Contractual hours

36

Basis

Full time

Job category/type

Human Resources

Date posted

26/02/2026

Job reference

R00001166

Location: Boston Spa / St Pancras

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time (36 hours)

Grade: B

Salary: £32,619 (Boston Spa) / £35,993 (St Pancras) per annum

We’re delighted to share a fantastic opportunity to join our People Team at the British Library!

We’re looking for an Early Careers Advisor to lead the delivery of our Early Careers programmes such as work experience and summer training programmes. The post holder will also work with the Early Careers Manager to develop inclusive career pathways and programmes that help meet key priorities and address current and future skills gaps.

About the role

• You will support the Early Careers Manager in the development, implementation and promotion of the Library’s early careers and volunteer schemes.

• Be responsible for the day-to-day management of the early career and volunteer schemes

• Support the promotion, advocacy and smooth co-ordination of attraction and recruitment activity to the early careers and volunteer schemes, liaising with internal and external stakeholders as necessary.

• Act as a first point of contact for general enquiries for all schemes to impart information to/from stakeholders such as; early careers programme participants, volunteers, line managers and teams, Training Providers and other external stakeholders.

About you

• You will be passionate about creating opportunities and developing others. We are looking for someone who has knowledge of apprenticeship qualifications and other government early careers initiatives, either from being an apprentice or supporting early careers schemes.

• You will have knowledge of people management responsibilities so that you can provide pastoral care to programme recipients and advise line managers.

• You will be able to demonstrate the British Library Values and Behaviours with particular emphasis on embracing equality, fairness and diversity.

For more information, please see the Job Profile.

About us

We are the national library of the UK and we are here for everyone. Our shelves hold over 170 million items – a living collection that gets bigger every day. Although our roots extend back centuries, we aim to collect everything published in the UK today, tomorrow and far into the future. Our trusted experts care for this collection and open it up for everyone to spark new discoveries, ideas and to help people do incredible things.

What we can offer you

• 25 days’ holiday plus 2.5 privilege days.

• Access to a defined benefit Civil Service pension scheme.

• Flexible working arrangements, including flexi-time.

• Full details of employee benefits can be found on our Careers: Benefits

Things you need to know

• We are unable to provide sponsorship under the UK Skilled Worker visa for this role.

• We are committed to safeguarding children for this reason this post requires an Enhanced DBS disclosure.

• Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn.

• We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, Mixed Race and other ethnically diverse candidates and disabled candidates. Creating an inclusive workplace is the core of our business and a way to engage the diversity of thought that is essential to achieve our aims.

• We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applicants.

Closing at 23:59 on Sunday 22 March 2026

If you have any questions, please contact BL-recruitment@bl.uk

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