Job Details:
Job Reference: HCC620109
Salary Range: £24,405 - £25,430 pro-rata, per annum (actual salary £16,819 - £17,526 per annum)
Work Location: Havant and Leigh Park Libraries
Hours per week: 25.5
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 16 March 2025
Interview Date: 26 March 2025
The Role:
Do you enjoy working as part of a busy team, meeting and helping people of all ages and providing excellent customer service? Are you able to work every Saturday?
Hampshire’s Library Service needs enthusiastic Library Team Assistants to join our busy and flexible teams. You’ll be providing an excellent customer experience to everyone who visits our libraries and encouraging more people to read a range of authors and book titles, download our apps for eMagazines and eBooks, take part in special promotions for adults and children, sign up for courses and events and using our IT facilities.
Your role will be to provide a welcoming environment for all, promoting our services, planning and delivering activities for children, assisting with the management of stock as well as carrying out a wide range of administrative duties.
You’ll have a good general education combined with excellent interpersonal and customer service skills, with a good standard of IT skills (ideally with some qualifications and experience) plus the ability to use your own initiative when required. Knowledge of the local area would be an advantage.
You may be required to travel between a small ‘cluster’ of libraries, so you'll need to fulfil specific travel requirements which will be outlined at interview.
Working Pattern - you will be required to work the following days and hours:
Week 1 - Monday 9am-5pm Havant; Thursday 9am-5pm Leigh Park; Friday 9am-5pm Leigh Park and Saturday 9am-1.30pm Leigh Park
Week 2 - Monday 9am -1.30pm Havant; Thursday 9am-5pm Leigh Park; Friday 9am-5pm Leigh Park and Saturday 9am-1.30pm Leigh Park
A full induction and training programme will be provided.
For further information, please visit www.hants.gov.uk/librarycareers
What We Can Offer You:
Hampshire County Council is recognised nationally as one of the highest performing local authorities in the UK. A modern, forward-looking local authority, it offers a pleasant, supportive, and collaborative working environment.
Hampshire County Council is also a flexible employer interested in making the most of your skills and offers a great work life balance. We invest in you through our internal development programmes and training and offer a competitive salary and benefits package
Additional Information:
Library Team Assistant Job Description and Person Specification
Vetting Requirements:
This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check. As such, please note that under safer recruitment requirements for Children’s Services, references will be requested prior to interview.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
Kate Pontin, Library Team Manager for Havant and Leigh Park Library Kate.pontin2@hants.gov.uk
Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.
We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.