Relief Library & Information Assistant

Casual Worker Contract | £12.18 to £12.38 per hour (Scale D) | Holt

We are looking to recruit a Relief Library and Information Assistant primarily for Holt Library but to cover other libraries in the area too.

Are you outgoing? Do you love helping people? Are you enthusiastic about your local community?

Norfolk Library & Information Service has just the job for you! We are looking to recruit a Relief Library and Information Assistant primarily for Holt Library but to cover other libraries in the area too.

From babies to business start-ups, from families to young people, adults and older people, our Library Service is committed to supporting everyone in Norfolk to read for pleasure and to access information and a wide range of social activities that will help them live healthy, fulfilling, and independent lives.

If you are confident with IT, enjoy engaging with people of all ages and backgrounds and LOVE a good book, West Norfolk Libraries need you!

The role will involve some time when you work on your own, but you will receive plenty of training for this and every other aspect of this interesting and rewarding role.

The need to be flexible and available at short notice is essential as your role will be to cover sickness absence as well as staff holidays and training. This post is on a casual basis with no guaranteed weekly hours, but will include evenings, weekends, and school holidays.

For further information please contact Elena Parkin, Library Manager on 01328 850 233.

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for all internal and external vacancies via myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email address.

Before you apply please see the full job description and person specification in the below link – this will help you to shape your application to demonstrate how you meet the criteria for the role.

Job description and person specification

You can also find out about the rewards and benefits we offer as well as our other terms and conditions.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
  • ‘ Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions
  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
  • Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
  A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

Closing date: 8 th March 2024