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.
Making A Difference as A Temporary Library Assistant within St Helens Library Service
This is an opportunity to join St Helens Library Service, providing a quality, efficient and reliable service to resident across St Helens.
As a Library Assistant, you will welcome and assist customers of all ages and backgrounds to make effective use of the range of services and facilities. You will assist with processing membership applications, issue, return books and other library materials using the Library Management system; sort, shelve, process and repair stock, contribute to stock checks and other admin duties under the direction of the library manager.
You will also work as part of a team to deliver events and activities such as rhyme times, class visits, craft events and more. You will also assist people to get online and find out information.
We are looking for people with excellent communication skills and who want to make a difference to people’s lives through their local library.
The contract will run until 31st January 2024. Library Assistants are expected to work in any library in St Helens if needed.
Interested to Find Out More?
You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here.
You are also welcome to contact us for a chat before applying for more information about the role, contact William Renshaw 01744 677488
Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.
Equality & Diversity
St Helens Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. Further information about Equality & Diversity at St Helens Council can be found here https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/equality
St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Employer. Disability Confident Employers lead the way in helping to take action that changes attitudes, behaviours, and cultures for the better.
NOLAN Principles of Conduct in Public Life.
All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.
