Customer Services Assistant
| Posting date: | 18 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £23,478 to £23,751 per year |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 20 March 2026 |
| Location: | Durham, County Durham, DH1 5LE |
| Company: | Durham University |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 26000122_1771408615 |
Summary
The Role and Department
The Customer Services Team is part of University Library and Collections. We provide front-line (face to face and virtual) customer, visitor and enquiry services across our department. This includes visitor services at our museums and visitor attractions: Palace Green Library, Oriental Museum and Durham Castle, as well as user services in our Libraries and study spaces 7 days a week, including 24/7 opening during part of the academic year.
Customer Services Assistants play a vital role in delivering a high quality experience to our customers. Work can include engaging with customers in a reception role enabling entry and exit to the library and supporting with User Experience (UX) activities, through to shelving returned library materials; processing new books to moving materials between sites. The role is key in maintaining an excellent work and study environment, conducting furniture checks, ensuring the replenishment of multi-functional devices and keeping the buildings tidy and safe for our customers
Customer Services Assistants work Monday to Sunday, working early morning, day and evening shifts as part of a standard rota, covering between 7.45am and 10pm, including Bank Holidays at any of our Library and Collections sites. Current shift patterns for this post include one weekend shift and up to three evening shifts per week. Part time roles could be worked over 5 days.
Library work involves considerable manual handling and physical activity, for example: packing and lifting books, lifting boxes, and pushing trolleys. Appropriate training will be provided.
Any role holders who hold the appropriate UK driving licence may be required to drive University vehicles including manual transmission vans.
Further information about the role and the responsibilities is at the bottom of this job description.
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