Libraries Stock and Engagement Apprentice/ Officer

**Location**Various libraries across Trafford, in addition to occasional working from home

**Salary range**Band 1-3, £23,656 - £27,269 (£19,577 - £22,567 pro rata)

**Trafford council is a Living Wage Employer.**

Trafford Council is a Living Wage Employer - this means that we pay all our staff a minimum of the Real Living Wage rate which is currently £12 per hour. For any periods where our lowest hourly rate drops below the Real Living Wage rate applicable at the time, we provide an hourly supplement to increase pay to this level. This applies to staff who are on the lowest pay point of our Band 1 grade.

**Working Pattern**30 hours per week, including weekends and evenings as required

**Working hours**Part time

**We will offer flexibility where we can if you are interested in a role, please speak to the recruiting manager about what flexibility they might consider.**

Many of our colleagues can work from home for one or more days a week and/or they flex the hours they work. We call this SMART working, and it gives you the option to flex your days and hours so you can fit your work around your life and life around your work.

**Contract type**Permanent (18-month apprenticeship contract then permanent Officer role)

**Application deadline**Sunday 13**th** July 2025, 23.59pm**

**Interview date**Monday 28th July 2025

**Interview type**In person

**About the Role**

This is an exciting, varied role in which you will be working with a Library Manager and the wider library team to deliver the main priorities which include supporting various reader development initiatives such as the Summer Reading Challenge and Bookstart, assisting with the preparation and delivery of the service’s cultural events and activities programme, helping with book stock management processes and assisting with promotional activity around library services and the benefits of library use to the borough’s residents.

You will also spend time working in our libraries, including our Local Studies Centre, delivering day-to-day library services to residents.

**About you**

Your style and approach will reflect the Council’s values and behaviours. You will be enthusiastic, motivated, pro-active and open-minded and have an interest in public libraries, books and reading and cultural events. You will have a desire to provide the best possible service to our customers. You will be a team player who is able to work under pressure and also able to work on your own initiative. You will have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people including customers, colleagues, partners and other stakeholders. You will have great digital skills. You will be organised, flexible, committed to continuous learning and confident to come up with and share your own ideas.

**About us**

Trafford Council and its partners in the public, private and third sectors have a Vision which sees us working together to close inequality gaps and maximise Trafford’s huge potential.

**Our vision: Trafford where all our residents, businesses and communities thrive.**

Trafford is a lively, prosperous place to put down roots and build a career. The council and Trafford schools employ around 8,000 people, who are central to making the area great. In return for their commitment, the council offers its employees development opportunities, as well as a fair and flexible workplace. The council is a Living Wage Employer.

**Additional Information**
- Flexibility to work within all library opening hours (10am to 7pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 4pm on Saturday) along with evening and weekend work outside of these hours to assist in covering library events and activities as required.
- Willing and able to travel to sites across Trafford and occasionally beyond.
- Occasional home working.

**Contact Details**

**About the benefits**

You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centered and values-based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at Trafford.

**OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION**

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