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Committed to being an
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Thank you for being interested in this exciting role. ARU is a modern, globally engaged university that is built upon very
solid regional roots. As we enter our 25th year as a university we are starting to deliver a strategy that will build on the
progress that we have made over the last decade and deliver a distinctive contribution to the education, research and
innovation ecosystem.
A strong and vibrant library service is a core component in delivering the strategy and the individual appointed to this
position will play a central role in supporting the delivery of key aspects of our strategy. We want to ensure that we bring
together our current strengths alongside new educational innovations, a strengthened research portfolio and wider
engagement and in doing so bring together the best of face-to-face and digital delivery.
Over the last few years we have made very significant progress in building the quality of our education and in ensuring we
have an academic and professional staff community that is equipped to continually improve our courses. We have amongst
the highest level of educational qualifications in our staff across the UK sector and have demonstrated year and year
improvement in internal and external measures of educational quality. Our new strategy will seek to use this very strong
foundation to create one of the best educational models in the sector – a strengthened and highly innovative library service
is central to this.
We are looking for someone who can play a central role in the leadership of our university and who will work alongside
myself and other members of our leadership team to ensure we deliver to our full potential. In doing this they will help
create the nimble, agile and innovative environment that we need.
I look forward to welcoming the successful candidate to our university.
Professor Iain Martin MBChB, MEd (Dist), MD
Vice-Chancellor
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Anglia Ruskin is an innovative
global university with students
from 185 countries coming to study
with us. We've once again been
named as one of the top 350
institutions in the world in The
Times Higher Education's World
University Rankings 2018.
Our history
Anglia Ruskin’s story starts in 1858,
when the art critic, patron and
philanthropist John Ruskin opened
Cambridge School of Art. The art
school grew to become Anglia Ruskin
University, and it’s still at the heart of
our modern-day campus in
Cambridge.
Becoming ARU
Over the years, a number of colleges
and institutes have become part of
Anglia Ruskin. They include the
Cambridgeshire College of Arts and
Technology (CCAT) and the Essex
Institute of Higher Education (formerly
the Chelmer Institute – itself formed
from the Mid-Essex Technical College
and the Brentwood College of
Education). At first, these colleges
combined to become Anglia
Polytechnic, and then Anglia
Polytechnic University in 1992. We’ve
been known as Anglia Ruskin
University since 2005.
We’re proud to count graduates of all
these institutions among our alumni.
Anglia Ruskin today
We’ve seen lots of changes in the last
159 years, but one thing has remained
the same. We’re still passionate about
transforming lives through
innovative, inclusive and
entrepreneurial education and
research.
Today, students from more than 185
countries study with us. Our students
are at the heart of our University: their
educational experience engages,
challenges and empowers them to
reach their full potential.
We have always been inclusive, and
actively encourage students from a
wide range of academic and societal
backgrounds to study with us. We
measure our success by their success.
Our research and innovation draw on
the breadth of ARU strengths to
develop ideas and solutions which
have the potential to transform lives
and communities and enrich our
curriculum.
We’re known for being welcoming,
and are proud to be a Disability
Confident Employer, a Stonewall
Diversity Champion and a Mindful
Employer.
We also value the wider ARU
community, as it has the potential to
create a university that is greater than
the sum of its parts.
Anglia Ruskin in the future
Our strategy outlines the goals we've
set ourselves for the next ten years.
Published on 16 June 2017, the 25th
anniversary of us being awarded
university status, it's the latest chapter
in Anglia Ruskin’s story.
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Four campuses
As well as Cambridge and Chelmsford,
we also have campuses in London and
Peterborough. Our Chelmsford campus
was originally in the city centre but
moved to a new purpose-built site in
1992. Today you’ll find our striking,
modern buildings nestled by the river
in the city’s University and Innovation
Quarter. Meanwhile, our campus at
Guild House, Peterborough opened in
2011. It’s a dedicated healthcare site
where we train many of our region’s
nurses and healthcare professionals.
In 2015 we were pleased to introduce a
new campus in the heart of London,
where students study subjects
including business, law and finance at
undergraduate and postgraduate level.
We’ve invested over £100 million in our
campuses in recent years. Cambridge
benefitted from a major
redevelopment in 2011, and in 2014
we completed work on our dedicated
healthcare site on Young Street. It
houses state-of-the-art clinical skills
labs including mock hospital wards.
Young Street is also home to our
specialist Music Therapy Centre. In
2018, we'll be opening a brand new
Science Centre.
