Assistant Bibliographer / Collections Support

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Collections Support / Assistant Bibliographer
Location: Remote
Working hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00 – 17:30 (37.5)
Salary: £26,000 per annum

Kortext is an exciting and fast-growing tech business in the education sector. As the UK’s #1 student learning content and engagement platform partnering with over 100 UK universities and many more worldwide, we need great people to join our team. Our purpose is to support universities in their mission to educate the next generation of difference-makers!

We are recruiting the role of Collections Support / Assistant Bibliographer to co-develop and curate Kortext branded collections of eBooks for sale to target markets.
The Collections Support / Assistant Bibliographer will work within a small team within the Publisher Services Department and collaboratively with colleagues across the Operations, IT, Product Development and Commercial Departments.

Key responsibilities
Collections and Curation
- Assist with Kortext’s collection development programme
- Use Kortext’s enriched metadata records and additional sources of information to:
- Proactively develop collections of content for higher education subjects
- Develop collections of content to fulfil agreed Sales / Marketing / Commercial briefs within defined timeframes and budgets
- Brief and support colleagues across the Publisher Services Department to -
- Secure access to content for inclusion in collections
- Secure commercial agreement from Publishers for the inclusion of their content in collections
- Provide collection summaries for Kortext Sales / Marketing colleagues
Collaboration
- Collaborate with the Bibliographer/Curator to create collections which meet the needs of a range of customers
- Collaborate with Kortext colleagues including Account Managers, the Sales team, Operations, IT and Product to utilise the enhanced metadata records
- Feed into company reporting processes as required

Key skills & Requirements
- Relevant library and/or academic book trade experience is essential
- A formal library/information management qualification or 5+ years’ experience in a similar role is highly desirable
- A proven ability for self-learning and development is highly desirable
- Familiarity with and competence implementing relevant industry best practice
- Strong technical aptitude to learn and utilise an evolving array of tools in support of evidence-informed decision making
- A commitment to working in a collaborative team environment
- First class organisational, planning and problem-solving skills
- Ability to multi-task and to be flexible and adaptable in a variety of professional contexts
- Commercially minded and able to curate appealing collections of content
- Strong listening skills and attention to detail