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District Library Assistant (Job Share)
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the roleDo you have a knack for helping people, and a desire to work at the heart of the local community?
We are looking for an enthusiastic and versatile person to join our friendly team based in Huntingdon Library. The team also support libraries in Yaxley and Sawtry.
This role is a part-time job share and involves working in close partnership with an existing postholder. Successful job share arrangements rely on excellent communication, mutual trust and a collaborative approach to ensure continuity of service, consistent decision-making and effective support for staff, volunteers and customers across the libraries.
The postholder will assist the Area Library Manager in the day-to-day running of the three libraries.
The successful candidate will also need to work flexibly, with a requirement for some weekend and evening working as well as lone working on occasion.
Although this post is primarily based at Huntingdon Library, candidates must be able to travel between locations as required.
Please see timetable attached for working pattern.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 4th August at Huntingdon Library.
Applications must be made online via this system, CVs or other attachments are not accepted.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Jessica Jones, Area Library Manager via email jessica.jones@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or 0345 045 5225.
You will be enthusiastic about what public libraries can offer, and able to promote and deliver our services and advocate for them within the local community.
Although there is plenty of routine work, there is also scope to be innovative. Training will be given on specific library systems, but an ability to work with IT is essential.
Day to day tasks would include, working on the front desk in the library space, dealing with property issues, cash handling, planning events and answering customer queries.
You will also be organising regular activities and events, and working closely with schools and other local groups.
There will be some line management responsibility for staff and volunteers.
About youThe successful candidate will have a flair for working with people and be able to create a friendly and welcoming environment for a diverse range of customers. They will be excellent at multi-tasking, resourceful and willing to support the team as needed.
Experience of working in a customer service environment is essential, but we welcome applications from all walks of life, who could bring new perspectives to this exciting opportunity.
We want to recognise and celebrate the diversity of our local communities and be responsive to their needs. We also want to ensure that we are a fair and equitable employer, striving to achieve a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We therefore encourage applications from all areas of our community.
Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details about this job role.
Please note: The supporting statement is the most important part of your application. This will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role.
When completing the support statement for this position, please tell us how your skills, experience, capability and potential match each of the criteria in the person specification.
As this is a job share role, you will be able to build strong working relationships, communicate clearly and maintain effective handovers. You will understand the importance of collaborative decision-making, shared accountability and ensuring continuity for customers, staff and volunteers.
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
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