Senior Advisor - Library Digital
£40,199 to £49,072 per annum
Permanent
Full time - 35 hours per week
CSM - King's Cross, London UK
The opportunity
Are you committed to fostering a compassionate student-centred learning environment? Do you have an understanding of digital technology in the arts and extensive experience with tech hardware and creative software? Join our friendly Library Services team at Central Saint Martins (CSM), part of University of the Arts London (UAL). Our busy and popular library is located over three floors overlooking Granary Square near King’s Cross and St. Pancras stations.
As a Senior Advisor - Library Digital, you will contribute to the development and delivery of high quality and user-focused services, supporting the academic activities of the University.
You will work with local colleagues and line manage staff to ensure the efficient day-to-day running of library digital services at CSM, overseeing and enhancing processes to provide an excellent service to users, facilitating a welcoming and accessible environment.
You will be a member of the cross-site Library Digital Group, enhancing our service-wide digital resources, including experimenting with innovative tech and developing relevant user education.
Generally, the working pattern is 09:00 - 17:00 Monday to Friday, with occasional extended hours until 18:15 during term time and vacation periods.
UAL Library Services adopts a hybrid working approach, balancing home and onsite work.
About you
We seek a candidate with a degree-level qualification and/or relevant digital skills, with experience in a library and open access IT environment or similar.
You will be a proficient user of software such as Adobe Creative Suite and a confident user of hardware such as printers and scanners.
With excellent teamwork skills, you will also be capable of line managing supportively and able to motivate others.
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for more information.
We are UAL
University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.
Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.
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Closing date: Monday 19th January at 23:55
If you have any general questions or have accessibility needs, please contact AGstaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk
UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.