This is an exciting time to join the University of St Andrews Libraries & Museums as a Senior Library Assistant and help to support the effective implementation of the Unit’s strategic plan 2024-2029. Key themes include, focusing on service design and quality, adopting a user-centred approach by responding to changing user demands and needs, as well as ensuring long-term sustainability for collection development and stewardship. As the successful candidate will work across various teams, they will play an active part in achieving these shared goals, and will be involved in key projects including the implementation of the new Reading Lists system and St Andrews’ participation in the UK Print Book Collection.
We are seeking to appoint a highly-organised, adaptable team player who can also work independently to join Libraries and Museums. The successful candidate will have an understanding of how data can be used to share, deliver and improve service provision, and will support the development and ongoing delivery of services from across the Unit, including: Acquisitions & High Demand, Collections Management & Metadata, Open Research and Reading Lists. The role holder will be expected to work across teams and sites, so having a flexible, adaptable and positive approach is key.
You will have a good general education to Scottish Higher Level or equivalent, be an effective communicator with a team-player attitude who takes an organised approach to their work to ensure daily service deliveries or project milestones are met effectively and efficiently.

Employees of the University have access to a wide range of staff benefits including:

• Annual leave of 30 days, plus 5 public holidays
• Membership of the S&LAS Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions
• A range of family friendly policies
• Staff discount scheme for local and national goods and services
• Free staff parking, employee Carshare and Cycle to Work Schemes and subsidised local bus travel
• Subsidised sports membership, reduced tuition fees on degree programmes for staff, access to training and development opportunities including LinkedIn Learning, access to library facilities, salary sacrifice scheme
• A range of wellbeing initiatives including membership of Peppy, a health application that connects staff to expert practitioners and personalized support on health matters

Further information and informal enquiries may be directed to Sharon Nagle, Academic Liaison Librarian email: sn45@st-andrews.ac.uk
Applications are particularly welcome from people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME)
Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of the St Andrews experience and form a central pillar of the University Strategy. We strive to create a fair and inclusive culture demonstrated through our commitment to diversity awards (Athena Swan, Carer Positive, Race Charters). We celebrate diversity by promoting profiles of BAME, LGBTIQ+ Disabled and Neurodiverse staff and supporting networks including the Staff BAME Network; Staff with Disabilities or Neurodiversity Network; Staff LGBTIQ+ Network; and the Staff Parents & Carers Network. Full details available online: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/hr/edi/
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Information on other visa options is available at https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa or by contacting our HR Immigration Team on hrimmigration@st-andrews.ac.uk.

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