Meanwhile, in Chelmsford we’ve
embarked upon an ambitious
programme of development. In 1995,
Her Majesty The Queen opened the
fittingly named Queen’s building,
which is home to the University
Library. It’s since been joined by
(among others) our
eye-catching Lord Ashcroft
International Business School; Sawyers
Building with its brand new SuperLab;
the Michael Salmon Building, which
houses our Postgraduate Medical
Institute and its cutting-edge
simulation suites; and The MedBIC,
which offers labs, workshops and office
space to small businesses in the
medical and advanced engineering
sectors. The next major development is
our School of Medicine, due to open in
September 2018.
A national and international presence
As well as our four main campuses, we
have a number of partner institutions
in the UK and overseas, giving
students the chance to study for an
Anglia Ruskin qualification near to
home. The first partnerships were
formed in the early 1990s.
Our International Office, set up in 1992,
fosters further links, and makes sure
that our international students receive
the support and information they
need.
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Ambition
We’re not only academically ambitious
for ourselves but for our students.
Students are at the heart of our
University, and we're delighted that
our final-year undergraduates rate
their educational experience highly.
Excellence
We’re ranked in the top 20 universities
for teaching excellence in The Times
and The Sunday Times Good University
Guide for 2017, with six subjects in the
top 10 UK higher education
institutions for teaching excellence:
Philosophy, Sport Science,
Criminology, Sociology, Electrical and
Electronic Engineering and Business
Studies.
As well as this, our Teaching Excellence
Framework (TEF) Silver Award
recognises the quality of our courses
and high levels of student satisfaction.
Impact
We’re purposeful, challenging and
curious about our world. Our
academic excellence has been
recognised by the UK’s higher
education funding bodies, with 12
areas classed as generating world-
leading research. We deliver impactful
research which tackles pressing issues
and makes a difference, from saving
lives to conserving water.
Collaboration
We’re a place where collaboration,
research and scholarly activity informs
everything we do. Each year, we help
2,000 businesses grow with interns,
training, research and collaborative
programmes. Many of our courses are
recognised by industry and a large
number are professionally accredited,
making our students ready for the real
world.
Enterprise
While our head is full of ambition, our
feet are planted in the world around
us. We pride ourselves on being as
enterprising as we are innovative and
nurture those qualities in our students.
Our entrepreneurial excellence was
once again nationally recognised when
we won the Duke of York Award for
University Entrepreneurship at the
Lloyds Bank National Business Awards
2016.
Enthusiasm
Our sheer can-do attitude sets us apart
from others. We find that enthusiasm is
infectious, letting the results speak for
themselves and being the only UK
university to be named a global 'rising
star'.
Developing our expertise
Courses
Our early expertise in the arts and
education has broadened, and today
we offer courses in computing and
technology, engineering, law, business,
economics, life sciences and more.
We’ve been a leader in the field of
health and social care since 1992, when
nursing training was transferred from
local health authorities to Anglia
Ruskin. As well as our three highly
regarded nursing courses, we train
midwives, operating department
practitioners and social workers.
Of course, the arts and education are
still important to us. We train early
years’ professionals on our Chelmsford
campus, and at our partner college in
Peterborough. Our MA Children’s Book
Illustration is a world-renowned
course that builds on the long
tradition of the Cambridge School of
Art. We’ve embraced 21st-century
variations on our more traditional arts
courses too – including computer
games art and creative music
technology.
Research
In the last decade, we’ve forged ahead
with our research work. We have
research-active staff across the
university, and a growing reputation
in this area.
You’ll now find six high-profile research
institutes here. The first of these was
our Postgraduate Medical Institute, set
up in 2008, which carries out ground-
breaking medical research and trains
healthcare professionals in a range of
sophisticated techniques. The Cultures
of the Digital Economy (CoDE)
Research Institute followed in 2010,
exploring the effects of the digital
economy on art, culture and society.
In 2011, we established the Global
Sustainability Institute. It focuses on
issues surrounding climate change
and sustainability and has quickly
gained a reputation for its topical,
high-impact research and reports.
Next came the Veterans and Families
Institute in 2014, which is carrying out
valuable research into the impact of
military experience on veterans and their
loved ones; and the Anglia Ruskin IT
Research Institute, which enhances IT
systems through intelligent modelling
and visualisation.
Finally, our newest research institute
was set up in 2016. The Policing
Institute for the Eastern Region focuses
on research, professional development
and knowledge exchange that will
improve policing practice in the East of
England.
