Vacancy Details

Description

Full Time, Fixed Term to 31 March 2019

 

The British Library in China: connecting through culture and learning project is an ambitious three-year cultural exchange with Chinese partner institutions from 2016 to 2019. The programme includes a series of exhibitions across China, a new website specifically designed for Chinese audiences, Chinese social media accounts for the Library WeChat and Weibo and a structured programme of knowledge exchange.

 

In the last phase of the Project, the Project Management Team is looking for a proactive, highly-organised Project Assistant to assist the Project Manager in delivering a diverse series of work packages, with a special focus on a knowledge exchange strand and a pop up exhibition in Hong Kong. The post holder will also provide administrative and logistic support to the wider Project team and will work closely with internal and external stakeholders in both the UK and China.

 

The successful candidate should demonstrate high levels of time-management, administrative and organisational skills, as well as strong communication skills in both English and Chinese at a professional level. Experience of working in an international environment and an ability to work against tight deadline are also essential to this role.

 

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.

 

 

Closing date: 11 July 2018

Interview date: 31 July 2018

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.

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