Deputy Site Manager, UCL Wickford Store

UCL is Londons global university. LCCOS Library Culture Collections and Open Science provides outstanding staff services and resources to support the world-class research education and enterprise that is undertaken in UCL and connects the world with UCL through innovative programming and engagement activities. LCCOS is acknowledged as an international leader in Open Science and Scholarship.

The LCCOS family comprises 4 museums and allied object collections 14 libraries the UCL Student Centre Special Collections facilities multiple additional learning spaces and a substantial off-site storage facility. We also provide comprehensive services to healthcare staff through our partnerships with 6 NHS Trusts. LCCOS holds the UK Customer Service Excellence (CSE) Award The National Archives (TNA) Archives Service Accreditation and Arts Council England Museum Accreditation. The combined staff in UCL LCCOS totals around 450.

UCL Library Services holds printed collections of approximately two million volumes covering a range of disciplines and housed at various sites. Approximately 25% is kept at UCL Library Services Store in Wickford Essex. This material includes important research materials and stock relegated from the sites plus UCLs paper records. The Store is a large warehouse (28700 square feet) with modern office space. It is central to the management of important research collections and provides a daily delivery of requested items to all UCL site libraries. It is not open to users.

The Wickford Store team is part of the Collection Strategy team and consists of 6.28 FTE staff. It is open Mon Fri (daytime only). The post holder works closely with the Head of Retrospective Cataloguing who is also based at Wickford 4 days per week and the Stores Service Manager based in the Science Library.

The postholder supervises and manages a team of Store Assistants for the daily running of the stores delivery service to ensure that service delivery targets are met. The postholder deputises as required for the Wickford Site Manager in the overall running of the Wickford Store and assists with all aspects of daily site management including opening and closing maintenance and Health & Safety.

This is a part-time role (0.4 FTE Mondays and Tuesdays only) job sharing with another member of staff.

This is a Grade 7 role with the FTE salary of 44861 (0.4 Pro-rated 17944)

The post involves operating machinery and some moving and lifting of heavy books. Full training will be provided.

This is an on-campus role. It is not suitable for remote working.

This role does not meet the eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa certificate of sponsorship under UK Visas and Immigration legislation. Therefore UCL will not be able to sponsor individuals who require right to work in the UK to carry out this role.

Energetic and enthusiastic person with experience of working in a library setting preferably with some element of service provision. Self-motivated hardworking and a problem solver you will thrive in a team-oriented environment and play a key role in leading the small team located at our off-site store in Wickford.

We are looking for candidates who have the following skills and experience:

Excellent communication skills are required as you will be working with a wide range of internal customers including Library staff across the service other UCL staff (especially Estates & Facilities) and external organisations e.g. recruitment agencies local businesses and contractors.

Line management or supervisory experience.

Strong organisational skills including the ability to manage and prioritise your workload and meet deadlines.

A commitment to your own and others continuing professional development.

The advert will close on the published date at 23:59 GMT. Interviews will be held at Wickford Library Store.

A job description and person specification can be accessed from the link at the bottom of this page.

Further details

To apply please provide:

An up-to-date CV including as a minimum detail of your current employment salary and notice period details of any former employment and your education history.

A supporting statement showing how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria marked Application in the Person Specification found within the Job Description for this post. Your statement should be provided using the free text box under Questionnaire.

If you have any queries about the role or have any queries about the application process please contact quoting the job title and reference number.

Further information about UCL LCCOS can be found on our website UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work please visit to find out more.

Annual leave & Work life balance (Pro-rated for Part-Time Staff)

27 days annual leave 6 closure days (Christmas and Easter) as well as statutory holidays

Hybrid and flexible working

Ability to buy 5 additional annual leave days

Children & Family (Pro-rated for Part-Time Staff)

Enhanced maternity adoption paternity leave

Carers leave

Workplace nursery

Other benefits

We also offer some great benefits some of which are defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE); cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan; on-site gym etc. As part of the UCL community you can access free lunch hour lectures exhibitions and museums and collections. On campus UCL has the Bloomsbury theatre hosting a range of performances and a series of bars cafes and other facilities which UCL staff can use.

Visit Reward and Benefits Work at UCL - UCL University College London to find out more.

As Londons Global University we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation and we want our community to represent the diversity of the worlds talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity to being fair and inclusive and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCLs workforce. These include people from Black Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles women. Our department is working towards an Athena SWAN award. We are committed to advancing gender equality within our department.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality Diversity and Inclusion here: Experience:

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