Job Description

Contractual hours: 36
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Location: St Pancras
Contract: Fixed term for 12 months
Hours: Full time (36 hours)
Grade: C
Salary: 28,119 pro rata per annum
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic PR professional to join the British Library's friendly and dynamic press team. We bring the work of the UK's national library to life while also handling media enquiries with care and sensitivity.
The successful candidate will support the delivery of press campaigns across all of the Library's activities, ranging from our leading cultural programme to our innovative services for business and collaborations with libraries across the UK.
If you are looking for a varied and creative role in an inclusive and supportive work environment, then we would love to hear from you.
For further information, please refer to 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 in 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

• A competitive salary.

• A fantastic pension scheme with minimum employer contributions of 28.97% (this may be higher dependent on grade).

• Flexible working hours, with the ability to take up to 5 days flexi leave in a 3-month period.

• 25 days holiday

• Full details of employee benefits can be found on our

page.
Closing date: 5 October 2025
Interview dates: 15 October 2025
If you have any questions, please contact:
We are unable to provide sponsorship under the UK Skilled Worker visa for this role.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, Mixed Race and other ethnically diverse candidates and disabled candidates. We would like to increase the representation of these groups within The British Library to ensure our workforce is as diverse as the public that we serve. 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.

Skills Required