Collection Support Assistant

Location: St Pancras
Hours: Permanent – Full time
Grade: D
Salary: £24,617 per annum

The British Library is seeking to recruit a full-time Collection Support Assistant to join the Music Collections Team at St Pancras. Working with one of the most extensive collections of printed and manuscript music in the world, this is an exciting opportunity to help make these important materials available for research, creativity and enjoyment.

We are looking for someone with a good understanding of the conservation requirements of different kinds of collection item with a readiness to identify and address problems promptly. To be successful in this role you will have good time management skills and the ability to work accurately and methodically to meet agreed targets. Experience of handling and processing invoices and general knowledge of music, including an ability to read music, are among the desirable additional requirements.

Other requirements are outlined in the job description.

As one of the world’s great libraries, our duty is to preserve the nation’s intellectual memory for the future and make it available to all for research, inspiration and enjoyment. At present, we have well over 170 million items, in most known languages, with three million new items added every year. We have manuscripts, maps, newspapers, magazines, prints and drawings, music scores, and patents. We make our collections and programmes available to all. We operate the world’s largest document delivery service providing millions of items a year to customers all over the world. What matters to us is that we preserve the national memory and enable knowledge to be created both now and in the future by anyone, anywhere.

In return, we offer a competitive salary and a number of excellent benefits.  Our pension scheme is one of the most valuable benefits we offer, as our staff can become members of the Alpha Pension Scheme where the Library contributes a minimum of 28.97% (this may be higher dependant on grade. Another significant benefit the Library provides is the provision of a flexible working hours scheme which could allow you to work your hours flexibly over the week and to take up to 5 days flexi leave in a 3 month period. This is on top of 25 days holiday from entry and public and privilege holidays.

Closing date: 14 July 2024
Interview date: 25, 26 and 29 July 2024

We are unable to provide sponsorship under the UK Skilled Worker visa for this role, as it does not meet the eligibility criteria required for this immigration route

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