We Are St Helens Borough Council
Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.
Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.
St Helens Library Service is recruiting Library Support Officer (37 hours) based at Chester Lane Library.
This is an opportunity for you to join a nationally renowned and exciting Library Service that provides a quality and diverse range of services to residents across the borough.
The successful candidate will become a member of the Library Support Unit with responsibility for all administrative aspects of the service. This includes timetabling and the deployment of front-line library staff, ordering and invoice processing, compiling data and updating systems and cash management. You will be responsible for reporting building maintenance issues, producing correspondence to customers and minuting meetings, amongst other administrative duties.
To undertake this role, you will have:
• Excellent customer service and communication skills
• Knowledge of Office Systems and equipment
• Experience of minute taking
• The ability to manage data and computerised systems
Please read the job description and person specification for a full list of requirements to see if the role is suitable for you.
Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 NOLAN principles of conduct in public life. These include selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.
For an informal discussion please contact Paul Williams, Library Support Manager on 01744 677813
Closing date for applications is 27th November 2022
