Library Assistant East Preston, England
Job description
Are you looking for a role where there is genuine diversity in the work you do?
Are you looking for a part time opportunity that offers a work/life balance?
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 (£12,374 to £ 12,598, pro rata for part time) £10.79 to £10.98 hourly rate with entitlement to Saturday Enhancement working for 5 hours, 20 minutes 1 in 2 Saturdays
Working Pattern: Part time (22 hours per week)
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Littlehampton Library Maltravers Rd, Littlehampton BN17 5NA
Interview date: 21 and 22 June 2023
Working Rota:
Week 1
Monday 09:00am to 5:00pm
Tuesday OFF
Wednesday OFF
Thursday 09:00am to 5:00pm
Friday: 09:00 am to 5:00pm
Saturday OFF
Week 2:
Monday OFF
Tuesday OFF
Wednesday 09:00am to 1:00pm
Thursday 09:00am to 5:00pm
Friday 09:00am to 5:00pm
Saturday 10:00am to 4:00pm
The Opportunity
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.
We offer a smart training package so you can be part of our work from the very first day. And we’re invested in our staff, with opportunities for the right people to progress to supervisory and management roles, or to join one of our specialist librarian teams, organising events and outreach work.
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.
About You
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.
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 CPP00766.
For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Vicki Davey 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: CPP00766
