Job Introduction
Library Assistant
Salary: Band 4, £24,420 - £25,652 p.a, pro rata
Various posts available - please see below:
1 x 22 hour post,
1 x 18 hour post
1 x 10 hour post
1 x 18.5 hour
1 x 5.75 hour post - working Saturdays only.
Location: Appointed to the City.
Working hours and days to be discussed at interview.
PLEASE CLEARLY INDICATE WHICH POST(S) YOU ARE APPLYING FOR ON YOUR APPLICATION.
Your New Role
We are looking for an outgoing friendly person with good communication and customer service skills to join our library service. You will provide a quality service whilst meeting the learning and recreational needs of all who live, work or study in the city and elsewhere. You will assist the public in using and accessing library services from the library counters, floors and workrooms and will deliver an effective Information, Enquiry and Reader Development Service. As well as issuing and discharging books and processing new members, you will support the delivery and development of activities, events and other library offers as required. This will include reading stories to children and leading Rhymetime sessions, cash handling duties and assisting people with using the library computers.
Other tasks will include responsibility for building security, maintaining the appearance of the library for service users, stocking shelves and processing orders of new library material stock.
What you'll need to succeed
You will have good communication and customer care skills and be confident working with the public as well as being able to deal with challenging service users/disruptive visitors to the library. A team player you will be flexible and able to adapt quickly to different work situations and locations. You will have a good literacy and numeracy skills to fulfil the needs of the role being able to converse at ease with the customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English. Please read the job profile for the full details of the role and what skills you need to demonstrate to undertake it.
Please read the job profile for the full details of the role and what skills you need to demonstrate to undertake it.
About Portsmouth City Council
What we can offer you:
Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.
Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage: Careers Portal - Find jobs with Portsmouth City Council
Application process:
How to apply: Please read the full job profile for further details on the post and remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the profile. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
Closing: 28 February 2025
Applications received after this may not be considered.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk. or call the recruitment team on 023 92 616800
