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Library Assistants

North West

£12.00 - £14.00 per hour

Temporary Contracts

About the company

Sue Hill Recruitment have recently been instructed on a number of Library Assistant roles with clients across the North West of the UK, ranging from 3 month to 6 month contracts. These roles will assist in the provision of a high-quality, customer-focused library service to all Library users. Clients range from academic institutions, public library’s to charities and museums.

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What you will be doing

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• Carrying out a range of general library duties including meeting and greeting customers; issuing, discharging and renewing items; taking monies as required; enrolling new members; shelving returned items; shelf tidying; answering general enquiries; and administrative work including data inputting

• Carrying out routine stock processing, repairs and withdrawals

• Answering routine enquiries (in person, by email and telephone) as required, referring on to more senior staff as appropriate

• Assisting with the development and delivery of programmes and events for adults, children and families, both in the library and elsewhere

• Assisting with the promotion of stock and services via effective stock, leaflet and poster displays

• Maintain the library as a tidy, safe, attractive and welcoming environment

• Assist students and staff with basic IT tasks

• Process new stock to include labelling, stamping and covering items

• Providing staffing cover to other libraries within the local area as required

• To undertake any other duties that may reasonably be requested appropriate to the grade

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Who you will be:

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• Previous experience of work in a library is essential

• Polite, friendly, reliable, confident and outgoing

• Have demonstrable understanding of equality of opportunity and how to apply this in relation to the duties of the post

• Excellent proven communication skills, both written and oral

• Have well-developed literacy and numeracy skills

• Be able to use IT confidently and effectively