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Salary Salary range: £23,115 - £24,140 pro-rata, per annum
Work location: Ringwood Library, Ringwood and Fordingbridge working in surrounding Libraries
Hours: 500 per annum (9.61 hours per week)
Contract type: Permanent (Annualised Hours)
Closing date: 31 January 2024
Do you enjoy working as part of a busy team, meeting and helping people of all ages and providing excellent customer service?
Hampshire's Library Service needs enthusiastic Library Team Assistants to join our busy and flexible teams. The role involves working at both Ringwood and Fordingbridge libraries and includes at times working at other Libraries in our cluster. Are you able to work an annualised contract which requires flexible availability to provide cover across the team you work with? You will be required to travel between a small 'cluster' of libraries, so you'll need to fulfil specific travel requirements which will be outlined at interview.
Hours will be timetabled 4 weeks in advance and will include regular Saturday working and work throughout school holidays and a requirement to provide some cover for unplanned absences at short notice.
You'll be providing an excellent customer experience to everyone who visits our libraries and encouraging more people to read a range of authors and book titles, download our apps for eMagazines and eBooks, take part in special promotions for adults and children, sign up for courses and events and using our IT facilities, delivering activities for children, assisting with the management of stock as well as carrying out a wide range of administrative duties.
You'll have a good general education combined with excellent interpersonal and customer service skills, with a good standard of IT skills (ideally with some qualifications and experience) plus the ability to use your own initiative when required.
A full induction and training programme will be provided.
For further information, please visit www.hants.gov.uk/librarycareers
Hampshire County Council offers a competitive salary and benefits package, please see our website for details: Our Benefits Package. Hampshire is a beautiful place to live, with vibrant cities, miles of coastline and two National Parks. If you enjoy outdoor activities, you’ll find world class walking, cycling, sailing and much more. For more information, please go to:- Living and Working in Hampshire.
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