8 Full time, Heritage / Culture / Library jobs in Kidlington, Oxfordshire

Collections Management, Collections & Resource, Description (C&RD), Osney One Building, Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 0EW, The Bodleian Libraries is seeking a Legal Deposit Operations Library Assistant to join the Collections & Resource Description (C&RD) team, part of the Collections Management department. C&RD is responsible for collection policy and management, acquisitions of both print and electronic material, cataloguing, serials, legal deposit, e-resources and negotiation/contact with suppliers. It is also responsible for Gold Open Access APC payments and the organisation of the UKRR initiative at Oxford. While subject consultants handle the selection of library materials, C&RD manages the monitoring and reporting of the library materials budget. As a Library Assistant in Legal Deposit Operations, you will assist in all areas of Legal Deposit Operations as required. You will claim where required, receive and process the intake of all printed material types arriving under legal deposit and donation and apply the required pre- and post-cataloguing processes dependent on the identified final location of items. This includes material received from the Agency for the Legal Deposit Libraries (ALDL), direct deposits and British material received as a result of donations. You will work on the transition of print deposit to e-legal-deposit under the guidance of the Legal Deposit Team Leader. For a full list of responsibilities, please refer to the job description. This role will involve regular manual handling tasks, such as lifting and moving stock using trolleys and kick stools. All necessary health and safety training will be provided. This is a permanent, full-time post, working on site 36.5 hours per week. Due to the nature of this role, remote working is not possible.

You will have good organisational skills and be a self-motivated, supportive, enthusiastic and dependable team player. You will have the ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team. You will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills. The ability to cope with changing situations and to prioritise positively and effectively is also essential.

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees' wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days of annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Cycle loan scheme
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans