Relief Mobile Library Assistant/Driver

High Life Highland; Kirkton; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

High Life Highland is seeking a relief driver to operate the Skye and Lochalsh Mobile Library on a 3-week cycle from Ardelve Depot. The post is not suitable for homeworking and involves driving a specially equipped van across the Halkirk area to promote library services.

Responsibilities include stock circulation, customer enquiries, database updates, health and safety duties and training participation. PVG disclosure and a pre-employment medical are required.

Qualifications

• All candidates must meet HLH safeguarding and PVG requirements.
• All candidates subject to a medical prior to appointment.

Responsibilities

• Drive a specially equipped mobile library van.
• Carry out routine vehicle checks and report faults as necessary.
• Promote the mobile library service to the public.
• Circulate stock to the public and within the library network.
• Input, check and maintain database records.
• Handle customers’ requests and enquiries.
• Stock maintenance, including shelving, handling, processing and minor repairs.
• Assist with Health and Safety procedures.
• Engage in continuous professional development and contribute to service improvements.
• Attend relevant training, online or in person.
• Support sustainable working practices and HLH environmental values.
• Undertake cross-functional support across the Libraries team.

Job description

• Work location: Skye and Lochalsh Mobile Library
• Contract type: Relief (As and when required)
• Salary: £14.68 per hour
• Homeworking: This post is not suitable for homeworking
• Responsible to: Network Librarians
• Actively promote a positive and collaborative workplace culture that supports the Charity’s purpose of Making Life Better and i-care values to increase morale, productivity and performance.
• Driving a specially equipped large vehicle.
• Ensuring the vehicle is maintained in day-to-day running order by carrying our routine checks and reporting faults as necessary to the Fleet Operator.
• Ensuring the vehicle is cleaned and washed inside and out.
• Promoting use of the mobile service to the public.
• Circulation of stock to the public and within the library network, including housebound, school and care home visits.
• Input, checking and maintenance of database records.
• Handling customers’ requests and enquiries.
• Stock maintenance, including shelving, handling, processing and minor repairs.
• Cash handling and other duties associated with the day-to-day operation of library services within the area.
• Assisting with the implementation of Health and Safety procedures.
• Engaging in continuous professional development and contributing to service improvements within Libraries and High Life Highland as a whole.
• Attending and completing any relevant training, either online or in person.
• Supporting sustainable working practices, aiming to reduce waste and uphold the Charity’s environmental values.
• Assist and support other areas of High Life Highland with particular projects, training or in the event of holidays or sickness working cross-functionally across the Libraries team.
• Undertake all tasks in accordance with High Life Highland policies and procedures, including General Data Protection Regulations, health and safety procedures, relevant checks, reporting any concerns to management to ensure corrective action is taken.
• Undertaking any other duties as required to ensure efficient and effective service delivery.
• Maintain an awareness and knowledge of the risk management responsibilities appropriate to their role,as identified within the HLH Risk Policy and associated guidance documentation.

Special Conditions:

The mobile library van is based at Ardelve Depot and currently operates on a 3-week cycle throughout the Skye and Lochalsh area.The van is stored overnight at Ardelve Depot, by Dornie, Lochalsh.

This is a relief post which covers for the permanent driver when they are off on annual leave or sickness absence.

All candidates are subject to a medical as a requirement prior to any formal appointment.

*** A Disclosure Scotland PVG check is required for this post ***

Date posted: 22nd July 2026

About us

High Life Highland is charity and our purpose is Making Life Better. We are a fun, friendly, caring, supportive, inclusive and proud organisation with strong people values based around integrity, community, accountability, respect and example. We believe if all our of employees strive to embrace our people values then, collectively, we give ourselves the best chance of fulfilling our purpose of Making Life Better.

About us

High Life Highland is charity and our purpose is Making Life Better. We are a fun, friendly, caring, supportive, inclusive and proud organisation with strong people values based around integrity, community, accountability, respect and example. We believe if all our of employees strive to embrace our people values then, collectively, we give ourselves the best chance of fulfilling our purpose of Making Life Better.

High Life Highland (HLH) is committed to the protection and safeguarding of vulnerable groups,including children and protected adults and believes that they should never experience any kind ofabuse. It has a responsibility to promote the welfare of those in vulnerable groups and to keep themsafe and to practice in a way that protects them. HLH expects all those with whom the Charity engagesto share this position. Where applicable, new positions will be subject to the appropriate level of Disclosure Scotland checking; identity checks (address, date of birth), employment/experience history,two references (one of which must be most recent employer, where appropriate), qualifications, Rightto Work in the UK (where applicable). The above will apply to anyone working on behalf of HLH (paid orunpaid) including all board directors, staff, workers, volunteers, agency staff and students.