Casual Library Assistant

Do you want to develop your customer service skills working as part of a dynamic team? Are you looking for a role that suits your flexibility? Join us as an Library Assistant on a casual basis!

With a starting salary of £10.79 per hour, flexible working patterns to suit you and the service plus a wide range of rewards and benefits, there has never been a better time to join!

We offer a smart training package so you can be part of our work from the very first day. And we’re invested in our staff, with opportunities for the right people to progress to supervisory and management roles, or to join one of our specialist librarian teams, organising events and outreach work.

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

For more information about working in one of our West Sussex Libraries, watch this short video: library recruitment animation video and why not explore our West Sussex Libraries website?

Salary: £10.79 to £10.98 hourly rate (£12.09 to £12.31 per hour includes annual leave entitlement)

Working Pattern: Casual Hours

Location: Across Bognor Regis Library, Arundel Library, Willowhale Library

Interview date: XXXXX

We’re looking for friendly, enthusiastic, and resourceful people, with excellent digital skills, to join our team as the key initial contact delivering a customer-facing library service, helping to deliver a high-quality enquiry service, providing information accurately, and signposting to other services.

It’s an active role; carrying books, pushing trolleys, lifting boxes and being on your feet for long periods of time.

You will be a keen team player, able to work alongside partners and volunteers providing excellent customer service to the whole range of visitors to the library.

Flexibility is key as one moment you may be helping a customer log-on to the library Wi-Fi and download an eBook, the next leading a Baby Rhyme Time session for parents and babies. The variety of our work means that no two days are the same. We get huge job satisfaction from helping everyone who comes through our doors, and you could too!

A full job description is attached at the bottom of the advert.

Why choose us as your next employer? 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.

• 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 page if 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.

Key Skills:

Qualifications and/or experience:

• 4 GCSEs with A-C passes including Maths and English or equivalent qualification/experience.
• Digital expertise and experience, particularly with basic Office applications.

The reference number for this role is CPP00733.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Albert Rogers at Albert.Rogers@westsussex.gov.uk

For an informal conversation regarding the application process, please contact Rosa Siracusa (Resourcing Advisor) at Rosa.Siracusa@westsussex.gov.uk

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact hrrecruitment@westsussex.gov.uk.

To apply, upload your CV and complete the application explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. 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 satisfactory references and health check.

West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged.

For information regarding your eligibility to apply for this role under our Disability or Veteran’s Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please visit our website.

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