Job summary
Knowledge and Library Services Development Manager
Resource Discovery Team
Location: London
37 1/2 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Fixed term secondment period (1 Feburary 2024-31 July 2024)
We are looking for a professionally qualified librarian or knowledge manager to join the Resource Discovery team, delivering digital knowledge resources and infrastructure for NHS staff and learners across England.
Main duties of the job
Key elements of role include:
- Contributing to the national Resource Discovery workstream outlined in Knowledge for Healthcare (see especially section 4.4).
- Providing system leadership on priority activities including:
- Implementation and delivery of National Core Content
- Strategic management of regional library management systems
- Promotion of open access in the NHS including participation in the development of transformative agreements for the NHS
- Network and stakeholder engagement
About us
The focus is on delivering NHSE Workforce Training & Education's five-year strategy for the development of NHS knowledge and library services - Knowledge for Healthcare.
NHSE WT&E's vision for LKS is that "NHS bodies, their staff, learners, patients and the public use the right knowledge and evidence, at the right time, in the right place, enabling high quality decision-making, learning, research and innovation to achieve excellent healthcare and health improvement." Knowledge for Healthcare, 2021
The Library and Knowledge Services Development Manager will be a key member of a national, agile, friendlyteam responsible for providing strategic direction and professional leadership.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only. Agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents. If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only. Agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents. If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent qualification in Librarianship / Information Science
- Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Skilled communicator able to select from, and utilise, a range of negotiating and influencing strategies appropriate to different audiences and environments
- Capable of effective planning over medium and short-term planning horizon and with a high tolerance of uncertainty, ensuring the appropriate allocation of resources, early identification of risk
- Applied knowledge of digital knowledge resources and systems including contract management and implementation
- Understanding Open Access, repositories and transformative agreements and their place in the NHS
Desirable
- Proven ability and experience of working to a quality management system/strategy or method, ensuring processes and procedures are robust and relevant to improve the reliability of achieving the desired outcome of the project/work area
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of strategic and operational management of library knowledge services
- Understanding of the policies, trends and developments which impact and influence healthcare and library services
- Experience of managing a library management system
Desirable
- Experience and understanding of evaluating, measuring and reporting on performance and impact, drawing on complex information from a variety of sources
- Experience of identifying and monitoring risks and issues, assessing their impact and probability, and of developing and implementing mitigating actions and escalating as appropriate
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent qualification in Librarianship / Information Science
- Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Skilled communicator able to select from, and utilise, a range of negotiating and influencing strategies appropriate to different audiences and environments
- Capable of effective planning over medium and short-term planning horizon and with a high tolerance of uncertainty, ensuring the appropriate allocation of resources, early identification of risk
- Applied knowledge of digital knowledge resources and systems including contract management and implementation
- Understanding Open Access, repositories and transformative agreements and their place in the NHS
Desirable
- Proven ability and experience of working to a quality management system/strategy or method, ensuring processes and procedures are robust and relevant to improve the reliability of achieving the desired outcome of the project/work area
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of strategic and operational management of library knowledge services
- Understanding of the policies, trends and developments which impact and influence healthcare and library services
- Experience of managing a library management system
Desirable
- Experience and understanding of evaluating, measuring and reporting on performance and impact, drawing on complex information from a variety of sources
- Experience of identifying and monitoring risks and issues, assessing their impact and probability, and of developing and implementing mitigating actions and escalating as appropriate
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
