Saturday Library Assistant

2 weeks ago

Burgess Hill, United Kingdom WSCC Full time

**The Opportunity** Salary**:£22,366 to £22,737 per annum (£3,324 to £3,379 pro rata for part time)

**Contract Type**: Permanent

**Working Pattern**:Part-time (5.5 hours per week) 9:35am to 4:05pm Saturdays only

**Location**:Burgess Hill Library** 15-19 The Martlets, Burgess Hill, RH15 9NN

**Interview Date**:28 November 2024

Burgess Hill is a welcoming, modern new library located in the town centre, near the shops.

We are looking for a friendly, enthusiastic, and resourceful individual, with excellent digital skills.

You will be the go-to person for customers at the library, providing high quality assistance with their questions and guiding them to other services as needed.

It’s not just about the books We are looking for someone who understands the power of community and the importance of fostering a love for reading in people of all ages. You will have the opportunity to participate in exciting library programmes such as Baby Rhyme Time sessions for parents and babies or Knit and Natter.

Customer service is at the forefront of the library service, as it plays an important role in creating a vibrant and dynamic workplace. It requires flexibility, creativity, and initiative from those who work there. This could mean helping a customer log-on to the library Wi-Fi or a reading recommendation.

The variety of our work means that no two days are the same. We get huge job satisfaction from helping everyone who comes through our doors, and you could too

**For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.**
**Working For Us**
As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do.

Along with a generous holiday entitlement of **25 **days** **(pro rata for part time)** **plus opportunity to buy additional leave.

Upon joining us you will have access to a range of benefits including the following:

- A excellent **local government pension scheme**:

- A range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
- Maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
- volunteering opportunities
- Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
- A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our **Staff discounts page** if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
- Health and Wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans.

For a full list this can be found at our **Rewards and Benefits page.**

**Further Information**
The reference number for this role is **CPP00999**.

Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

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Job Reference: CPP00999

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