Your new company My client is a top University that specialises in design and digital media in a buzzy area of London, and they are looking for an interim Library Manager to manage a team of 3 with direct reports for an initial 8-week period.
Your new role
- To manage the services, resources and operations of the Library, ensuring the efficient and professional delivery of innovative and customer-focused library and information services to staff and students.
- Provide day-to-day management and effective leadership of the Library team, undertaking the full range of management responsibilities, ensuring their effective working against institutional priorities. This includes managing performance, conducting annual performance and development reviews, identifying training and development needs, workforce and succession planning, staff recruitment and induction.
- Work with academic staff and students to develop a comprehensive understanding of resource demands and ensure that resources and collections meet the learning and research needs of the institution.
- To work with the Head of Academic Operations in the development of a strategy for the library reflecting the vision of the Institution.
- In collaboration with the Head of Academic Operations set and monitor service standards and foster a professional environment of continual improvement, customer service focus and inclusivity across the team, delivering and embedding change where required.
- Ensure services, resources, policies and procedures are effectively promoted to stakeholders across relevant communication channels. This includes staff and student inductions, workshops and managing the library intranet.
- Manage the physical and digital library spaces, ensuring they provide effective learning environments to support stakeholder needs and to work with the Head of Academic Operations, identifying priorities and costs for the ongoing innovative development of these spaces and resources.
- Manage specialist archives and collections.
- Ensure the library team maintains the spaces consistently to a safe and professional standard.
- Proactively work with key stakeholders internally and externally to ensure effective service delivery.
- Review, revise and implement relevant processes, procedures, policies and supporting documentation, ensuring that they reflect best practice and regulatory changes.
- Effectively manage delegated budgets and resources, including budget forecasting, and ensuring resources are cost-efficient and used effectively to deliver value for money.
Ensure that new and existing resources are fully utilised to deliver maximum benefits for students, staff and external stakeholders. - To monitor new and emerging library and information management developments and legislation, identifying their impact and making recommendations to take advantage of them or reduce their risk in the university's activities.
- Represent the institution within appropriate forums such as SCONUL and the M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries.
What you'll need to succeed
- Experience of managing library and information services and resources, including catalogues, collections and online resources
- Experience of working in a library setting in higher education
- Proven track record of managing budgets and financial administration
- Demonstrable experience of effectively managing staff and leading teams
- Experience using and/or developing digital resources
- Experience of building relationships with key stakeholders and collaborating on planning and service developments
- Experience of developing and implementing library policies, procedures and services
What you'll get in return
Flexible working options available. 8-week contract at a competitive rate at mid-manager level in a vibrant part of London
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.
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Careers and Employability Adviser
We are looking for an experienced Careers and Employability Adviser with extensive knowledge of working with care experienced young people (16-26) to guide and support young people in their professional development to help them reach their full potential.
Position: Careers and Employability Adviser
Location: London Waterloo (twice a week based in Lewisham)
Salary: £34,900 per annum depending on experience
Contract: Full-time, permanent, 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Start date: July 2025
Benefits: 27 days holiday per year PLUS the 1st Friday of every month is a half day. Pension and contributions are payable 3% after 3 months of service, employee assistance programme.
Closing Date: Friday 6th June at 11.59pm.
About the role:
As a Careers and Employability Adviser, you will be able to demonstrate a real passion for making a difference in your client’s lives. You will possess the ability to build trusting relationships quickly, broaden horizons, and encourage young people to be aspirational.
You will be working for a charity that really makes a difference in the lives of young care leavers. Wherever they’re coming from, they help to open doors and give them the skills, confidence, and inspiration to realise their full potential.
Main duties and responsibilities
- To provide individual Information Advice and Guidance (IAG) support to young people on the programme.
- To identify opportunities for work that match participants’ interests and abilities.
- Support the delivery of various Programmes.
- To assist young people in their search for employment in outreach locations.
- To maintain a client-centred approach and be sensitive to the needs of a diverse client group.
- To compile and maintain accurate records and collect monitoring data for the project.
- To support the delivery of milestones and outcomes relating to those agreed upon with our partners.
- To provide progress information to line management as required.
- To attend and participate effectively in internal and external meetings.
About you:
To be successful in the role of Careers and Employability Adviser you will have resilience, a belief that there is always a way forward and an innovative approach to youth engagement.
If you have the experience and skill set that meets the requirements in this job advertisement, then apply today and enjoy a job that really makes a difference in the lives of young people!
Experience, Qualifications and Skills
- At least 2 years’ experience working with disadvantaged youth groups to transition them into employment
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
- Experience working with vulnerable young people.
- Resilient, positive, and comfortable working effectively with complexity.
- Experience in delivering training sessions to young people.
- A good understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and risk assessment.
- Ability to work on own initiative as well as collaboratively with the rest of the team
- Empathetic, engaging, and innovative – the ability to present and to be motivational.
- Flexible approach yet able to maintain clear boundaries with clients once contracted.
- Strong organisational, timekeeping and record-keeping skills.
- Good IT skills required including recording of database entries.
- Ability to effectively communicate and relate to young people with varying levels of educational attainment, attention spans and motivation.
If you have the experience and skill set that meets the requirements in this job advertisement, then apply today and enjoy a job that really makes a difference in the lives of young people!
You may have experience in areas such as Careers Officer, Careers Manager, Careers Specialist Advisor, Recruitment Support, HR & Recruitment, HR generalist, HR Adviser, Human Resources Advisor, Human Resources Administrator, HR Business Partner, People Advisor, HR Assistant, HR Officer, HR Specialist, HR Coordinator, HR Consultant, etc.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
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