Senior Library Assistant (Document Delivery) (CC13865) - Bath, BA2 7AY

Senior Library Assistant (Document Delivery) (CC13865) - Bath, BA2 7AY

This Senior Library Assistant role within the Document Delivery team works across its three services of (Inter-Library Loans, Bath Copies and Library Scanning Service for Teaching Staff) to achieve the smooth and efficient provision of material not held within the library’s collections in addition to the delivery of digitised content from the library's print holdings. 

You will 

• locate items held by other libraries and services and process borrowing and lending requests via our Library Management System (LMS)
• work closely with other members of the Document Delivery team, wider library staff and our University’s academic community to ensure requested material is obtained and delivered accurately and efficiently.

The post should appeal to people who are seeking experience of working in a contemporary document delivery service within a higher education library.

About you

You will be a reliable and committed team member with exceptional customer service skills and ideally have some previous experience of working in an HE library, along with:

• excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• demonstrable experience of being an effective team member.
• attention to fine detail.
• excellent IT skills, including the ability to learn local LMS based workflows and how to search a variety of resources to locate specific items of information.

You will understand the role that document delivery services plays in a higher education library. Knowledge and experience of working with an LMS such as Alma would be advantageous as would an understanding of digitisation processes from print resources.

Further information

This is a part-time position working 21.9 hours per week (Monday-Wednesday) for a fixed-term period until 31 July 2027.

We understand the importance of continued professional development for all Library staff, and you will benefit from the programme of local opportunities we provide, and our support for your involvement in appropriate external activities.

For more information and informal discussion about the role please contact Tom Brumfit or Steve Alston at [email protected]

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university.

We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

 

What we can offer you 

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff benefits include discounted postgraduate tuition and language courses, alongside a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities such as apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning, and more
• Local discounts, including free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• A family-friendly workplace 
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Employee assistance services through Health Assured, including access to the Wisdom app
• Relocation allowance

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn.

Be Well at Bath

We’re committed to creating a health-supporting working environment where everyone can thrive and be at their best. We offer a range of resources to enable you to do that from your first day here, including:

• Staff support groups and networks
• A network of Staff Wellbeing Champions
• A suite of tools, resources and frameworks that enable you to be at your best and thrive

Find out more about being at your best at Bath.

Closing Date: 22 Sep 2026

Department: Management, Specialist and Administration

Salary: £26,301 to £26,600 pro rata