Boston Spa Renewed Client Project Manager

Location: Boston Spa
Hours: Fixed term – Full time until 31 July 2026
Grade: A
Salary: £37,538 per annum

The Boston Spa Renewed Programme will transform the British Library’s presence in the North providing infrastructure to safeguard the national collection into the middle of the century.

The programme comprises the construction of a state of the art, high density storage repository with public Viewing Gallery plus site refurbishments to improve the staff and learning offer and associated enabling and transition projects.

We are now seeking a Client Project Manager to work with British Library teams and professional consultants to scope, plan and deliver client led projects within the overall £95m government funded programme.

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: 28 July 2024
Interview date: 7 August 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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