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Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit an Assistant Librarian for an initial 5 month contract on a rate of £17.79/hour PAYE. This role will be a hybrid of working at home and in the office.Responsibilities:- Providing and maintaining an excellent legal research and enquiry facility - Producing current awareness bulletins and updates - Ensuring that collections are organised and managed effectively by cataloguing materials to in-house cataloguing standards, using the Koha library management system - Assisting the librarians with IT Product Training and User Education including administration of training events - Editing and contributing to the knowledge management SharePoint platform Essential Skills:- An approved degree in librarianship or information science (or postgraduate qualification in same) - Experience of working in a library or information service environment (experience of legal library work would be advantageous) - Excellent organisational and time management skills with ability to balance competing priorities - Good interpersonal, networking and team-working skills with the ability to engage confidently with colleagues and stakeholders at all levelsIf you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.