Stock Librarian (Trainee)

Bristol Libraries has an exciting opportunity to recruit someone to a trainee post specifically aimed at people studying towards their librarianship professional qualification. You will be studying on a CILIP (The Library and Information Association) accredited postgraduate library and/or information management course or currently registered and preparing for professional qualification via CILIP Chartership route without a degree or post graduate qualification in librarianship.

You will be joining our friendly team in the Central Library. This is a great opportunity to work in a large public library which offers the successful applicant a range of experience including stock management, frontline service and staff management. It sets an excellent groundwork for a career in libraries.

The Central Library is an iconic building that sees approximately 1000 visitors a day, it is a complex building with seven floors, including two public floors and a historic reading room. Areas of the library are also often used for exhibitions and events. Services from Central Library include a lending library for adults and children, a reference library, research and study spaces, computer areas, a business centre, a café, and meeting and hire spaces. The library is also the central hub for the distribution of stock and resources across the Bristol Libraries network of 27 libraries. You will work with a team of Central Library managers and librarians to provide an excellent customer experience at Central Library,

Your role will be within our Stock Team who have citywide responsibility for all library materials including children’s and young people, heritage and electronic resources as well as general adult fiction and non-fiction.
The Stock Team also manage a team of Library and Stock Assistants and support the daily management of Central Library. You will gain knowledge and experience by shadowing manager and work on agreed projects.
Please note that this role is subject to anenhanced DBS check.

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation.

Join us and you will receive an excellent rewards package membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you will be working in a supportive environment where you will have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.

To be shortlisted for interview you will need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.
For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment.