Senior Library Assistant
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Grade E. SCP 11 £18,040 to SCP 16 £19,640 (Actual Salary)
Hours: 25 Hours per Week
Base Location: Tameside Local Studies and Archives Centre, Cotton Street East, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 7BY
Closing Date: Monday 1st April 2024
Assessment Date: To be arranged
The Role
As the Senior Library Assistant at Tameside Local Studies & Archives, you will be responsible for the provision of front line library services including counter duties, managing and maintaining the in-house shop, dealing with enquiries and assisting members of the public in using our resources. You may also be required to assist in the provision of books and archives, as well as our online and surrogate resources in the searchroom.
You will facilitate council staff and contractors to enable maintenance of the building and facilities, and you will undertake health and safety checks and procedures to ensure the best possible service.
The actual hours of work are variable within the period 08.30 am to 5.30pm Tuesday to Thursday and 9.00am to 1.30pm Saturday.
About You
You will have good communication skills and an ability to interact with customers. You will also have the ability to converse at ease with service users/customers and provide advice. You will ideally have previous experience of dealing with the public.
You should be well organised, flexible, self motivated, and have confidence in dealing with people. You must be I.T. literate and familiarity with the Microsoft Office suite is also essential. You will be required to take payment for our stock and services using our till system.
About Us
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.
For further information and an informal discussion please contact the Local Studies and Archives Team on 0161 342 4242.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.
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.
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Reference No: DPT527
Senior Library Assistant
Location: Tameside Local Studies and Archive Centre