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Learning Team Administrator

Vacancy Details


Summary
Salary: £21,000 per annum
Location: St Pancras
Job Type: Permanent
Vacancy Group: Collections
Category: Administration and Operational Support
Date Posted: 26/06/2018
Reference: 02050

Description

Full time, permanent

The British Library’s Learning team is seeking a skilled and experienced administrator to support across our programmes, with a particular focus on schools. The Learning Team work both onsite and online to inspire young people and learners of all ages with the Library’s collections and expertise. Onsite, the team supports students, teachers, young people, families, community groups and adult learners. Last year over 33,000 people took part in our schools programme through workshops, conferences and special events.

With responsibility for administering and maintaining a large database of school bookings, the post holder will also provide logistical and operational support across the Learning team. They will meet and greet school groups on a daily basis, provide support at Learning events and be the first point of contact for many of our Learning audiences.

The post holder will have demonstrable administrative experience and proven organisational skills, with excellent ability to manage their time and a busy workload. They will be a confident and accurate communicator, and effective when interacting with audiences including young people, teachers, families and key stakeholders. The post holder will need excellent attention to detail, proven knowledge of Word, Powerpoint, Excel and other standard software and a grasp of basic finance processes and procedures. Some knowledge of or experience within the education or cultural sector will also be required.

Closing Date: 4 July 2018

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 20.9%. 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.

More about the British Library

As one of the world’s great libraries, our duty is to preserve the nation’s intellectual memory for the future. At the moment we have well over 150 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 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.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident employer, and make a commitment to recruit and support disabled people. We guarantee an interview for disabled candidates who meet the minimum (essential) requirements for a vacancy.

In order to apply for this vacancy, you must be able to supply the required answers to the following questions:

  • Do you currently have the right to work in the United Kingdom
  • Are you currently a British Library employee or agency member of staff?

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Contact Name: Employee Services
Telephone: 01937 882030
Email Address: employeeservicesrecruitment@bl.uk

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