Weekend Library Manager (LCC)

The opportunity

This is an opportunity for an experienced Library Manager to play a key role in the delivery of high-quality, customer-focused library services at London College of Communication Library, to support learning, teaching and research activities.

You will lead the LCC Library Sunday staff, and liaise with other site teams to ensure the effective delivery of Weekend services.  You will be based at your home library, although you may occasionally be required to work at any of the other UAL libraries. Communicating with our users in person and online, you will be providing a high-quality customer-focused service.

Working Pattern for this role:

The service runs during undergraduate term-time (3 terms per year), Sundays 9:45 to 20:15 with a 1-hour unpaid lunch break. This is a 38-week contract (pro-rata), 12.5 hours per week, equating to 0.33 FTE. Depending on the academic year, 31 weeks are worked as a 9.5-hour shift on Sundays, and remaining hours (reserve hours) will be used for training, attending meetings and working during the day as arranged with your line manager.

All our library service roles contribute to running our frontline service. This role offers no opportunities for working from home and you will be expected to work all open weekends.

Your profile

We are looking for someone with a degree level qualification and/or relevant library qualifications with demonstratable experience of working in a customer focused service.  You will also be able to motivate and lead a team and have experience in the supervision or management of staff and services in a library or similar environment.

You will need strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to make people feel welcome. As a strong active listener, you will also be able to listen to service users and respond in a diplomatic and inclusive manner.

Digital skills, including understanding databases such as the library management system are equally important.

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.

As a University we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.

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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