Alongside these six institutes is a range
of research units, dedicated to subjects
as diverse as music therapy, eye
diseases, children’s book studies, and
political history.
In 2014, 12 of our research areas were
ranked as ‘world-leading’ in the
Government’s Research Excellence
Framework (REF).
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Our vision
Transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research.
Our values
Ambition
We are determined to achieve our goals and
continually strive to enhance our University for the
benefit of all.
Innovation
We will apply our collective and individual creativity to
conceive and develop new ideas, implementing them for
the benefit of the communities we serve.
Courage
We are bold in taking the decisions we feel are right, even
when it is difficult to do so.
Community
We greatly value working collaboratively, supporting each
other and helping everyone to achieve their potential.
Integrity
We do what we say we will do and are fair and transparent in
our decision-making and actions.
Responsibility
We take decisions and act in a way which respects environ-
mental, societal and economic considerations, and which
best supports those who study and work with us.
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The University Library at Anglia
Ruskin University supports the
University’s academic aims and
objectives by ensuring that our
students and staff have seamless and
timely access to a wide range of
library services, excellent learning
support and high quality information
resources.
Our primary concern is to provide a
high quality learning experience for
the diverse range of students
studying at Anglia Ruskin both on
and off campus and we monitor our
success through the National
Student Survey, the International
Student Barometer and the LibQual
survey undertaken every two years.
We are increasingly developing our
role in supporting research and
managing the institutional
repository, Anglia Ruskin Research
Online (ARRO).
Our Libraries
We have three, geographically spread
libraries: two larger, multidisciplinary
libraries at Cambridge and
Chelmsford and one smaller library
at Peterborough, supporting the
Faculty of Health, Social Care and
Education. Overall the University
Library has a collection of
approximately 290,000 print books,
315,000 e-books, 39,000
e-journals, and 190 database
subscriptions.
In terms of library systems
supporting service delivery, we went
live with Ex Libris’s Alma library
management system in August 2014
and use Talis Aspire Reading List and
Talis Aspire Digital Content software.
The library is also contributing to the
University’s selection of a new
Learning Management System
launched in September 2017.
The libraries at Cambridge and
Chelmsford provide the main open
access IT facilities for students and
both libraries are open extensively,
including 24 hour access during
semesters. We have recently
installed a number of laptop loan
outlets to supplement our provision
of PCs within the libraries.
Over 91 staff support the delivery of
services at the sites with
considerable emphasis being placed
on ensuring excellent customer
support.
Our Structure
Our University Library is organised into three Divisions which operate across all sites – Academic Services, Central Services and
Customer Services, each managed by an
Assistant Director.
Academic Services is responsible for
liaising with the Faculties, information
and digital literacy skills, collections,
research and learner support. Central
Services is responsible for library
systems, digital services, student IT
support, purchasing and content
(bibliographic) services. Customer
Services is responsible for enquiry
services, self-service points, circulation
services and the management of
learning spaces and related facilities.
The University Librarian has overall
responsibility for setting the strategic
direction of the service and for
ensuring the quality of services
delivered. The Library Management
Team, comprising of three Assistant
Directors and direct reports, guides
strategy and policy development,
monitors the annual operational plan
and is responsible for ensuring a
coordinated approach to service
delivery and effective
communication between divisions,
teams and across sites.
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Mission
We contribute to our University's success by providing excellent library services, information resources, and learning,
teaching and research support.
We achieve this by:
Providing high quality,
welcoming library spaces that
meet the need for individual
learning, research and
collaborative study and that
are safe and secure.
Supporting, assisting and
coaching users in the use of
our information resources and
services.
Engaging with our students
and the wider academic
community to ensure we meet
their needs and expectations.
Championing the delivery
of information, research
and digital literacy skills.
Innovating, improving and
extending the range of
services and resources we
deliver, exploiting the
opportunities offered by
emerging technologies.
Ensuring our staff have the
skills and competencies to
provide an effective service in a
complex and changing
environment.
Our Values
Our customers are central to everything we do:
We provide a welcoming and professional service that
exceeds expectations.
We are positive about change,
challenges, innovation and
creativity.
We achieve success through teamwork, collaboration
and individual effort.
We value openness, integrity and
fairness in all our undertakings.
We are committed to investing in
the development of our staff.
We ensure accessibility,
equality and diversity in all of
our services.
