Distribution Operative

Job description

Location: Boston Spa

Hours: Permanent - Full time

Grade: E

Salary: £22,464

A permanent grade E vacancy has arisen for a full time Post Room/Loading Bay person to ensure the uninterrupted movement of books and goods within the buildings and on site at Boston Spa, and ensuring the Link material is correctly prepared.

The role will include driving an on-site Luton Van equipped with a tail lift, use of the BL mechanical handling equipment (training will be provided) and sorting and delivery of books and other material delivered to and sent out from BL Boston Spa.

This will include working as part of the Logistics Department supporting the Library distribution infrastructure to ensure material arrives at the required destination in a safe and timely manner.

As a successful candidate, you will take responsibility for your own work and for taking tasks through to completion by selecting the appropriate collection or delivery method. You will be open minded about new ways of working, and willing to try different tasks; learning new methods and skills, while keeping up to date with the required knowledge and skills for the role. You will need to understand the needs of the customer and aim to fully meet their requirements, whilst ensuring value for money, time and other resources. You will be flexible and adaptable and work well as part of a team; covering for other colleagues and various tasks to ensure team goals are met.

As one of the world's great libraries, our duty is to preserve the nation's intellectual memory for the future and make it available to all for research, inspiration and enjoyment. At present, we have well over 170 million items, in most known languages, with three million new items added every year. We have manuscripts, maps, newspapers, magazines, prints and drawings, music scores, and patents. We make our collections and programmes available to all. We operate the world's largest document delivery service providing millions of items a year to customers all over the world. What matters to us is that we preserve the national memory and enable knowledge to be created both now and in the future by anyone, anywhere.

In return, we offer a competitive salary and a number of excellent benefits. Our pension scheme is one of the most valuable benefits we offer, as our staff can become members of the Alpha Pension Scheme where the Library contributes a minimum of 26.6% (this may be higher dependant on grade. Another significant benefit the Library provides is the provision of a flexible working hours scheme which could allow you to work your hours flexibly over the week and to take up to 5 days flexi leave in a 3 month period. This is on top of 25 days holiday from entry and public and privilege holidays.

Closing date: 9 May 2024

Interview date: 22 May 2024

We are unable to provide sponsorship under the UK Skilled Worker visa for this role, as it does not meet the eligibility criteria required for this immigration route