Library Assistant
| Posting date: | 11 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 10 September 2025 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE3 8RA |
| Company: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 5784 |
Summary
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Ashby de la Zouch Library
Worker Category: Fixed Location
Salary: £25,188 - £25,590 per annum (pro rata for part-time) Pay Award Pending
Working Hours: 14.75 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 23rd August 2025
Interview Date(s): 9th September 2025
Do you love reading and want to share this passion with others? Do you enjoy providing excellent customer service? If so, why not consider becoming a Library Services Assistant?
About the Role
As a Library Services Assistant, you will work as part of a team responsible for providing a high-quality, welcoming, and efficient library service to all customers. You will support library users to find the information and resources they need, assist them to use IT systems, shelve and display books and other materials, and deliver library events such as IT tasters and sessions for under 5’s. You will also be required to promote customer choice and enjoyment in reading, and the service’s digital offer, including e-books and online reference resources.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
- Have an interest in reading, learning and culture.
- Have experience of, and an interest in, digital technology, including an ECDL or ITQ level 2 qualification or equivalent practical experience.
- Understand the importance of delivering a high level of customer service.
- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to deliver events, activities, and taster sessions.
- Have good literacy and numeracy skills to undertake the duties of the role.
- Be able to work as part of a team and on your own initiative.
- Have good time management skills and the ability to work to deadlines.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equal opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations.
We’d also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to provide evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual’s personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Clare Lister, Library Supervisor
Telephone: 0116 3052422
Email: clare.lister@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services, we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce that reflects our communities. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click ‘Apply Now’. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application, which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when applying for this post, please contact our Employee Service Centre at https://emss.org.uk/support.
By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.
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