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Job Title: University Librarian
Grade: SMG
Work Base: Chelmsford or Cambridge (with travel to other sites as required)
Hours of Work: Full time Responsible to: Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education)
Responsible for: All staff within the University Library
Relationships & Contacts: Vice Chancellor’s Group (VCG) Corporate Management Team (CMT)
Internal management and employees
Other external bodies as appropriate
Job Purpose: To provide strategic and operational leadership for all of the functions of the
University Library service, which results in the provision of a vision that optimally
supports knowledge management for our students and staff. To play an active role in
the development and achievement of University policy as a member of the Corporate
Management Team.
Principal Accountabilities:
1. Develop and deliver an innovative strategy which
sees transformational change in our library services,
particularly in relation to digital and blended
provision.
2. In accordance with the University strategy,
develop and implement the delivery of effective
services Including digital resources and
infrastructure.
3. Build strong relationships and partnerships with
academic leaders and professional leaders to
improve the student and staff experience.
4. Review the overall look and feel of our library and
learning spaces to ensure that they support learning,
teaching and research strategies within the
University.
5. Work with key stakeholders to ensure the
viability, currency, recognition and reputation of
our library service.
6. Provide strong leadership to the library staff,
empowering and motivating them to deliver
the highest standards of service.
7. Lead library services staff through change,
innovation and service development.
8. Ensure that the financial, human and physical
resources of the Library are deployed effectively in
support of its agreed objectives.
9. Effective management of the library budget,
monitoring cost-effectiveness and ensure
the provision of value for money.
10. Use qualitative and quantitative data to produce
management information to monitor and
evaluate library services.
11. As part of the Corporate Management Team,
contribute to the leadership and management of
the University as a whole.
12. Participate and represent the University on
internal and external committees and groups.
13. Work in collegial and corporate manner in
partnership with local, regional and international
partners and in co-operation with all faculties and
professional services.
14. Take a proactive role in ensuring that all HR policies
are followed and that appropriate developmental
activities are agreed for and with Library Services
staff, taking into account the outcomes of appraisal.
15. Be responsible for health and safety matters and for
the pro-active promotion and implementation of all
the relevant equality and diversity statutory
requirements and data protection issues within the
Library.
16. Such other duties temporarily or on a continuing
basis, as may reasonably be required,
commensurate with your grade.
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Education/Qualifications
First degree
Higher degree and/or postgraduate qualification
in librarianship/information
Chartered member of CILIP
Experience
Demonstrable experience in a senior management role
within a library environment with a strong academic
standing
Demonstrable experience of strategic planning
Leading staff and large teams through change,
innovation and service development
Experience of managing resources, including large budgets, business plans and major change processes
Experience of implementing robust quality assurance
processes
Library design, space planning and provision of a range
and variety of study facilities
Experience of modernising library services and resources
Experience of successful project management
Understanding of knowledge management and digital
technologies relative to teaching, learning and research
Knowledge/Skills
Understands digital developments and the impact that
new and emerging technologies might have on HE
library services
Strong leadership, management and decision making skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills,
with the ability to persuade, influence and negotiate
with others
Commands the respect of senior colleagues across
a range of disciplines
Works collaboratively and collegially and willing to play
a full role as a member of the wider university and
Corporate Management Team
Thinks analytically and strategically, and responds
creatively to challenges
Combines entrepreneurial skills with the ability to
develop a commercially sound strategic/business plan
for the service
Personal Qualities/Disposition
Pro-active and flexible approach
Skilled negotiator, tactful, persuasive and assertive
when appropriate
Confident in challenging colleagues and peers
Customer focussed approach
Commitment to own continuing professional development
Other
Committed to equality and diversity
Committed to our Health and Safety policies and
procedures
Willing and able to travel between sites as required
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An executive search exercise is being undertaken by Dixon Walter. Dixon Walter will support the University in helping to identify the widest possible field of qualified candidates and assisting in the assessment of candidates against the requirements for the role.
Questions can be directed to Alan Walter via [email protected] or Tel 0191 500 5500
Further information can be found at www.dixonwalter.co.uk/vacancies/ angliaruskin
Applications should consist of a full CV detailing academic and professional qualifications, full
employment history and experience as well as the names and contact details of three referees.
This should be accompanied by a covering letter describing in three A4 pages or fewer how candidates meet the criteria in the Person specification, why the appointment is of interest to them and what they believe they can bring to the role.
The closing date for applications is Friday 3rd November.
Dixon Walter Interviews will take place in the middle of November
Final interviews will take place on Wednesday 13th December.