We are recruiting a Library Assistant at Caerphilly County Borough Council.
Working hours: 26 Hours
Contract Type: Part Time/Fixed Term for 12 months
Working hours are covered over a 2-week Rota pattern.
Week 1: Monday 9.00am-1.00pm, 2.00pm-5.00pm | Tuesday 9.00am-1.00pm, 2.00pm-6.00pm | Friday 9.00am-1.00pm, 2.00pm-6.00pm | Saturday 9.00am-12.00pm, 1.00pm-4.00pm.
Week 2: Monday 9.00am-1.00pm, 2.00pm-5.00pm | Tuesday 9.00am-1.00pm, 2.00pm-6.00pm | Friday 9.00am-1.00pm, 2.00pm-6.00pm.
Location: Bargoed Library
This is an exciting opportunity to join Team Caerphilly and provide support across the wider Library Services Team.
We pay an attractive salary of £16,513 - £16,789 and offer access to training and development opportunities.
Libraries are more than just repositories for books - Caerphilly Library Service plays a valuable role to all residents in the community. Our library spaces are trusted, free to enter and open to everyone. In them, people can explore and share reading, information, knowledge and culture.
Do you have good communications, customer care and team working skills? Are you flexible in your approach and able to work under pressure? Do you have an interest in books and their potential for education, recreation, and personal development together with an appreciation of the uses of ICT applications and the Internet? If you answer yes, read on.
The post will involve lone working if required at another library, or with other members of staff in a library environment, as well as providing a wide range of services to the public. Duties will be all of those associated with the day to day running of the library, including the issue, return and shelving of books, assisting with ICT, receipt of monies and dealing with personal and telephone enquiries.
The successful candidate must have an awareness of the services offered by the public library service and demonstrate how libraries are an essential service for learning, education, and recreational purposes.
Our Hub and Town libraries are designated Welsh language reception points. This post requires the successful post holders to converse with customers in the medium of Welsh. A spoken knowledge of Welsh would be desirable but not essential and CCBC will support staff to undertake Welsh language training.
For the role, we ask that you have:
A minimum of 5 GCSEs grades A-C (or equivalent).
Experience working in a customer focussed environment.
Knowledge and understanding of the role and services offered by the public library service.
We have excellent benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme and staff discount schemes.
To view the Job Description and Person Specification please select the relevant attachment from the attachments list
After reading the Job Description and Person Specification, if you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Laurence Batten on 07713399806 or battele@caerphilly.gov.uk
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