Library & Information Assistant - Cluster (11147)

Description

Library and Information Assistant - Cluster | 11147 | Permanent Contract x 2 | 16 hours per week x 1 and 14 hours per week x 1 | £26,847 to £27,274 per annum pro rata | (Grade D) | Sprowston, St Williams Way and Wroxham Libraries

Are you outgoing? Do you love helping people? Are you enthusiastic about your local community?

Norfolk Library & Information Service has just the job for you!

From babies to business start-ups, from families to young people, adults and older people, our Library Service is committed to supporting everyone in Norfolk to read for pleasure and to access information and a wide range of social activities that will help them live healthy, fulfilling, and independent lives.

If you are confident with IT, enjoy engaging with people of all ages and backgrounds and LOVE a good book, Sprowston, St. William's Way and Wroxham Library Cluster needs you!

The roles will involve some time when you work on your own, but you will receive plenty of training for this and every other aspect of this interesting and rewarding role.

The 16 hours per week role will follow a rota as follows:

Week 1

Tuesday 10am - 7pm - Sprowston Library

Thursday 2pm - 7pm - Sprowston Library

Saturday 1pm - 4pm - St. William's Way Library

Week 2

Tuesday 10am - 7pm - Sprowston Library

Wednesday 10am - 7pm - Sprowston Library

The 14 hours per week role will follow a rota as follows:

Week 1

Wednesday 3pm – 7pm – Sprowston Library

Friday 11am – 7pm – Sprowston Library

Week 2

Wednesday 3pm – 7pm – Sprowston Library

Thursday 10am – 3pm – St. William’s Way Library

Friday 10am – 7pm – Sprowston Library

For an informal discussion about these roles, please contact Victoria Stewart, Library Manager, at victoria.stewart@norfolk.gov.uk

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependant on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
  • ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.

  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes

  • Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)

  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: 20 September 2026 23:59

All other applicants closing date: 4 October 2026 23:59