Library Officer

Posting date:	03 June 2025
Salary:	£28,710 to £33,430 per year
Additional salary information:	National £28,710 - £29,810 London £32,220 - £33,430 For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading ‘Salary’.
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	16 June 2025
Location:	Peterborough
Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Job type:	Temporary
Job reference:	408871/4

Summary

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. Our broad remit means we play a major role in people's day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. Our broad remit means we play a major role in people's day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink. Defra is transforming the way it manages and exploits information and data. As part of this transformation, a new Chief Data Officer’s team is being established within the Science and Analysis Group, working in close collaboration with Digital and Data colleagues. The Library Officer role sits within the Chief Data Officer’s team and reports to the Library Services manager.

The Chief Data Office offers an exciting opportunity for a Library officer. Defra library is part of the Government KIM (GKIM) professional community that works across departments, agencies, and arms’ length bodies (ALBs) to support and champion the creation, organisation and exploitation of information and knowledge. Defra library has committed to the Green Library Manifesto.

Encouraging diverse applicants

We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups.

Defra Library team provides library services and resources to support all staff in Defra, APHA, and Natural England in having the evidence base to perform their business functions. In addition, the library also provides these functions to the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) and a Document Delivery Service to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).

Defra Library plays a vital role in enabling our customers to base policy processes, research and decision making on the best possible evidence. The library provides a gateway to a wide range of high-quality information resources. We strive to provide an outstanding, sustainable service that adds real value by empowering colleagues to make the best possible use of the library resources and services.

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