Weekend Library Assistant

3 weeks ago


Richmond, United Kingdom Richmond and Wandsworth Councils Full time

About Us
**Weekend Library Assistant**

**£24,684-£29,487 (Pro-rata)**

**Part-Time contracted 5.5 or 4 hours per week**

**About Richmond Libraries**

**OUR VISION - How Richmond upon Thames Libraries see the future.**

‘Communities within Richmond upon Thames will realise their potential through the personal, profession, social and cultural development opportunities provided by their library service.’

Our Weekend Library Assistants play a vital role in promoting reading, supporting learning and encouraging our many varied library visitors to participate in the rich cultural and community life of Richmond upon Thames Sounds good to you? Keep scrolling

Do you want to be part of our exciting, high-performing service as we look to the future and embrace new technologies and innovation in order to meet the needs of our customers?

**About the Role**

There are 12 public libraries in the borough, all of them providing a range of services that meet the needs of their local communities. Library staff pride themselves on the high quality and welcoming service they are able to offer local people.

**Administration Skills**:You will be responsible for all administrative tasks associated with the day-to-day functions of the libraries whilst prioritising a high workload and maintaining records.

**Confidence-** You can confidently deal with challenging situations in a calm and effective manner.

**Organisation Skills**: You will shelve and tidy stock, promoting it and helping customers choose books and ensuring that our collections are ordered, well-presented and accessible.

**IT/Systems

**Shift patterns available either**:

- Saturday 9.30am - 4.00pm [5.5 hours]
- Sunday 1.00pm - 5.00pm [4 hours]

You may be required to work in any of the 12 libraries across the borough, so you will need to be flexible in your attitude to work.

**Closing Date**: Friday 29th March 23:59

**Shortlisting Date**: W/C 1st April

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer, if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave pro rata (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.


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