Casual Library Assistant

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

• Job Title:                            Casual Library Assistant
• Job Location:                     Libraries & Information Service 
• Salary:                               £14.40 per hour 
• Hours per Week:               37.00 
• Contract Type:                   Casual 
• Closing Date:                     27/10/2024 
• Job Requisition Number:   9498 
• This post is open to job share 

About the team and the role

This is an opportunity to work alongside Library staff in providing a diverse and dynamic service to our customers, ensuring all visitors are made welcome. Working alongside our substantive staff you will be providing the public with access to all library services such as baby bounce and rhyme, library clubs, issuing bus passes as well as helping with books. You will be assisting people with their computer sessions as well as taking payments for services and events. This is a flexible role with no set number or pattern of hours. Timing of shifts and locations in the group will be varied.

About you

The successful applicant should be able to and evidence in their personal statement 

• Work collaboratively across several teams.
• Have a proactive attitude and enthusiasm to solve problems and assist people. 
• Good skills with Microsoft packages, use of tablets and the internet are important.
• A keenness to learn new skills. 
• Show understanding of the services the Library has to offer.

About us

• NPO organisation with exciting program of events 
• Opportunities for personal and professional development.
• Access to our Employee Assistance service that provides free, confidential counselling and advice for employees available 24 hours a day online and by telephone.
• An in-house Occupational Health service.
• Employee discount scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) Network and the Young Employees Network.

We are looking for people with availability during the week and Saturdays to work flexibly in the south of Gloucestershire. We are interested in people to help cover the following sites: 

Dursley, Nailsworth, Tetbury and Wotton under Edge.

To be considered please also complete the availability form and email to joanna.nixon@gloucestershire.gov.uk.

Closing date: 20/10/2024 Interviews: week commencing 04/11/2024

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Joanne Nixon via email at joanna.nixon@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Casual staff recruitment availability form

This will be a zero hours contract. Previous applicants need not apply.

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Casual Library Assistant - Role Profile

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.  Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.