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PLR Operations & Marketing Manager, The British Library

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Job Summary

The British Library’s Public Lending Right Team is responsible for ensuring the effective dissemination of £6.3 million (UK) and €220,000 (ROI) in payments to registered authors, illustrators and other rights holders in remuneration for the loan of their books through public libraries.   

Job Description

This role will suit an experienced, enthusiastic and driven individual who will take ownership of the operational management of the registration and enquiry service for both UK and Irish PLR schemes, as well as the management and development of the PLR Operations team and their delivery of an excellent front-line service, in accordance with relevant legislation and contractual arrangements.

You will have excellent management and communication skills and proven ability to develop and motivate a team engaged in significant processing and technical activities. If you have a proactive approach, flexible attitude and the ability to adapt to change whilst promoting best practice then this could be the role for you.

As one of the world's great libraries, our duty is to preserve the nation's intellectual memory for the future and make it available to all for research, inspiration and enjoyment. At present we have well over 170 million items, in most known languages, with three million new items added every year. We have manuscripts, maps, newspapers, magazines, prints and drawings, music scores, and patents. We make our collections and programmes available to all. We operate the world's largest document delivery service providing millions of items a year to customers all over the world.

In return we offer a competitive salary and a number of excellent benefits. Our pension scheme is one of the most valuable benefits we offer, as our staff can become members of the Alpha Pension Scheme where the Library contributes a minimum of 26.6% (this may be higher dependant on grade. Another significant benefit the Library provides is the provision of a flexible working hours scheme which could allow you to work your hours flexibly over the week and to take up to 5 days flexi leave in a 3 month period. This is on top of 25 days holiday from entry and public and privilege holidays.

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