At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the library team and deliver engaging services to the community.
- Company: Join Cambridgeshire County Council, a supportive and diverse employer.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible holidays, wellbeing packages, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Opportunities for creativity and growth in a dynamic team setting.
- Why this job: Make a positive impact in your community while working in a vibrant environment.
- Qualifications: Strong customer service skills and a passion for libraries are essential.
The predicted salary is between 24960 - 31200 £ per year.
Our Benefits
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family.
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme.
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances.
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings.
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth.
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day.
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards.
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes.
About the role
We are looking for an enthusiastic and versatile person to join us in delivering our highly valued and popular library services in Ely, and the surrounding libraries in East Cambridgeshire. Our District Library Assistants lead the front-line team in the day-to-day delivery of the library service. They will report to the library manager and deputise in their absence. They will need to be confident working with the public, a good team player and have ideas and energy to try new things. Excellent IT skills are essential. This role is based at Ely Library; however, you will need to travel to our other libraries in Burwell, Littleport and Soham as well as other libraries within our East Cambs and Fenland district, so you will need to be a car driver. The role involves lone-working in our branch libraries and supporting lone-working colleagues remotely. There is a requirement for some weekend and evening working.
We want to recognise and celebrate the diversity of our local communities and be responsive to their needs. We also want to ensure that we are a fair and equitable employer, striving to achieve a diverse workforce that has the ability to understand, communicate and interact with people across cultures. We therefore encourage applications from all areas of our community. Interviews will be held at Ely Library on Tuesday 18th August. Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact ely.library@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
About you
The successful candidate will have a flair for working with people, and be able to create a friendly and welcoming environment for a diverse range of customers. They will be excellent at multi-tasking, be quick and efficient, and enjoy working in a busy environment. They will be able to lead and motivate colleagues and be a strong team player. The candidate will be passionate about what public libraries can offer, and be able to promote our services. Although there is plenty of routine work, there is also scope to be creative. Training will be given on specific library systems but an ability to work with IT is assumed. Although library experience is an advantage we would also like to hear from candidates who have demonstrated exceptional customer service skills in other contexts.
Please note: all applications must be made online via this system, CV’s or other attachments are not accepted. The supporting statement is the most important part of your application, this will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role.
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. 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.
