Library Assistant (Part-Time) - REQ06744 - 489418

North Lanarkshire Council; Airdrie; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Smarter Working Policy

Job summary

North Lanarkshire Council is seeking an outgoing Library Assistant for Chapelhall Library, Airdrie. You will deliver children's activities (Bookbug, Chatterbooks), support IT access, and provide front-line customer services while operating the library management systems.

The role requires good general education, strong interpersonal skills, IT literacy, and mobility within North Lanarkshire. PVG clearance is required; the post offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Educated to a good general standard.
• Good interpersonal skills and customer service experience.
• Experience with library management systems and IT literacy.

Responsibilities

• Delivers children's activities like Bookbug sessions and Chatterbooks.
• Supports public access to IT and reader development activities.
• Provides front-line customer services and operates library management systems.

Skills

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

IT skills

Stock handling

Mobility within NL

Education

Good general education

Tools

Library management systems

Job description

INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA MYSELF

NLC 5 £27,937 to £29,666 (Pro Rata)

We are looking for outgoing and approachable Library Assistant to join the team in providing a modern library service to the community. Duties include delivering children's activities such as Bookbug sessions, Chatterbooks, reader development activities, supporting public access to IT, general front line customer services and operating the library management systems.

Educated to good general standard, you should have good interpersonal skills combined with relevant customer service experience of working with a wide range of customers. You should also have good IT skills, be able to lift and carry stock, and ideally have an interest in books and reading. You must also be mobile within North Lanarkshire if required to travel to other work locations.

You must also be mobile within North Lanarkshire if required to travel to other work locations.

You will require to become a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme member through Disclosure Scotland and obtain a satisfactory membership check prior to commencing in this role.

Location: Chapelhall Library, Airdrie

Work Pattern: Monday and Tuesday 2pm to 5pm and Thursday 2pm to 7pm

Working here at North Lanarkshire Council

If you're considering a career with us, you'll be keen to know what's in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefitsavailable to you,find out more at work well NL. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.

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North Lanarkshire Council are Happy to Talk Flexible Working, we operate a Smarter Working Policy.

*For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip. You will only be paid for the hours that you work.

North Lanarkshire Council has reached its current allocation of Certificates of Sponsorship and, as a result, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.

We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.

North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care (looked after at home with a social worker, lived with a relative other than your parents, experienced foster, residential or secure care) you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People.

The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. The Fair Work Convention's Framework defines Fair Work as work that offers effective voice, fulfilment, opportunity, respect and security. We believe Fair Work can boost creativity, realise untapped potential and increase productivity.

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