Department:

Student Success and Learning Services
Location:

York
Salary:

£34,610 to £39,906 per annum pro rata
Contract Duration:

09/10/2026
Hours:

14.8
Closing Date:

Friday 15 August 2025 at midnight
Interview Date:

Friday 05 September 2025
Reference:

119-25

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

You must have a postgraduate library qualification or be able to demonstrate equivalent professional experience in librarianship.

We are looking to appoint a maternity cover to the post of Academic Liaison Librarian—an important role in our learning and library collection development offering to students and staff. Working as part of the Academic Services Team (one of Library & Learning Services’ three core teams), your focus will be to provide expertise in information literacy, student learning, and library collection development. The role will also involve working in partnership with academic colleagues to embed information literacy development support within the curriculum, ensuring a consistent student experience across all programmes and Schools, but with a specific focus on making a significant contribution to the teaching, learning and assessment experience within selected disciplines (you will support Law, Sociology, Criminology, and Policing). Experience of these discipline areas is not essential as a collections and teaching handbook is provided—the ability to learn and adapt is more important. You will have budgetary responsibility for developing the library resources for your disciplines in line with teaching, learning and research needs.
You will have the opportunity to participate in Library & Learning Services’ contributions to University developments in inclusive and equitable teaching, anti-racist practice, and sustainable futures, and we will encourage and support you to engage in CPD and pedagogic/subject research.
The successful candidate will have a commitment to improving learning outcomes for students, with the ability to teach groups of students in a variety of environments and experience of teaching and/or supporting learning.
14.8 hours (0.4 FTE) per week, up to 12 months maternity cover until 9th October 2026. Working pattern is suggested as between Monday to Friday — 2 full days (7.4 hours each), 3 short days (4.9 hours each), or 4 half days (3.7 hours each). Pattern to be agreed between the successful candidate and Academic Services Manager. Based on York Campus. Due to the contract size, and this being a student-facing role, there is an expectation of this role being undertaken on campus.