers an excellent opportunity to work in an involved library role on a permanent part-time basis, and should appeal to many with its short day semester-only structure.
About you
You will be a reliable and committed team worker, ideally experienced in library work. You will have:
– A combination of technical expertise and communication skills
– The proven ability to work in a team
– A strong customer care ethos
– Attention to fine detail
– Excellent IT skills
An understanding of the fast-changing electronic and print books and periodicals markets, and/or experience of the Alma library system, including the related Marketplace Rialto and reading list component, Leganto, would be advantageous, as would experience of working with printing and scanning equipment in the workplace.
We understand the importance of continued professional development for all Library staff, and you will benefit from the programme of local opportunities we provide, and our support for your involvement in appropriate external activities.
Further information
This is a part-time position working 25 hours per week (5 hours per day 103pm or 114pm) for 32 weeks per year, on a permanent basis.
For more information and informal conversation please contact either Kelly Whittard, Reading Lists Librarian or Matt Durant, Head of Operational Services.
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We\’re very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
What we can offer you
We\’re continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:
– Free counselling services through Health Assured
– Cycle to work scheme
– Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
– Staff discount at Team Bath gym
– Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
– Staff discount on language courses
– Generous employer contributory pension schemes
– Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
– A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships,and more
– Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
– Local discounts and more
– A family-friendly workplace
– An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
– Relocation allowance
Find out more about our benefits and watch the video on our YouTube channel to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us on X.
We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.

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