Stock Librarian

**Fixed Term - 18 months, Hours: 23hrs a week - work pattern to be agreed around studies, normally Monday to Friday with occasional evening or weekend working.**

Bristol Libraries has an exciting opportunity to recruit someone to a trainee post specifically aimed at people studying towards their librarianship professional qualification.

You will be studying on a CILIP (The Library and Information Association) accredited postgraduate library and/or information management course (enrolled as a student during autumn term 2023) or currently registered and preparing for professional qualification via CILIP Chartership route without a degree or post graduate qualification in librarianship.

You will be joining our friendly team in the Central Library. This is a great opportunity to work in a large public library which offers you a range of experience including stock management, frontline service and staff management. It sets an excellent groundwork for a career in libraries.

The Central Library is an iconic building that sees approximately 1000 visitors a day, it is a complex building with seven floors, including two public floors and a historic reading room. Areas of the library are also often used for exhibitions and events. Services from Central Library include a lending library for adults and children, a reference library, research and study spaces, computer areas, a business centre, a café, and meeting and hire spaces. The library is also the central hub for the distribution of stock and resources across the Bristol Libraries network of 27 libraries.

You will work with a team of Central Library managers and librarians to provide an excellent customer experience at Central Library,

Your role will be within our Stock Team who have citywide responsibility for all library materials including children’s and young people, heritage and electronic resources as well as general adult fiction and non-fiction.

The Stock Team also manage a team of Library and Stock Assistants and support the daily management of Central Library. You will gain knowledge and experience by shadowing manager and work on agreed projects.

**Why Bristol City Council?**

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.

Join us and you will receive an excellent rewards package including membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you will be working in a supportive environment where you will have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

**How do I apply?**

**For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment.**

**For employees who are currently on a fixed term contract with Bristol City Council, the secondment must not extend beyond the end of the fixed term period to ensure there is a substantive post to return to.**

**If you are currently a casual worker or a member of an employment agency (currently working with Bristol City Council) this post will be a fixed term contract.**

The
**closing date** is the
**18th August** with an anticipated
**interview** date of
** 31st August**.