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Job Title: Library Assistant

Grade: CD

Vacancy Hours 22.5

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 25th August 2023

Interviews: 4th September 2023

Are you dynamic and innovative; an excellent team player; customer
focused with a passion for working with people; an interest in books; social
media and tech savvy with a desire to serve your community and make a
difference to people’s lives?

If so, we need someone like you to provide access to a wide
range of reading material, information and electronic resources to the
Scarborough community. As well as day to day library routines, you will help
customers and visitors with their enquiries and assist in the use of our public
access computers, and provide a warm welcome to all our users.

As a busy library in a town centre location, Scarborough is
on journey of improvement; as such, you may face challenging situations in your
day-to-day work. You should have new and exciting ideas and be able to work with
a team of staff and volunteers to deliver high quality library & information
services and a programme of activities and events. You will need to provide
excellent customer service both face to face and digitally, supporting
customers to find resources and access our digital services. You will help to
promote the Library Service to the wider community and work with a range of
partner organisations including our much-valued volunteers.

You will be passionate about reading, have excellent
communication and customer service skills, along with a high level of digital
literacy including confidence with social media and work well within a team of
both volunteers and staff. Numeracy and literacy skills to the equivalent of
Level 2 is a requirement for this role which is for 22.5 hours per week
including alternate Saturdays and one late night. Some flexibility in working
patterns will be required, and on occasion, working at alternative locations
across the area depending upon service need.

Interviews will take place on Monday 4th September 2023

Key Documents:

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