Job reference: SRF51490
Salary: £23,350 - £24,215 Per annum pro rata
Closing date: 05/10/2025
Department: Library
Location: Whiteknights Reading UK
Employment type: AAS-Clerical
Division: Weekend Teams
Hours Per Week: 10.25 (average across a two week pattern)
Job live date: 12/09/2025
Employment Basis/Type: Part-time, permanent (32 weeks per year)

Job Description


Part-time, permanent (32 weeks per year)

Closing Date: 23:59 5th of October 2025

Interview Date: to be confirmed

This role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. The successful candidate(s) will have to ensure that they have the right to work in the UK or be able to secure this through another means without the sponsorship of the University. Further information about sponsorship is available on the UK Visas and Immigration Website.

Do you enjoy working with people and providing a great customer service and environment? If so, we are looking for people like you to be a part of our Library team as an Weekend Attendant. You will help us maintain a safe, secure and clean environment for Library users to work in.

You will have:

  • Good interpersonal and communication skills for team working and customer care
  • A reliable and punctual nature
  • The ability to be flexible and adaptable to our service requirements


Shifts are: Sundays 8:00 – 17:30 and alternate Fridays 17:00 – 19:30.

Salary advertised is the range paid for 1.0 FTE. Actual salary for these posts will be a proportion of that sum based on the hours worked. Note that payment for these posts is spread evenly across 12 months (52 weeks) although the posts are “term time” only (32 weeks).

Informal Contact:

Contact Name: Jackie Whittam

Contact Job Title: Support Services Team Leader

Contact Email address: j.n.whittam@reading.ac.uk

The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality. We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

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