Collections Assistant

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Collections Assistant, Collection Management

Salary from £28,240 to £31,527 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £33,753 pa inclusive of London allowance

We are seeking to recruit a full-time permanent Collections Assistant to join the Collection Management team within the Library’s Digital Scholarship and Innovation Group.

In supporting the Collection Management team, you will be responsible for preparing and digitising materials to support digitisation services to a high standard, answering enquiries relating to digitisation services, fetching, shelving and handling archives and special collections materials, and supporting the digital delivery of requested material in response to user queries.

You should have excellent IT skills, experience with Microsoft programs Excel and Word, as well as a basic understanding of file and folder operations. You should also be able to communicate well with a wide range of people and to convey information clearly and appropriately. You must have the ability to demonstrate a professional approach to Library users/customers and to deliver a consistent, effective service. You should be self-motivated and have the ability to organise your own workload. You must have knowledge of collection care issues including safe document handling. Familiarity with digitisation equipment and software is desirable.

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave, hybrid working, and excellent training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.

If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email P.D.McFarlane@lse.ac.uk

The closing date for receipt of applications is Wednesday 15th March 2023 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

We expect to hold interviews on 29th March 2023.