Casual Library Assistant
2 weeks ago
Do you have experience of providing a high level of customer service?
Are you motivated by making a difference to communities? Do you have great communication skills to help you be a trusted point of information and guidance when it matters most?
If so, we would love to hear from you
Our library staff and volunteers change people’s lives for the better every day, and being part of the service offers huge job satisfaction.
The Opportunity
Salary: £14.11 to £14.34 per hour (If you are on a casual contract your annual leave will be included in the hourly pay.)
Contract Type: Casual
Working Pattern: Casual
Location: Ford Prison Library Ford Rd, Ford, Arundel BN18 0BX
Interview Date: Wednesday 02 October 2024
West Sussex Library Service provides the library service at Ford Prison, funded by the Ministry of Justice.
Our busy library at HMP Ford delivers a wide range of library services including a book, CD and DVD lending service and an enquiry service for prisoners and prison staff. It also provides access to newspapers, magazines, puzzles and library activities including ‘Raising Readers’ and a ‘Book Chat’ session to promote literacy.
We are looking to recruit a Casual Senior Library Assistant who is passionate about the important role that libraries play in society to join our Prison Library Team and work effectively alongside a range of prison staff, prisoners, and colleagues across the Library Service.
You will have the confidence to work in a unique environment where you can really make a difference, the successful candidate will receive support from the Prison Library Manager and will respond to day-today library enquiries and provide support to a small team of Library Assistants (recruited from the prison population).
The duties of a Casual Senior Library Assistant are wide ranging across many areas of the library service and include delivering a customer-facing library service and high-quality enquiry service.
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
We think our libraries are great places to work, where you can make a difference to local communities every day. Find out more about the variety that comes with working in a library and hear first-hand from some of our library staff here:
Join us and you will have access to a range of benefits including the following:
A excellent local government pension scheme 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 and mentoring 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 and Voluntary Health Cash Plans-
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