Librarian and Digital Learning Manager - RCN02638
| RCN Wales HQ | £47,745
Contract type: Permanent
Librarian and Digital Learning Manager
Location, Ty Maeth RCN Wales HQ, Cardiff
Salary range per annum £47,745-£53,934*
Imagine being faced with a world of exciting possibilities that could ultimately enable you to support our members and help shape the health policies of the future. As the UK’s largest trade union and professional body for nursing, we support over half a million members with unwavering loyalty and total commitment. We represent and develop them, support their practice and lobby on their behalf to make a positive difference to their working lives.
We're accredited with Investors in People Silver Standard. Our people are our greatest asset, and we want people who can contribute to our purpose in line with our values.
As our Librarian and Digital Learning Manager you’ll use your enthusiasm, your positivity and your customer service skills to deliver an exceptional service to our members.
In this varied role every day will be filled with possibilities. You will get involved in anything from developing innovative approaches to outreach to developing digital content for learners and recruiting members. It's a great way to build on your skills and experience and develop your potential.
To join us you will need to be a qualified librarian with a background in health libraries and understand the devolved services in Wales and relevant government policy.
You will need to have the ability to foster strong professional relationships and encourage close collaboration between all key stakeholders both internal and external to the RCN in Wales.
To succeed at the Royal College of Nursing all you need to do is think bigger, better and brighter. And with an attitude like that, anything’s possible.
What we offer you
We expect you to look after our members and staff. And we expect you to be rewarded for it. We offer an impressive range of benefits, a broad range of learning development opportunities and an award-winning health and wellbeing programme. We offer annual leave up to 32 days plus bank holidays and three additional days for the Christmas break plus generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave packages.
*We offer a competitive pay structure with annual pay progression until you reach the top of the salary scale. We normally offer new employees the first point of the salary range, although you may be able to negotiate a higher starting salary depending on your skills, experience and current salary.
What we deliver for our members is wide and varied so when it comes to how we work one size doesn’t fit all. We also know that to empower our people to do their best work, they must be able to balance the demands of work and home. Due to the nature of the job, you will be expected to be in the HQ Wales office for this role, you can find out more by having a discussion with the recruiting manager.
Our selection process
Please click the ‘apply now’ button to submit a CV and answer the supporting questions online demonstrating how you meet the criteria for this role. You may not be shortlisted if you don’t. Please ensure your CV is in a simple format with minimal tables and sections. Any identifying information in your application will automatically be anonymised for shortlisting purposes.
We want your experience applying for a job with us to be the best it can be. We may hold our interviews and assessments in person or by video call. If you foresee any problems, please let us know.
Equal opportunities for everyone
Equity, diversity and inclusion are a priority for us, and we aim to foster an inclusive environment so our people can bring their authentic selves to work. This is integral to our mission to enable you to support our members and ensure their voice is heard by all UK governments to get the best outcomes for them and their patients.
As a proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme, we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities.
Contact details
For more information or for an informal discussion about the role please contact Rachel Hadland on 02920 893069
For more information about the recruitment and selection process please contact recruit@rcn.org.uk
Opening date: Monday 3rd March 2025
Closing date: 11.59pm on 31st March 2025
Assessment & interview date: Wednesday 16th April 2025
Interview date: 16/04/2025
Contracted hours: 35