Overview
Royal Greenwich Libraries, operated by GLL, are looking for Library Assistants (flexible workers) to work across the borough’s libraries.
With over 2.4 million visits each year, Greenwich Libraries are the among the most used libraries in the country, giving access to a wide variety of books and other materials, computer facilities and an exciting range of activities
With community at the heart of everything we do, as a Library Assistant, you’ll ensure that every visitor to the Library is welcomed into a clean, safe and attractive environment that can service their needs and ensure that they want to keep returning. As a key front line staff member, you’ll adapt to and acknowledge the diversity of our visitors and what they aim to get out of their library visit as well helping them to discover our wide range of resources and services.
Your passion for libraries and community engagement will be apparent as you help people do everything from discovering new authors to helping them find their ideal job using our IT systems. You’ll ideally be a keen library user, but it’ll be your enthusiasm for helping others and devotion to customer care that makes you really stand out. Naturally good with people, you’ll be able to put people of all ages and backgrounds at ease whilst helping to promote our services. You’ll also have excellent numeracy, literacy and communication skills.
As a flexi library assistant we will offer you work across the library service and you will have the choice to accept placements as they suit your lifestyle. Flexible work is suitable for all kinds of people including those in education or part time work, those who have child care commitments or who have retired.
In return, we offer a range of benefits that you’d expect from the UK¿s largest leisure provider:
Pension schemes
Discounted membership at our leisure centres
Career pathways
Ongoing training and development to help you to be the best
If you have the passion and skills for this role, please apply now
Closing date: ??????
All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location.
About Us ‘Better’ libraries are run by GLL, the UK’s largest leisure and cultural services provider and one of the first and largest leisure social enterprises. We manage 50 libraries in partnership with local authorities to give communities a place to meet, relax, learn and study. We provide leading ICT facilities as well as books, e-books, audio books and DVDs as well as a programme of activities appropriate to the needs and interests of the communities that we serve. We wish to increase the use of, and widen access to, libraries and heritage services and provide customer service that is second-to-none.
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