Job Details: Salary range: £41,580 - £55,710 pro rata, per annum (actual salary £33,496 - £44,880 per annum) Work location: Westminster Reference Library, 35 St. Martin's Street, WC2H 7HP Hours per week: 29 Contract type: Permanent Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check Closing date: 15 December 2024. Interview date: 7 January 2025 (provisional). Contact details for an informal discussion: Lucy Gill, Libraries Cluster Lead (WCC South) via email at LGILLWESTMINSTER.GOV.UK About Us: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF SHOFA’S MARKET Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where courageous and inspiring professionals bring everything to their work. Sometimes this even includes heartbreak. Shofa is a shining example. Shofa’s brother suffered with his mental health and died tragically young. She uses his memory as motivation to give Westminster Youth Council members the opportunity to have a voice and get involved in decision making. This passion resulted in in her innovation: The Westminster Youth Market. Here local teenagers learn about entrepreneurship and develop their personal skills. This is an inclusive platform where everyone’s contribution and abilities are celebrated. Inspired by a promising life cut short, Shofa believes without vision there is no direction and every young person should be supported to realise their dreams. Please view the extraordinary story of Shofa’s Market here. The Role: As Music Librarian, you can make your own powerful contribution to enriching the lives of children, young people, musicians and music lovers across our diverse communities. With heritage dating back to 1946, Westminster boasts one of the UK’s largest public music libraries. Our specialist service is home to much more than sheet music, music books, periodicals and archive materials. It also offers free-to-use digital pianos and ukuleles; hosts regular free events including concerts, workshops and talks; and hires out sets for choir and orchestral performances. In everything you do, you’ll support our commitment to challenge systems and practices that contribute to systemic racism – starting with your involvement in a project to decolonise our collections. In this varied and vital role, you will lead the redevelopment of our nationally recognised orchestral set hire service. You’ll play a key part in shaping the future delivery of the service, making it more available to residents across Westminster’s communities and the whole of the UK; this will include identifying and addressing barriers to access. This is a frontline role which will include evening and weekend working to maintain the delivery of the service across our opening hours. You will line manage a small team of library officers and work alongside the Westminster Reference Library manager, other librarians, partners and volunteers to deliver the service. You’ll develop their skills in handling enquiries from orchestras and other music organisations. You’ll also deliver a diverse music programme, giving people access to music, musical instruments and free performances. What’s more, you’ll enjoy opportunities to develop our collection and implement new ideas for expanding access to music in our communities. Along the way you’ll work with schools and children’s services, and in close partnership with organisations such as the Central Music Library, the Royal College of Music and the Royal Music Academy. Please refer to the Job Description for more information. About You: As a qualified librarian, or a person with equivalent experience in libraries, you’ll bring to the role a commitment to managing library collections and reaching out to work with local communities. As a qualified music professional or a person with equivalent experience, you’ll demonstrate good knowledge of music and awareness of how to engage colleagues and service users with music and the arts. A collaborative individual with great communication skills, you have the confidence to lead others through change. Experience of delivering events would be a real advantage. What We Offer: Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe. At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working. The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.