Library Resources Assistant

Location:

Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire Libraries are looking for a Library Resources Assistant (weekend) to join our friendly team in the Aylesbury Area based at Buckingham Library. We are seeking people who share our focus on customer service and who would enjoy engaging people with services that can enrich their lives.

The salary advertised is the grade level for the role, the salary for this role will be pro-rata to 3 hours per week, 10am - 1pm.

Buckinghamshire Council is a relatively new organisation that combines the strengths and expertise of the previous five councils in the county to create positive change for local people, communities, and businesses. We are firmly focused on the future and have made a clear commitment to serve residents better and to provide stronger representation for Buckinghamshire, both locally and nationally.

Buckinghamshire Libraries are responsible for delivering a modern library service through 29 libraries to communities throughout the county, using a mixed model of staffed, volunteer-supported and volunteer-led community libraries.

We are currently in the process of launching Library Flex,an enhanced out-of-hours service which will allow library users self-service access to facilities in 8 of our county libraries in addition to a regular staffed service.

This is a customer-facing role which will require you to be present at a specific site location each day.

This role will involve working as part of a library group across multiple sites, so applicants must be willing and able to work at multiple locations. Chesham Library will be the typical location, but there will also be an occasional need for travel to other libraries within Buckinghamshire to provide relief cover.

This is a part-time role of 3 hours per week. The working pattern is as follows:

Mondays X

Tuesdays X

Wednesdays X

Thursdays X

Fridays X

Saturdays 10.00am - 13.00pm

Sundays X

As part of this role, you will:

• Directly deliver library services to customers and resolve enquiries relating to library loans, digital services, computer use, and signposting to council services under the library's role as a Council Access Point.
• Support a team of dedicated staff to maintain the library collections through shelving, stock management, and book displays.

As a 'fixed' worker, you'll spend most of your time in the same location, which will likely be a fixed office or location where your role is performed. Typically, you'll be based in the same location as the rest of your team, because you provide a particular service from that fixed location or need access to information there.

We are looking for somebody passionate about libraries and the role they can play in transforming the lives of children, young people and families, and who is keen to promote wellbeing in the community by combating loneliness and social exclusion.

If you're brilliant at helping customers with enquiries, with skills to promote and help access to digital services, and you have an interest in libraries as community hubs, then we would like to hear from you.

Please see the attached job summary for further information on this role and person specification.

Number of positions available: 1

Interview-type:
In Person

This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent cautions and/or unspent convictions

For further information on how long it takes for cautions and convictions cautions to become spent, please refer to our guide on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (updated 2023) | Nacro

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We have a set of values, which our employees have chosen, that represent what we are - Proud, Ambitious, Collaborative and Trustworthy.

By joining Buckinghamshire Council, you can expect:

• a fair and inclusive culture
• the chance to really make a difference to those around you
• health and well-being initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and mindfulness workshops
• a unified voice through our Employee Representative Group
• ongoing support, and the opportunity to develop…