St Edmund Hall Hiring for Assistant Librarian Job at Oxford, England Full Time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Librarian to work with the College’s Librarian and Graduate Library Trainee. The Library (the former St Peter-in-the-East parish church) plays a key role in the College’s academic life and is a major resource for teaching and learning. It is one of the most beautiful college libraries in Oxford and is said to be named after the church of S. Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. The Library is open 24/7 and is generally staffed Monday to Friday during normal office hours.

The successful candidate will assist in the smooth running of all aspects of the Library collections and services and the administrative reader-orientated and bibliographical tasks of a busy academic library with a strong student-centric focus.

The post-holder will take an active and creative role in developing the Library’s services and promoting them both within the College community and to the wider public and will have the opportunity to focus on and develop aspects of the Library’s activities of interest to them (for example study skills, outreach to schools or social media).

Location: Queen’s Lane, Oxford.

Salary: The salary reflects the University Scale at Grade 5 (currently £25,941 to £30,942 per annum).

Hours of work: This is a full-time permanent appointment, working 35 hours per week, usually 09:00 to 17:00 with a one hour unpaid lunch break.

Benefits: Free lunches, a subsidised bus pass loan, season ticket rail loan, cycle scheme loan and access to the College’s Employee Assistance programme.

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Application Process

Interested applicants should forward the following documents:

Documents should be sent preferably by email to recruitment@seh.ox.ac.uk by GMT midday on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. Postal Applications should be sent to the HR Manager, St Edmund Hall, Queen’s Lane, Oxford, OX1 4AR.

Interviews are expected to be held week-commencing Monday, September 13, 2021.

Informal enquiries about the post should be directed to James Howarth, College Librarian (james.howarth@seh.ox.ac.uk).

Recruitment Monitoring

Please also consider completing the online Equal Opportunity Monitoring Form. Submission of this form is voluntary and does not form part of the selection process, but we would be grateful if you are willing to return it with your application to assist us with our equal opportunity monitoring. A paper copy can be obtained here and should be returned to human.resources@seh.ox.ac.uk.