Neighbourhood Librarian
| Posting date: | 24 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 July 2025 |
| Location: | Tameside, SK15 2BN |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75711198 |
Summary
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (until 19th June 2026)
Contract Reason: Maternity Cover
Secondment Opportunity: Permanent employees are encouraged to apply and will be supported as part of our workforce development commitment
Salary: Grade G. SCP 23 £16,683 - SCP 28 £18,969 (Actual salary)
Hours Per Week: 18 hours
Work Pattern: 3-4 days per week to be worked between Monday to Saturday. Approximately 1 Late night until 8pm every 2-3 weeks. Saturday 10-3pm approximately every four weeks
Base Location: Stalybridge Library, Trinity Street, Stalybridge, SK15 2BN / Dukinfield Library, Concord Way, Dukinfield, SK16 4DB
Assessment Date: To be arranged
The Role
We have an exciting opportunity for dynamic individuals with commitment, enthusiasm and a ‘can do attitude’ to join the Tameside Libraries team. You will hold a level 6 qualification in librarianship or equivalent, or be willing to work towards an appropriate qualification, ideally with previous experience in a public library service.
This wide ranging, diverse role will offer the right candidates an opportunity to play an important part in tailoring the service to address local, Greater Manchester and national priorities. The role undertakes vital work to engage a wide range of residents with the Library Service.
About You
You will work as part of a team to deliver a quality service in line with our library offer, which includes engaging with priority groups in the community such as children and young people, harder to reach groups, digitally excluded, and older people. Responsibilities include planning and delivering a range of events and activities. Stock management in libraries is also an important aspect of the job.
Our ideal candidate will have excellent people skills, be hardworking and committed to developing the service in the context of the Council’s vision and stated core purpose. They must also be flexible, resilient, and have good IT skills.
In return, we offer a competitive salary, a minimum of 28 days (pro rata) leave per year (based on service), membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, support and training.
About Us
Come shape the future of Tameside with us!
Message from Julian Jackson, Director of Place at Tameside Council.
“Since joining Team Tameside in September 2022, I’ve been proud to work alongside a hardworking and passionate team that’s making a real difference to our borough.
“Our Place Directorate is at the heart of shaping Tamesidecovering everything from planning and highways to parks, culture, arts, environmental services, and facilities management. Whether it’s keeping our streets clean, improving green spaces, or driving forward exciting regeneration projects, our work makes a direct impact on the lives of residents and businesses every day.
‘’We’ve already delivered some amazing projects, like Ashton Old Baths, and are currently working on master plans for our town centres in Stalybridge, Hyde, with projects like Ashton Mayoral Development Zone, and Godley Green Green Garden Village also set to create new homes, jobs and commercial spaces. But it’s not just about developments day to day it’s about making sure our core services are modern, efficient, and able to support thriving communities and safeguard our heritage buildings and asssets for the future.
To do that, we need passionate people to join us. If you want to be part of a team that’s driving real change, improving local services, and shaping the future of Tameside, we’d love to have you on board.
Come and be part of something great. Let’s build the future of Tameside together!’’
At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.
We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.
Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here
For further information about this role please contact Karen Heathcote, Service Delivery Manager, telephone 0161 342 2032 karen.heathcote@tameside.gov.uk or Joy Merrifield, Service Delivery Manager telephone 0161 342 4313 joy.merrifield@tameside.gov.uk
Reference Number: 001032
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