Work with us
Current vacancies
Head of Library, Archive and Evidence
Location: central London with flexible working options
Salary: £62-68k
We are looking for a proactive, collaborative library professional to lead our library, archives and evidence function into its next phase of development and growth.
Joining the RCVS Knowledge team
Who we are and what we do
We are RCVS Knowledge, a charity with a mission to advance the quality of veterinary care for the benefit of animals, the public and society.
We empower and support veterinary teams to provide evidence-based, quality care and improved animal health and welfare outcomes.
Benefits
We're pleased to offer an attractive benefits package to all our team members, including:
- 25 days of holiday a year, plus bank holidays
- An extra day off each year of your choice
- An extra day of holiday for every two years you work for us (up to 30 days)
- Health insurance
- £250 wellbeing allowance – Spend up to £250 on anything linked with wellbeing
- £150 life assurance – Get £150 for taking out a life assurance policy
- Standard Life Pension – We’ll contribute up to 12% of your basic salary when you pay in to our pension scheme
- Two days of paid volunteering a year
- Private medical insurance from AXA PPP (taxable option – restrictions apply)
- Season ticket loan – Spread the cost of your season ticket over 10 months, up to £10,000 a year
- Cycle to work scheme – Buy yourself a bike and pay for it in 12 monthly instalments through deductions from your gross salary
- Discounts and benefits through Reward Gateway, offering discounts at over 900 retailers
- Enhanced parental leave
- Learning and development opportunities, including in-house training, short courses and further education
- Holiday trading – Buy, sell or carry over up to five holiday days each year
- Loyalty bonus – We want to recognise loyalty, so every four years employees receive £1,000
- eMedapp – See a doctor over the phone and on facetime, free of charge for you and your family
- Employee assistance program – Get counselling and other support
- Free eye tests and £50 towards frames and/or contact lenses
- Free fruit at the office
- Flu jabs
- PAWs awards – Ad hoc awards with cash values
- Sabbatical after 10 years
Some benefits are pro rata if you're part-time.
Working hours
Our working week is 33.75 hours. Most of us work from 9.15am to 5pm with an hour for lunch.
Our core office hours are 10am to 4pm, and you can flex your start and finish times around these.
Our office
We’re based at 1 Hardwick Street, London EC1R 4RB.
Volunteer with us
We couldn’t provide our tools and resources without the support of our volunteers. There are many ways to support us by volunteering, whether that’s by giving your time or your clinical expertise.
Find out more about volunteering