As a Graduate Trainee in the library, you will help to provide and support a range of reader services to a professional standard. At the same time, you will be obtaining experience and training in a wide variety of duties relevant to the profession generally, and to legal libraries specifically. As such, this post offers an excellent opportunity to gain knowledge and experience in a busy law library prior to embarking on a postgraduate course in Library and Information studies.
What we need:
The successful candidate will have a degree (or expected to graduate in 2025) and have an interest in a career in librarianship. Previous library experience is desirable, but by no means essential. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, the ability to use MS Office, and an ability to pick up new skills quickly will be essential. You should be comfortable working as part of a team and independently. Working in a library involves regular carrying of books and pushing trolleys, so you must be comfortable doing both. Full training in the use of legal and other information sources will be provided
The role is based at the Inner Temple Library. The working hours are full-time, 35 hours per week and includes one 8pm Enquiry Point duty per week during legal terms and one in 4 Saturdays during term time.
About us:
The Inner Temple is an unincorporated membership association which has existed since the 14th Century. The Inns of Court hold the exclusive right to Call students to practise law at the Bar of England and Wales. The Library is a legal reference library which supports the information and research requirements of barrister, student and judicial members of the four Inns of Court. It is not open to the public.