Library Assistant

Library Assistant Bognor Regis, England

WSCC
Full Time Bognor Regis, England 20812 - 21189 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

About Us


Are you looking for a role where there is genuine diversity in the work you do?

Do you want to make a difference to people’s lives and help communities to grow?

Do you want to develop your customer service skills working as part of a dynamic team?

If so, working in a library could be just the role for you!

For more information about working in one of our West Sussex Libraries, watch this short video: library recruitment animation video

Salary: £20,812 to £21,189 per annum, £10.79 to £10.98 hourly rate with entitlement to Saturday Enhancement working for 7 hours 1 in 2 Saturdays

Working Pattern: Full time (37 hours per week)

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Bognor Regis Library, 69 London Rd, Bognor Regis PO21 1DE

Interview date: 16 June 2023

Rota:

Week 1:

Monday 08:30am to 6:05pm

Tuesday 08:30am to 5:05pm

Wednesday 08:30am to 5:30pm

Thursday OFF

Friday 08:30am to 6:05pm

Saturday 08:30am to 4:30pm

Week 2:

Monday 08:30am to 6:05pm

Tuesday 08:30am to 6:05pm

Wednesday 08:30am to 6:00pm

Thursday OFF

Friday 08:30am to 6:05pm

Saturday OFF


About The Job


We’re looking for friendly, enthusiastic, and resourceful people, with excellent digital skills, to join our team as the key initial contact delivering a customer-facing library service, helping to deliver a high-quality enquiry service, providing information accurately, and signposting to other services.

You will be a keen team player, able to work alongside partners and volunteers providing excellent customer service to the whole range of visitors to the library.

If this this sounds like the type of challenge that you are looking for then you can be a part of our mission to promote the benefits of reading for learning, health and wellbeing through campaigns, events and activities.


Experience and Skills


Flexibility is key as one moment you may be helping a customer log-on to the library Wi-Fi and download an eBook, the next leading a Baby Rhyme Time session for parents and babies. The variety of our work means that no two days are the same. We get huge job satisfaction from helping everyone who comes through our doors, and you could too!

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.


Rewards and Benefits


Why choose us as your next employer? We care about wellbeing, allowing time for celebrating our teams’ efforts, and developing our team to be the best they can be. Alongside this, we also offer the below benefits.

    • An excellent local government pension scheme
  • Generous holiday entitlement of 24 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
  • A range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
  • Maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
  • Volunteering opportunities
  • Training and development opportunities, including coaching, mentoring and apprenticeships
  • A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
  • Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders, Wellbeing Hub and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.


Further Information


The reference number for this role is CPP00763.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Albert Rogers at [email protected]

For an informal conversation regarding the application process, please contact Rosa Siracusa (Resourcing Advisor) at [email protected]

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact [email protected].

To apply, upload your CV and Application Form explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory references and health check.

West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged.

For information regarding your eligibility to apply for this role under our Disability or Veteran’s Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please visit our website.

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Job Reference: CPP00763

Library Assistant
WSCC

www.westsussex.gov.uk
Chichester, United Kingdom
Becky Shaw
Unknown / Non-Applicable
1001 to 5000 Employees
Company - Public
Municipal Agencies
1898
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