Library Assistant

This is an exciting opportunity to join Team Caerphilly and provide support across the wider Library Services Team.

We pay an attractive salary of £8,256.76 - £8,394.84 and offer access to training and development opportunities.

Libraries are more than just repositories for books - Caerphilly Library Service plays a valuable role to all residents in the community. Our library spaces are trusted, free to enter and open to everyone.

The post involves working with other members of staff in busy environments, providing a wide range of services to the public. Duties will be all of those associated with the day to day running of the library, including the issue, return and shelving of books, assisting with ICT, receipt of monies and dealing with personal and telephone enquiries. Lone working at single-staffed locations will be expected.

The library is a designated Welsh language reception point. This post requires the successful post holder to converse with customers in the medium of Welsh. A spoken knowledge of Welsh would be desirable but not essential and CCBC will support staff to undertake Welsh language training.

The successful candidate must have an awareness of the services offered by the public library service and demonstrate how libraries are an essential service for learning, education and recreational purposes.

For the role, we ask that you have:

A minimum of 5 GCSEs grades A-C (or equivalent).
Good interpersonal skills both in questioning and listening.
An understanding of and commitment to issues of Social Inclusion and equal opportunities., Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

We have excellent benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme and staff discount schemes.