Community Library Support Officer

The core focus of this job is to support the Community Management Group and volunteers to deliver front-line public library services, including events and activities, to meet local needs and council priorities.

The postholder will also provide training, advice and support to the allocated volunteer team. Based at Catterick, Colburn and Richmond Community Libraries, the usual working pattern for this role is 7 hours per week at Richmond, 15 hours at Catterick and 15 hours at Colburn, but you may need to be available for some weekends and evenings.

You will be required to establish and maintain strong relations with the Community Management Group, supporting volunteers in daily operations to ensure consistent service delivery. You will be passionate about books and reading, have excellent communication skills, the ability to work with a range of partners, the ability to deliver a customer focussed service, and have literacy and numeracy qualifications equivalent to Level 2.

For further information about this role, please contact

Laura Dinning via email on Lau

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier.

These include:

• a local government pension scheme with a generous employer contribution
• salary sacrifice schemes
• employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more!
• travel loans
• Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing

Click on our Total Rewards Brochure at the bottom of this advert to see the full range of benefits.

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies. We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.