Library Assistant

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 12,398 - 17,908; Part time

Job summary

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs) is seeking a Library Assistant for 12 hours per week in Burton upon Trent. The role involves face-to-face customer service, IT support, and helping library users access resources.

You will be based at Burton Library and may work at other district libraries, including Stafford, Stone and Uttoxeter. The position supports children’s activities and community services, with a focus on delivering excellent customer experiences.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering customer service to a diverse public.
• Ability to manage time effectively in a busy environment.
• Willingness to work as part of a team and adapt to varying tasks.
• Interest in books and reading, with enthusiasm for children’s activities.

Responsibilities

• Assist customers with information and resources in the library.
• Provide digital support to customers using library computers and e-services.
• Support activities for all ages, including children’s rhyme times and events.
• Promote library stock, services and events via social media and outreach.
• Handle bus passes and Blue Badge applications; cash handling.

Skills

Customer service

Time management

Teamwork

Digital skills

Job description

Library Assistant 12 hours

Week One

Wednesday: 1.00pm-5.00pm

Friday: 12.00pm-5.00pm

Week Two

Wednesday: 1.00pm-5.00pm

Friday: 1.00pm-5.00pm

Saturday: 8.30am-4.00pm

Do you want to work in the valued community setting of a library? In this busy customer facing role, you will be dealing with customers face to face, via email or by telephone to help answer day to day library enquiries.

Providing a high standard of customer service, you will help us to deliver a range of services that support the library offers, including the provision of IT support, information and activities for all ages. Activities will include children's rhyme times, craft sessions and book-related events. In a busy library you will help people to access the full range of library resources and will contribute to people’s positive experience of using our service.

You will be based at Burton Library but will be required to work at other libraries in the District, including Stafford, Stone and Uttoxeter. The library is open daily Monday to Saturday.

Main Responsibilities

• Helping customers find the information and resources they need
• Providing essential digital support to customers using computers within the library or accessing e-services
• Supporting projects and activities for all ages especially the young
• Promoting library stock, services and events through social media and outreach events
• Helping process bus pass and Blue Badge applications
• Sales and cash handling

The Ideal Candidate

What you'll bring to the post

• Good time management skills
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• A passion for working with and helping customers, demonstrating recent experience of serving customers of all ages from across the whole community, face to face.
• High level of self-motivation and ability to work on own initiative
• Personal drive, confidence, and enthusiasm
• Flexibility and adaptability
• An interest in books, reading and work with children, delivering activities such as rhyme and story times.

Interviews will be held

Burton Library on 19th August 2026.

Contact

For more information about the role please contact: Farida Mohamedali [e-mail] or Lindsay Jones [e-mail].

Please note we may close this advert early should we receive a large volume of applications, so please don't delay submitting your application if interested.

Our Recruitment Process

We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role. Please note: The minimum essential criteria in the ideal candidate section detailed above will be used if you are applying under one of our Interview Guarantee Schemes detailed below.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities.

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.