Saturday Community Library Assistant

3 days ago


Huntingdon, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire County Council Full time

About the role
Huntingdon Library is a vibrant, busy library, hosting a wide range of activities and events. 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.

**This is a 5.5 hour per week post, working every Saturday, salary is paid pro-rata.**

Applications must be made online. Interviews will be held on Friday 2nd June.

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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.

About you
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.
- Enjoy working as part of a team.

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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