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Dear colleagues,

We are recruiting again, this time for a Senior Library Assistant position. I would be grateful if you could circulate the details below.

Many thanks,
Tim
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Job title: Senior Library Assistant – Acquisitions 

Department: ISD, Library

Grade C and level 2 

Contract type: Full Time

Ref:702

Closing date: 03rd August 2011 

*** The position ***

The post holder will administer the Library’s print and electronic periodical subscriptions, fulfil document delivery requests and provide backup to the Acquisitions Manager. Additionally the post holder will contribute to the staffing of the Welcome Desk.

 *** The School ***
 
It is the Vision of London Business School to have a profound impact on the way the world does business.

*** The department ***

 ISD (Information Systems Division) is responsible for the School’s IT and Library Services.

 The Division’s vision is to be an exemplar of excellence in Technology. We aim to provide a world class information and technology support service to our community. We believe in business excellence and will continuously improve services, expand content and extend access to corporate, remote and mobile clients.

The Library Service is focused around the Taunton Centre, and the team is responsible for delivering support, research advice and training on library resources (books, journals, annual reports and electronic resources) to the School’s students, executive clients, alumni, staff and faculty.

The team actively seeks to develop and enhance a service culture. The Continuous Improvement Plan ensures that process and procedure is always adapting to the requirements of the School and the customer.

*** The individual ***

The successful candidate will be educated to A Level or equivalent and possess knowledge of both hard copy & electronic information as well as online information.  You will have previous experience of working in a library or information service and preferably possess acquisitions or subscriptions experience.  The post-holder will possess first class customer service skills, excellent communication skills, able to prioritise workload and have the ability to maintain service standards under pressure, in addition to team working exposure and knowledge or experience of MS Office applications

*** Benefits ***

London Business School offers its staff a wide range of professional development opportunities. Other benefits include generous holiday entitlement, season ticket loan, generous pension scheme and on-site swimming pool, sauna and gym. For a full list of benefits, please visit our website.

*** Further details ***

To review the full job description and apply, please see http://bit.ly/qNxkfN

Due to the high amount of interest that we receive for each of our roles unfortunately we cannot respond to each application individually. Therefore successful applicants only will be contacted within four weeks of the closing date.

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