Overview
Professional Services
Learning, Teaching And Student Experience
Salary: £30,805 to £33,482 per annum
Post Type: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: Friday 26 September 2025
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: HR0187753
This job is only available to University of Bradford staff. It may be released externally should we not appoint internally.
Safeguarding
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Directorate
The University of Bradford Library is recruiting for a permanent, full-time Library Acquisitions and Purchasing Administrator. This is an exciting opportunity to join our busy, forward-looking library team based on the Bradford University campus, a few minutes walk from the city centre in the J.B. Priestley Library. The library team has achieved Customer Service Excellence for the past 4 years.
What You Will Be Doing
* You will be responsible for administering the acquisition and cataloguing of information resources including reading list management.
* You will provide a pro-active, quality service to meet the Librarys purchasing and financial administrative requirements.
Qualifications/ Experience
* Experience of working in a library or information service is essential but experience of working in an acquisitions Department is desirable
* It is essential that candidates hold an English & Maths CSE Grade 1 or GCSE grade 4 and above or grade C and above.
* Experience of using a library management system, reading list system and finance system would also be desirable
At the University of Bradford, we recognise and embrace people that work in diverse ways, so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you.
In Return We Offer
* 25 days holiday and 13 statutory and customary days (taken at Easter and Christmas).
* Family-friendly policies
* Great campus facilities including:
* Unique fitness centre
* Eye clinic
* Physiotherapy & sports rehabilitation
* Counselling & mental health services
* On site nursery
* Food & drink outlets
* Generous employer contribution pension schemes
* Generous benefit schemes, including car leasing, cycle to work, holiday purchase, home & technology scheme and shopping discounts
Find more information about the many other benefits, including salary sacrifice schemes and campus nursery.
Additional Information
If you would like to find out more or are interested in applying, email or call Amjad Husain, Library Acquisitions Manager at (01274 233380).
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Equality and Diversity
At the University of Bradford we accept people for who they are regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sex, marital status, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation or socio-economic background and whether you8re pregnant or on maternity leave.
In line with the Universitys commitment to equality charters including Athena Swan, Race Equality Charter, Disability Confident and Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme, we welcome applications from people identifying with these characteristics. The University has a number of staff networks which provide peer support and safe spaces for staff who hold these and other identities.
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