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Marie Curie is the UK’s leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement.
You’ll be part of Marie Curie’s National Information Library Service, within the Talent and Development team. The library supports staff across the UK by providing high-quality health information and evidence, with a special focus on palliative and end-of-life care.
As Assistant Librarian, you’ll be the first point of contact for staff seeking information, helping them access reliable evidence and resources that directly improve patient care, education, and research.
What you will do:
* Act as the main contact for enquiries, delivering timely and customer-focused support.
* Conduct professional health-related literature searches across biomedical databases.
* Provide current awareness services and deliver information skills training.
* Manage online journals, books, and subscriptions, ensuring resources are up to date.
* Catalogue and classify library materials using national standards and the Heritage system.
* Maintain and update the library’s intranet pages and resources.
* Support volunteers working within the service.
* Ensure compliance with copyright and intellectual property legislation.
Key Criteria:
* Strong skills in electronic information retrieval and database searching.
* Knowledge of library management systems and online information resources.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with strong organisational ability.
* Experience delivering an efficient library or information service.
* Ability to train, support, and collaborate with staff and volunteers at all levels.
* Customer-focused, with commitment to ongoing professional development.
Salary: £24,350 per annum (= £9,740 for 2 days a week)
Contract: Permanent, part-time (Monday and Tuesday, 14 hours per week)
Based: Glasgow
Benefits you’ll LOVE:
* Flexible working.
* 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays)
* Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
* Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets
* Continuous professional development opportunities.
* Industry-leading training programmes
* Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes
* Enhanced bereavement, family friendly and sickness benefits
* Access to Blue Light Card membership
* Subsidised Eye Care
Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm.
We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion.
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