Assistant Librarian - Ryton on Dunsmore, United Kingdom - College of Policing

College of Policing
College of Policing
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Ryton on Dunsmore, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £25,599 - £28,855-
Job grade:
  • Higher Executive Officer
  • 2A
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • COP
  • Knowledge and Innovation
    Type of role:
  • Library
  • Policing
    Working pattern:
  • Fulltime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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Location

  • This post is based at our site in RytononDunsmore (CV8 3EN).About the job

Job summary:

This post is open to applicants who can meet the College's nationality, UK residency and vetting requirements.


About us:

We're the professional body for the police service in England and Wales.

We work with everyone in policing to set standards, to share knowledge and good practice and to support the development of police officers and staff.

Our mission is to drive a consistent approach across policing where the public and the service expect it, to boost professionalism and to improve leadership at every level.

Although we're a small organisation, our work has a big reach.

We are uniquely placed to work both with national policing organisations and local forces to support frontline officers, staff and volunteers in their day-to-day roles.

We offer a supportive and inclusive environment for people to thrive.

Our extensive flexible-working policy, employee wellbeing support, family friendly policies, employers network for equality and inclusion (ENEI) membership and status as a disability confident employer means everyone can bring their whole self to work.


Job description:


Person specification:


Some of your responsibilities will include:

  • Coordinating and developing the Library Assistants, providing effective leadership and performance management to ensure the provision of services required are consistently to a high standard. Monitoring performance against Service Standards and take appropriate action where team or individual performance deviates from requirements.
  • Catalogue and index incoming books and material using Dewey Decimal and inhouse classifications
  • Actively developing and promoting the Resource Discovery Service improving its usability and relevance to users.

To be successful in this role you'll need:

  • A Degree or equivalent Level 5 qualification in Librarianship, Information Management or Information Sciences; or currently studying a CILIP-accredited course.
  • Practical experience of working in a library or information environment with working knowledge and understanding of library management systems, cataloguing, classification, abstraction and indexing
  • Experience of developing strong working relationships with internal and external customers, establishing and maintaining positive working relationships and removing unnecessary barriers to service delivery
  • To be competent in database, internet and traditional paperbased information retrieval, including indepth understanding of using Boolean operators
Please see the attached job description which contains full details of the role.


Behaviours:

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Managing a Quality Service
  • Working Together

Technical skills:

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • Practical experience of working in a library or information environment with working knowledge and understanding of library management systems, cataloguing, classification, abstraction and indexing
  • Exemplary customer service skills with the ability to manage diverse and demanding customers across all levels

Benefits:

The College is a great place to work.

We're passionate about our people and offer a wide range of benefits, including (but not limited to):


  • Defined benefit pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%
  • Up to 30 days holiday (this is in addition to 8 public holidays and 2.5 privilege days)
  • Continued professional development and structured career paths
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
  • Flexitime (for certain grades)
  • A range of flexible working arrangements
  • Benenden Healthcare
  • National Dental Plan
  • Discounts for online shopping
  • Free employee support line
  • Interest free season ticket loans
  • Rewards and recognition scheme


We also have a number of thriving staff networks that provide the opportunity for advice, support and to drive change.

A place to get your voice heard, share experiences and challenge our working practices to ensure equality of opportunity for all.

For more information about our benefits and staff networks, visit What we offer as an employer, College of Policing

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Selection process details:


  • This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills

Vacancy reference:
K&I6345

Interviews will be held at The College of Policing, Ryton-on-Dunsmor
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