Location: Library Headquarters 19 Poplar Road Dumbarton, G82 2RD
Salary: £26,333.31 - £28,322.45 per year
Contract Type: Permanent
Position Type: Full Time
Hours: 35 hours per week
Job Description
We are looking for an enthusiastic Library Driver & Support Officer to join our Libraries Team. As a Library Driver & Support Officer you will be responsible for delivering items across the library network and the associated safe operation and maintenance of vehicles. The post involves sorting items, loading and unloading the vehicle and driving safely.
You will also be required to provide cover for the Mobile Library and Home Delivery services, as well as working in library branches, delivering frontline library services to the public.
We aim to give excellent customer care so you should be a good communicator and have recent experience of working in a customer facing role with an outgoing, friendly and courteous manner.
We use ICT to manage and deliver our services so you will need to have a working knowledge of ICT, to the level of ECDL or equivalent.
A Full, clean driving licence with category C (requirement to drive 7.5 tonne vehicles) is required along with previous experience of driving large vehicles, similar to the Mobile Library.
Requirements
This post is considered as Regulated Work with Children and Adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 and as such membership with the PVG scheme is essential. Preferred applicants will be required to become members of the relevant PVG scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer being made by West Dunbartonshire Council.
Responsibilities
The employment for which you are applying is excepted from the provisions of section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order 1975. Applicants are, therefore, not statutorily entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are "spent" under the provisions of the Act. In the event of employment any failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action.
The Individual
The successful candidate will benefit from the following:
* WDC was voted one of the top ten flexible employers and prides itself in providing flexible working to support work life balance.
* Access to the Local Government pension scheme (LGPS) with an employer’s contribution of at least 19.3% and all associated benefits.
* A minimum of 25 days annual leave, increasing a day each year up to 35 days as well as 8 fixed public holidays each year.
* Access to employee wellbeing supports including occupational health & counselling if ever you need help and support.
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