Library Assistant

3 weeks ago


Reading, United Kingdom Reading Borough Council Full time

Job description

Part time - Fixed term for 12 months

Reading has 7 libraries, 1 home library service, and a growing digital service, used by c.250,000 people every year.

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.

**About the role**

As a Library Assistant you will contribute to providing a best value public service by directly serving library customers and helping to meet their needs. The primary purpose of the post is to serve library customers. The secondary purpose is to carry out administrative tasks within the library which contribute to the provision of the public service.

Such tasks will include returning books to the shelves and keeping the books in correct order. This may also include jacketing and labelling books, printing lists of requested books etc.

The following shifts are available.

**_Reading Central Library_** -** Thursdays 9:30am - 7:10pm, Friday 9:30-5:10pm, 2 in 3 Saturdays 9:45-3:10pm.

**About you**

If you have a friendly, customer focused attitude and are interested in helping us provide a valued customer facing, community service, we would love to hear from you

Your duties would include:

- Working on library desks
- Working on the visa verification service and helping people use the library service.
- To act as an evacuation officer/fire warden - on hearing the fire alarm follow procedures in a calm, profession manner, clearing the library and ensuring customers are led to safety.
- It’s essential that you are computer literate, but we will train you on the tools you will need.

You will be part of a great team that shares knowledge and works closely with colleagues across the organisation. Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success.

Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:
**Work Together as one team - **work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do.

**Drive Efficiency - **show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential

**Be Ambitious - **be demanding of our own performance - striving to be even better - and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way

**Make a Difference to Reading - **maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed

**Our offer**

We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition is strongly encouraged, and you’ll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.

A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:

- Generous holiday entitlement - 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays - rising to 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave
- A wide range of flexible working opportunities
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Season Ticket Loan - to help with the cost of your rail/ bus journey, to & from work
- Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand new, greener car for three years. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax

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**Closing Date: Sunday 3**rd** September**

**Interview Date: Thursday 7**th** September


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