Community Library Assistant

3 weeks ago


Saint Ives, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire County Council Full time

About the role

St Ives Library is a vibrant, busy library set in the heart of the local community. We are looking for a friendly, enthusiastic and versatile person to create a welcoming environment for a diverse range of customers. You will be excellent at multi-tasking, proactive, quick and efficient and enjoy working under pressure. The ability to communicate clearly and confidently is essential.

Staff from St Ives library support a wider team which includes Ramsey and Warboys libraries.

This post is based in St Ives library with occasional cover in Ramsey and Warboys Libraries.

This is a 18.5 hour per week post, salary is paid pro-rata.

Applications must be made online. Interviews will be held on Tuesday 16th May.

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What will you be doing?

You will be passionate about what public libraries can offer, and able to promote our services.

Although there is plenty of routine work, there are many opportunities to be creative.

Training will be given on specific library systems, but an ability to work with IT is assumed.

Please note that library work is physically demanding; see the Job Hazards information for more details.

About you

**You will**:
Be confident working on your own using your initiative.

Have excellent communication and digital skills.

Be able to work with volunteers and partners

Be able to quickly master the varied aspects of library routine, including front line customer care, using the library management system, the self-service machines. handling cash, stock requests and stock circulation procedures.

**You will**:
Have excellent communication and digital skills.

Be able to work with volunteers and partners

Be able to quickly master the varied aspects of library routine, including front line customer care, using the library management system, the self-service machines. handling cash, stock requests and stock circulation procedures.

Be confident working on your own and using your initiative.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
Flexible working

Flexible Bank Holidays

A comprehensive wellbeing package

Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts

A comprehensive pension scheme

IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.

Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed

An employee recognition scheme


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