SLA11172 - Library Assistant - SLA11172

Job Description

Location: Springhall Library, Cruachen Road, Springhall

Hours: 21.5 hours per week

Shift pattern: Monday and Friday, 9am - 5pm, Tuesday 9.30am - 1pm and Wednesday 9am - 1pm

Duration: Permanent

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Library Assistant at Springhall Library.

The successful candidate will work as part of a team to deliver a range of Library Services to the community. Tasks include providing support to customers with Active IT services, participating in promotional events and activities to encourage literacy development and dealing with face to face, telephone and online customer enquiries.

It is essential that you have an enthusiastic and flexible approach and can demonstrate an enthusiasm for books and reading. You must be computer literate and show evidence of digital literacy. You must have excellent communication and customer care skills. There is a requirement for literacy and numeracy qualification to National 5 or equivalent standard.

Requirements

As part of our approach to good practice and safer recruitment we carry out a number of pre-employment checks for example, Identity, Asylum and Immigration and employment history etc.

Applications online

If you apply for this position please add noreply@myjobscotland.gov.uk to your safe email address to avoid emails being filtered as spam/junk.

Please note all correspondence with be sent to your email account registered with myjobscotland.

South Lanarkshire Council/South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture are Equal Opportunities employees and encourage applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum behaviour requirements for the position.

South Lanarkshire Council / South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture is committed to providing support to members of the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview where their previous employer was the armed forces and who meet the minimum requirements for the position.

Responsibilities

Deliver quality front-line library services in line with national and local agendas.

Deliver a range of library support functions according to library service priorities.

Promote learning opportunities and provide basic support to customers in learning based activities, including the use of new technology.

Encourage library users to extend their reading choices through reader development promotions and participating in promotional events and activities.

The Individual

There is a requirement for literacy and numeracy qualification to National 5 or equivalent standard.