Weekend Library Assistant

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The opportunity

Join our dedicated team as a Sunday Library Assistant (term time only, 38 weeks per year) at London College of Fashion, Stratford. In this role, you will be part of a friendly weekend team committed to delivering high-quality, student-focused library services.

As a key member of our team, you will provide essential front-line services, support self-issue systems, IT, and printing, and assist users with library catalogue navigation and electronic information resources. Additionally, you will handle online enquiries via our live chat service, ASK, and participate in shelving activities while adhering to manual handling guidelines when lifting heavy items.  

Work Schedule

This permanent position requires working Sundays during the academic term and a few additional hours throughout the year. The specific schedule is:

• During BA Term Time (31 weeks): Sundays from 09:45 to 20:15
• Outside BA Term Time (4 weeks): Sundays from 09:45 to 16:15
• Additional Hours: To be agreed upon for weekday openings, staff training, and development.

You will be based at LCF Stratford, though occasional work at other UAL libraries may be required.

About you

We are looking for someone with relevant experience in a library or customer service environment and formal training to post-16 level. You should be able to work effectively both independently and as part of a team, possess excellent written and oral communication skills, and be IT literate. While knowledge and experience within a Higher Education institution is desirable, it is not essential.

Please note, you are expected to work all term-time weekends, and there is no leave allowance as this is factored into your pay. Additionally, there is no option for home/remote working in this role.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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