Salary:                  Between £65,000 - £70,000 p.a. (depending on experience) plus benefits

Job type:             Permanent

Hours:                 36.25 hours per week

St John’s College wishes to appoint a Librarian to develop and lead a 20 year+ vision for our Library and Archive, creating and delivering a transformational plan that responds to new ways of working, studying and accessing content, and harnesses the benefits of digitisation.   

We are seeking a Librarian with a track record of innovation, expertise and making things happen, capable of leading and inspiring a high performing team within a forward looking, collaborative culture.  The Librarian will have operational leadership of the Library and Archive Department, responsible for maintaining excellent service standards, overseeing the stewardship of our historical and special collections, and realising opportunities for the collections to support research, teaching, and public benefit.

This is an important role within the College and the person appointed will be elected a Fellow of the College.  For over 500 years, St John’s College has flourished as an independent and self-determining community for the purposes of education, religion, learning and research, with an unwavering commitment to academic freedom, excellence, and integrity.  This is an exceptional opportunity to work within an exciting intellectual community that is a friendly, warm, and welcoming place.

For further particulars and an application form, please click on the links below, email recruitment@joh.cam.ac.uk or telephone 01223 338794.

The closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9.00am on Thursday 15 February 2024.  Interview dates will be confirmed in due course.

In applying for this role, you will provide personal data which the College will process in accordance with its data protection obligations and its Data Protection Policy. Please see attached for a copy of our Data Protection Statement for further information about how we process your personal data.