Librarian
Closing Date: 5th May 2025
Salary: £26,000-£28,000 DOE
Hours: 37.5 hours, Monday to Friday; part-time and job share considered
We are seeking a librarian to provide excellent standards of customer services for their accounts, with a likely focus on adult stock selection.
About Peters:
Peters are the contracted supplier for over one hundred public library authorities, providing both adult and children’s books, as well as serving hundreds of schools across the UK. We are an independent bookseller celebrating our 90th anniversary.
Our mission is to be the leading provider of books and related services for libraries in the UK, offering the widest choice and unbiased expert advice. We are dedicated to supporting libraries in engaging readers, promoting stock, and encouraging a love for books. At the heart of this is a focus on reader development, providing the right book, for the right reader, at the right time.
About the role:
We are seeking a librarian to join our team. This person will provide excellent standards of customer service to any account they look after. It is likely their focus will primarily be on adult stock selection and supporting the adult stock department. We are a close, effective and hard-working team and the role holder will be expected to support the department as a whole in order to support the delivery of a first class service.
The ideal candidate will have experience of:
- adult stock selection, including budgeting (essential)
- experience in public librarianship and/or bookselling (essential)
- experience in children’s stock (desirable)
- experience of higher education librarianship (desirable)
- knowledge of basic bibliographic and cataloguing principles (desirable)
- assessing and evaluating new titles
- reading and reviewing titles.
The ideal candidate will be:
- flexible
- highly motivated either working on their own or as part of a team
- detail orientated
- a good communicator
- able to manage their time and work to tight deadlines
- interested in their ongoing development.
Details:
- Manager: Reporting to Alison Tarrant, Head of Library Services
- Contract type: We are looking for someone who can work Monday to Friday, with a requirement for flexibility to fulfil the demands of the job. We would welcome applications from those looking for a part-time or job share role as well as those looking for a full-time role (for 37.5 hours per week). There will be the expectation that you read in your own time for this role.
- Working location: This role is hybrid; it will involve regular days at our base in central Birmingham (120 Bromsgrove Street, Birmingham, B5 6RJ) and there will be regular home working each week. There is possible future travel to visit customers and conferences as the role requires.
The benefits:
- 22 days holiday, plus public / bank holidays, rising to 27 days with length of service
- Save money by taking advantage of discounted parking at Arcadian
- Enjoy up to 40% off a wide selection of books stocked by Peters
- Up to 3 days paid time off for volunteering each year
- Option to buy up to 5 additional days holiday each year
- Annual eye test voucher
