Loans Coordinator

Job description

Location: St Pancras

Hours: Permanent - Full time

Grade: C

Salary: £27,300

We are seeking to recruit a Loans Co-ordinator to join the busy Registrar's Office at the British Library. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a fast moving and challenging environment. You will work as part of a small team arranging all inward and outward loans for exhibition in the UK and Abroad. The role requires meticulous organisational and exceptional communication skills.

The candidate should demonstrate knowledge of loans management and should be conversant with UK Government Indemnity requirements and recognised International loan standards. You should also have an understanding of various object media. Experience of handling collections is essential, as is the ability to thrive in a deadline driven environment. Experience of working with Library collections is highly desirable.

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: 3 May 2024

Interview date: 16 & 17 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