Assistant Learning Resources Manager

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The opportunity

We are pleased to advertise this opportunity to work with the friendly Central Saint Martins (CSM) Library & Learning Zone team as Assistant Learning Resources Manager – this vacancy has arisen after the promotion of the previous post-holder.

We are looking for someone with a compassionate and student-centred approach. Under the guidance of the Learning Resources Manager, you will work closely with the Assistant Learning Zone Manager to ensure the effective operational day-to-day management of staff, space, and services of our busy library.  

Located over three floors of a heritage building overlooking Granary Square near Kings Cross and St Pancras stations, this is an exciting location to work in. The library is popular with our students, in this role you will be engaged with how we best support student learning and success by making the best of our spaces and services.  

You will lead and support weekday, evening and weekend teams, meeting regularly to discuss and communicate plans, and to ensure collaborative resolution of operational issues. Line management, recruitment, training and development of staff form an important part of your role.

Collaborating with peers and colleagues at other UAL libraries, you will play an active role in one or more service-wide working groups. You will also sit on CSM committees, contributing to the operational running of the college.  

Generally the working pattern is 09:00 – 17:00 Monday to Friday, with a requirement to work some days until 6.15pm  during term time and vacation, and to attend termly online weekend team meetings.

UAL Library Services operates a hybrid approach to working, with a mixture of working from home and onsite working patterns.

Interviews are scheduled for Tuesday 21 May 2024. 

About you

We are looking for someone with a degree level qualification and relevant work experience. A recognised library qualification or relevant experience in other education or information roles and related disciplines is desirable (e.g. CILIP accreditation, non-academic library or archives experience, NVQ’s or apprenticeship, library or teaching postgraduate cert/dip/MA/MSc). 

You will have an enthusiasm for delivering an imaginative, student-centred service and an awareness of inclusion and diversity work in libraries. You will have demonstrable experience of managing and motivating a team using a compassionate and collaborative approach.  

Before completing an application form, download and read the job description and person specification for the role for more information. 

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

Our culture

We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to be members of the Race Equality Charter (REC) and Business Disability Forum, are a Disability Confident Scheme Committed and Living Wage employer and maintain our status as a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

Application process

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Thus, you will need to create an account and submit an application through our job board. As part of this, you will need to provide a supporting statement/answer some competency questions to demonstrate your suitability. Our recruitment process involves: Application, Shortlisting, Interview and Assessment, Offer, Onboarding.

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