Job Description

Job Title: Warehouse and Admin assistant

Salary: £11.75 per hour

Hours: Full time, Temp to permanent

Location: Rushden, Northamptonshire

The role of the Library Cataloguer is to work as part of the Archive and Library team and to support the Archive & Library Manager and colleagues in delivering a forward-looking and efficient service, ensuring that the Archive and Library fully support the functions of Penguin Random House and stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Catalogues new incoming stock according to the Dewey Decimal Classification system
• Works with the Archive & Library team to ensure that the stock is shelved, stored and circulated as required
• Understands, and delivers, required Archive and Library processes and tasks, such as arranging deliveries and filing contracts
• Other related duties as requested by the Archive & Library Manager

Essential skills

• Experience of working in a library, archive or information service
• Good computer skills including the ability to maintain databases and records
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Accuracy and good organisation skills
• Ability to prioritise tasks and solve routine problems
• Ability to be an active and effective team member
• Flexibility, enthusiasm and a willingness to undertake a variety of tasks
• To be curious and to look for efficient ways to solve routine issues
• Experience of delivering excellent customer service
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of people at all levels

Desirable skills

• Experience of library cataloguing and classification with Dewey Decimal Classification
• Knowledge of publishing or historical (library or archive) collections and the challenges they face in the 21st century

Applicants should note that the job involves Warehouse and Admin duties, shelving books, working at heights and lifting and carrying boxes.

Please apply with your upto date cv.

For additional information, please contact Dan Pearce.

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