Assistant Librarian
Purpose of the role
The Assistant Librarian has two core responsibilities; learning and development and training and library services. The Assistant Librarian will design and deliver legal research L&D/training programmes for fee earners and non-fee earners, support the management and enhancement of the firm’s knowledge base and assist in the administration of the library.
This is a full-time role, reporting to Library Services Manager.
Responsibilities
Learning & Development/Training
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Responsible for the maintenance of a legal research L&D programme for fee earners, ranging from trainees to partners, and non-fee earners
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Responsible for the delivery of a significant proportion of legal research training on library catalogue and databases, including individual database training, Books of Authorities training, refresher case-law and legislation training and advanced training
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Responsible for the preparation of training manuals, user guides, FAQs and video tutorials and the regular audit and amendment of guides
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Liaises with external trainers to organise training sessions
Library Services
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Assists fee earners with legal research and queries
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Assists fee earners with business sector research
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General library administration duties, including cataloguing of journals and books and weeding out hard copy and electronic material where appropriate
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Supports development and review of library processes and procedures, including contributions to library pages of intranet
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Supports development of RSS feeds and alerts for fee earners
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Reviews, profiles and assists in the uploading of material to KM system on an “as required basis”
Skills, experience and attributes required of the ideal candidate
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Post-graduate library qualification essential
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An information professional with a minimum of 2+ years’ experience
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Previous experience of legal or corporate library is desirable
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The ability to undertake legal research unsupervised
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Demonstrated interest in learning and development and training, with strong design and delivery skills
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Strong demonstrated interest and literacy in I.T.
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Excellent written and communications skills
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Ability to work as part of diverse team
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Ability to persuade and influence senior individuals
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Ability to work to deadlines, manage multiple projects and deliver under pressure
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Excellent attention to detail
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Ability to work in a fast paced, demanding environment
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Ability to work on own initiative
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Has an enthusiastic and can-do-attitude. Is motivated to continuous improvement and personal and professional development
Key internal relationships
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Library Services Manager
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Head of Learning & Development
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Partners and Associates and all Colleagues in the Firm
Arthur Cox is an equal opportunities employer.
To make an application please submit your CV to careers@arthurcox.com
