Senior Library Assistant (Acquisitions and Subscriptions

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Salary from £36,513 - £41,565 p.a. inclusive with potential to progress to £44,468, inclusive of London allowance

We are seeking to recruit a full-time Senior Library Assistant. Acquisitions and Subscriptions are separate teams within the Collections and Academic Services Group, who work together, whose function is to provide a wide range of content via different platforms and models to LSE Library users.

This role involves work predominantly with journal subscriptions, both print and electronic, but there would also be some responsibility for other renewing resources such as databases, datasets, and other similar online resources.

The postholder also supervises the work of library assistants in the teams, creating training and process documentation in conjunction with the team and the Assistant Librarians. Working with colleagues across the Library, they also contribute to maintenance of metadata for online resources, collect information and usage reports, and trouble-shoot access enquiries. They handle the financial processing of these resources and liaise with the Finance division to ensure that payments are completed accurately and on time.

Candidates should have experience of journal and/or e-resource subscription administration in a higher education or research library, using a library management system to do so, and should be educated to ‘A’ level or equivalent, with a high level of IT literacy. You should be an excellent communicator with a proven ability to relate to a wide range of users and academic colleagues.

You will be able to work on your own initiative as well as being an effective team member, and will have the ability to train, supervise and motivate other team members. Experience of supporting access to online resources, such as dealing with authentication and metadata queries, as well as experience of working with financial systems for invoice administration and payment processing, would be an advantage.

• occupational pension scheme
• generous annual leave
• excellent training and development opportunities

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Kevin O’Donovan ().

The closing date for receipt of applications is to Sunday 23 August 2026 (23:59 UK time).

Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications. Ee expect scheduled interviews to happen in the first or second week of September