Library & Information Assistant

Five contracts available:

Permanent contract | £23,500 to £23,893 per annum pro rata (Scale D) | 32.75 hours per week | Norfolk & Norwich Millennium

Permanent contract | £23,500 to £23,893 per annum pro rata (Scale D) |

30 hours per week | Norfolk & Norwich Millennium

Permanent contract | £23,500 to £23,893 per annum pro rata (Scale D) |

7 hours per week | Norfolk & Norwich Millennium

Temporary contract until 31/12/2024 | £23,500 to £23,893 per annum pro rata (Scale D) | 18.5 hours per week | Norfolk & Norwich Millennium

Temporary contract until 20/04/2025 | £23,500 to £23,893 per annum pro rata (Scale D) | 14 hours per week | Norfolk & Norwich Millennium

Deliver high quality frontline library services by being the first point of contact for customers’ literacy, reading, information and learning needs. Make a positive impact on people’s lives by understanding and interpreting their needs and ensuring that they are signposted to trusted sources of information and appropriate support in the community. Deliver the Government’s vision for digitally enabled citizens by assisting customers with online transactions and building their digital skills and confidence. Provide excellent customer service to all members of the local community.

Lone working is a key factor in this job role. Primary front line duties will be carried out by Library and Information Assistants, including promoting stock, supporting a range of activities, and making day-to-day decisions to provide an attractive and efficient service.

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for all internal and external vacancies via myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email address.

Before you apply please see the full job description and person specification in the below link – this will help you to shape your application to demonstrate how you meet the criteria for the role.

Job description and person specification

Please see timetable of available shifts

You can also find out about the rewards and benefits we offer as well as our other terms and conditions.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
  • ‘ Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions
  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
  • Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
  A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

Redeployment Closing date: 25th June 2024 12:00

Closing date: 9th July 2024 23:59