West Sussex County Council Hiring for Casual Senior Library Assistant at Full Time

Are you looking for a role that truly offers flexibility to support a work/life balance?

Are you excited by the challenge of delivering a customer facing library and enquiry service?

Do you have great leadership and excellent communication skills?

If this sounds like the type of challenge that you are looking for then you can be a part of our mission to promote the benefits of reading for learning, health and wellbeing through a book, CD and DVD lending service, a enquiry service and support other specialist services including Story Book Dads and Raising Readers.

For more information about working in one of our West Sussex Libraries, watch this short video: library recruitment animation video

The Opportunity

Salary: £12.99 to £13.23 per hour (includes annual leave entitlement)

Contract Type: Casual

Working Pattern: Casual (up to 37 hours per week)

Location: Ford Prison Library Ford Rd, Ford, Arundel BN18 0BX

Interview Date: Tuesday 08 August

West Sussex Library Service currently provides the library service at Ford Prison, a Category D Prison funded by the Home Office.

We are looking for a Senior Library Assistant who is keen to develop their skills, passionate about the important role that libraries play in society and have the confidence to work in a unique environment where you can really make a difference. You will be IT literate and be able to work effectively alongside a range of prison staff, prisoners, and colleagues across the Library Service.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Under the direction of Prison Library Manager, you will be part of a strong and encouraging team. You will respond to day-to-day library enquires and provide support to a small team of Library Assistants (recruited from the prison population)

This role will require lone working in the prison library, and flexibility to work evenings and Saturdays.

Does the prospect of making a difference to communities through excellent library services motivate you? Do you enjoy the challenge of problem-solving to sustain and improve front-line services?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Rewards and Benefits

Here at West Sussex County Council we care about wellbeing, allowing time for celebrating our teams’ efforts, and developing our team to be the best they can be. Alongside this, we also offer the below benefits.

• An excellent local government pension scheme
• A range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
• Maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
• Volunteering opportunities
• Training and development opportunities, including coaching, mentoring and apprenticeships
• A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts pageif you are a business looking to offer a discount)
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders, Wellbeing Hub and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CPP00787.

To apply you will need to complete our application form and upload your CV, in the application you will highlight your skills and experience that you can bring to the role ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please refer to the key skills listed on the attached job description.

Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.

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