Senior Library and Information Assistant (Ingleby Barwick Library)

• Are you passionate about delivering quality customer focussed services and enjoy engaging with a diverse range of people?
• Do you have an interest in books and reading?
• Are you up for delivering activities and events to a broad range of people across the community?
• Do you have good ICT skills?

Look no further! We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Library and Information Assistant to join our team at Ingleby Barwick Libraryhere at Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council.

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic about working with the public and engaging with local communities to support their reading and information needs; to help us to combat loneliness and to improve health and wellbeing across Stockton Borough. Event delivery could see you delivering a sessions to children including crafts and rhymetimes, supporting people using the computers, engaging with adults attending our card or reading groups and supporting our external partners who use the facility.

You will assist the Librarian in the day-to-day running of the service including supervision of staff and managing the Library alongside the development and delivery of a variety of reading and library related events including working with local schools in the area. The site is open 7 days a week which will see you working one weekend in 4.

As a member of the library’s frontline delivery team, you will be responsible for maintaining excellent standards of service to our customers. Day to day you will welcome customers to the library guiding them through their use of the service answering a wide variety of borrower’s enquiries. You will also be expected to assist customers in using library PCs and ICT in our public access computer suites. On occasion you may work at your partner site – Yarm Library where there is a requirement for this on the timetable.

For more detailed information about the role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification included in the Supporting Documents section.

This is a part time role of 18.5 hours per week and the actual salary for the role is £12,792 – £12,996.

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council prides itself on being a great place to work where staff are trusted, valued and supported to make a positive contribution at work.

We offer an excellent total reward package, including:

• A competitive salary of up to £12,996.
• Generous annual leave entitlement per year. Ability to purchase additional leave is also available.
• Generous Pension Scheme through the LGPS with ability to pay extra and plan for retirement.
• Access to a number of other employee benefits including learning & development opportunities, discounts at high street and online retailers, an employee assistance programme and physiotherapy services.

For more information about working for Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, please visit the Careers section on our website:

https://www.stockton.gov.uk/careers

If you would like an informal discussion about the post, please contact Sarah Drury, Librarian Ingleby and Yarm Libraries on sarah.drury@stockton.gov.uk or 01642 528152.

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