The University of Edinburgh are offering a traineeship aimed at people from an ethnic minority background who are interested in pursuing a career in the information and library profession and has a strong desire to learn. This 12-month fixed term traineeship is an excellent opportunity for aspiring library professionals to join a friendly and welcoming Library team and aims to provide an individual with the experience required to undertake a postgraduate qualification in library or information studies.
The UK library profession currently identifies as 92% white and we’ve created this opportunity to help underrepresented individuals get a head start in their library career. It’s an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic team and to get first-hand experience of delivering a wide range of high-quality services in a large and diverse academic library. This post is advertised under Section 158 of the Equality Act 2010.
The traineeship is full-time (35 hours per week) but we will consider requests for part-time working . The working pattern will allow some hybrid working, with the individual required to work in person on-campus in Edinburgh for particular assignments. While it is a broad-ranging traineeship that will give the individual knowledge and experience of various aspects of service provision, there will be a focus on library services for medicine.

WHAT THE JOB INVOLVES:

• Providing support for information skills development activities, such as assisting with inductions and teaching sessions, reviewing materials, and analysing feedback for quality improvement.
• Assisting with communications projects, including working with the Social Media team.
• Assisting with user enquiries received at in-person service points or via our online enquiry management systems.Contributing to the development of services in collaboration with colleagues, to improve our users’ experience of the Library.
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