District Library Assistant (Job Share) – Huntingdon Library and Archives, Princes Street, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Our Benefits
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 role
Do 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.
About you
The 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.
About usCambridgeshire 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.We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.https://youtu.be/DDE1nplZttYVisit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers…