Mobile Library Assistant / Driver

Leicestershire Library Service are seeking applications for a Mobile Library Driver/ Assistant. This is a permanent full-time position of 37 hours per week based at Lutterworth Library., The successful applicant will deliver valuable library services to communities across Leicestershire. This role involves both driving a mobile library vehicle and delivering excellent customer service at the different mobile stops. The position involves driving predetermined routes in mostly rural villages across Leicestershire, including visits to schools, nurseries and pre-schools and regular village/town locations keeping to a set timetable. You will be delivering a library service from the vehicle and responding to customer queries., We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Do you have a commitment to customer focused service by placing the customer at the heart of every aspect of your work?, The post holder will also require a current valid driving license to drive a vehicle up to 7.5 tonnes. A driver Certificate of Professional Competence is desirable but not essential as training can be given. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.,

• Competent and confident with driving large vehicles in both urban and rural settings. A C1 entitlement to drive vehicles up to 7.5t is necessary to drive our Mobile Libraries
• Able to create a friendly and welcoming environment for a diverse range of customers
• Confident in using IT (training will be given on specific library systems)
• Excellent at multi-tasking, efficient, happy to work under pressure & confident with working alone on a Mobile Library
• Passionate about what public libraries offer, and able to promote our services
• Library experience is desirable, but we also welcome candidates who have demonstrated exceptional customer service elsewhere
Please note library work can be physically demanding. You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equal opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations. We'd also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process., 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.