Health and Wellbeing Librarian

London Borough of Camden; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 43,000; Part time

Job summary

The London Borough of Camden is seeking a Health and Wellbeing Librarian on a part-time basis to enhance library services across Camden. This role emphasizes community engagement and the importance of libraries in supporting public health initiatives through strong partnerships and diverse programming.

Benefits

Flexible working

27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays)

Incredible pension scheme

Access to staff networks

Qualifications

• Strong initiative and creativity required for the role.
• Experience working with health and wellbeing collections is beneficial.
• Proven record of networking and building partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Develop and promote library services focusing on health and wellbeing.
• Manage collections and coordinate events aligned with community needs.
• Collaborate with Public Health and Adult Social Care teams.

Skills

Creativity

Interpersonal Skills

Leadership

Information Literacy

Education

Experience in Public Libraries

Job description

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Starting Salary: £37,716 - £42,392 (pro rata 18 hours per week)

Grade: Level 3 Zone 1

Location:5 Pancras Square, N1C 4AG

Contract Type: Fixed Term (18 months)

Hours: Part Time(18 hours per week)

Closing Date: Monday 23^rd June 2025 at 23:59

About Camden

Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.Camden Libraries is a progressive and ambitious service that places residents at the centre working with them and delivering an inclusive service that meets their diverse needs. Camden Libraries are working in partnership to develop and deliver a service with collections and information giving central to our offer and exciting programme delivery through partnerships and cultural programming across the nine libraries.

How You’ll Be Involved

Camden Libraries had the highest percentage of engagement in London in the most recent DCMS Participation Survey. The service is ambitious andenergetic, andwe explore and experiment to develop the best service for and with the residents.ThisDevelopment Librarian rolewith a focus on health and wellbeingrequires strong levels of initiative, creativity and considerable capacity to network and broker partnerships. It requires a highly proactive individual with excellentinterpersonal and leadership skills.

The postholder must have awareness of public libraries and the information and books they provide to support health and wellbeing. As a cross disciplinary role supporting Public Health, Adult Social Care and Libraries the postholder will need to be able to advocate and champion the role of libraries, reading, and information literacy in supporting people’s health and wellbeing and collaborate with colleagues in Public Health and Adult Social Care to support joint initiatives. Experience of researching information and using this to train others and experience of evaluating programmes would be very beneficial.

As a member of the library development team your role is to help develop, deliver, and promote library services in Camden, ensuring programmes and resources are representative of and meet the needs of Camden’s diverse communities. You will manage collections such as the Reading Well Collections, develop and deliver events, promotional displays, and development projects that support the Universal Offers, in particular health & wellbeing and information & digital. Working closely with the Stock and Reader Development Librarian.

The postholder will contribute to the delivery of the library reading strategy for Camden, ensuring information literacy skills are developed and kept current within the frontline libraries team and library users are supported to access information and signposted to relevant services fulfilling a social prescribing function and offering information literacy skills sessions to the public supporting the key work streams for Public Health and Adult Social Care.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Enhanced DBS.

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All About You

To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.

This role is perfect for someone who can work in an agile way, think creatively and deliver within and thrive in a fast-paced environment. You will be self-motivated and have a can-do attitude willing to test and learn by doing. You will have an understanding of the public library sector and have excellent communication skills with experience of growing and nurturing partnerships. You will have experience of supporting library users with information and digital literacy and a knowledge of health and wellbeing collections and sources of information. Some experience of recording data and evaluating impact would be helpful

What We Offer

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits. From flexible working to 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays!). We also know that a work life balance is extremely important so we also offer family leave, loan schemes and access to our incredible staff networks. We also have an incredible pensions scheme.

Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.

Inclusion and Diversity

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity

Anonymised Application–in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.

Asking for Adjustments

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at [e-mail] or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

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