Secretary

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Job Description

Are you a whizz with organisation, correspondence, and admin? We’d love to hear from you!

Purpose of role: Officer responsible for administrative matters for the LGBTQ+ Network committee. The role holder must be a member of CILIP. This role is open to people who identify as LGBTQ+ or queer.

(Please note, this role requires attendance at periodic committee meetings, which are held on weekday evenings, usually from 6:30 pm or 7:30 pm)

Responsibilities:

  • To be the contact for the LGBTQ+ Network Committee, receiving requests and correspondence and dealing with these or passing them on as appropriate. This includes managing the Secretary LGBTQ CILIP email account, and the CILIP LGBTQ Network email account on a regular basis.
  • To liaise with the Chair in passing on information to committee members for meeting agendas and in taking minutes at committee meetings.
  • To work with other officers and committee members to produce the yearly business plan and annual report.
  • To undertake administrative tasks (such as up-to-date email addresses for committee members) and maintain effective records for the LGBTQ+ Network.
  • To draft and distribute the Network’s quarterly newsletter.
  • To liaise with the CILIP Development Officer (Member Networks) and inform of any changes to officer and committee roles.
  • To promote the membership and benefits of the Member Network and CILIP within the library and information profession.

CILIP is committed to championing diversity, inclusion and representation. We particularly welcome applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQ+ candidates, who have historically been under-represented on our committees.

The amount of time this role takes up will vary and may be 1-3 hours per month and during events is likely to increase.

To apply, please send a short CV and cover letter to secretary.lgtbq@cilip.org.uk with the subject “Committee Role Application”. For an informal chat about the role, please send an email to secretary.lgbtq@cilip.org.uk.

Closing date: 31st July 2025