Teaching Collections Team Leader

About the Role:

The University of Manchester Library is looking for a Teaching Collections Team Leader to line manage our friendly team and ensure the provision of an efficient and effective service providing reading lists to support our academic staff and students

In this role, you will:

• Line manage five Teaching Collections Assistants and one Teaching Collections Coordinator
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the Library to ensure the effective and efficient running of our Reading Lists Online Service
• Liaise with external stakeholders to develop our systems

The role offers a mixture of on-campus and remote working with a requirement to work on campus a minimum two days per week.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing team committed to delivering the Library’s Reading List Strategy. You will support the Teaching Collections and eTextbook Programme Manager in the delivery of all services related to the provision of reading list resources.

Other requirements include:

• Working at any Library site as required
• Carrying out such other duties as may reasonably be associated with the grade and a role of this nature
• Being flexible in relation to hours of work as may be reasonably requested from time-to-time

For an informal discussion about the role, contact Helen Foster- Teaching Collections and eTextbook Programme Manager (see contact details below).

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer, we actively encourage applicants from diverse career paths and backgrounds and from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation and transgender status. We also support applications from those returning from a career break, and offer flexible working and carers peer support networks.   All appointments are made on merit. Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here.

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

For enquiries on vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Helen Foster

Email: helen.foster@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

- Please quote reference PSX-030689

Interviews will take place the 11th March.

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.