Library & Information Assistant

Salford Community Leisure (SCL) is a dynamic, non-for-profit organisation committed to enriching the lives of the people in and around Salford through sports, leisure, culture, and well-being. We are passionate about nurturing inclusive and healthy communities, ensuring that every individual has access to the opportunities and services that support physical and mental health, creativity, and personal development.

Salford as a city is one of the fastest-growing local authority districts in England and Wales and is becoming more diverse. There are major ongoing health challenges and inequalities within the city and an ambitious set of strategies have been developed to tackle them. Physical exercise, creativity, learning and community development have been identified to change peoples lives for the better.

We now have a vacancy of Library and Information Assistant to provide a customer focused point of contact for the pubic on all matters relating to the work of the library service.

We are looking for someone with:

• The ability to provide a consistently high level of customer service
• High levels of empathy
• Experience of working in a customer service environment
• A commitment to the successful delivery of service priorities
• The ability to act enthusiastically and appropriately, in line with the Salford Community Leisure behaviours, supporting colleagues and partners
• The ability to help the service respond to the varying and changing needs of customers, including vulnerable and isolated residents
• The ability to demonstrate and develop resilience, respond positively to change and work under pressure
• The ability to fulfil lifting and handling duties
• The ability to form and maintain strong partnerships within Salford Community Leisure and across a range of organisations
• An openness to the views of others - the ability to constructively challenge and be challenged
• The ability to model and demonstrate our values and leadership behaviours
• A commitment to consistently demonstrating, encouraging and recognising the SCL behaviours: Professional, Respectful, Knowledgeable, Passionate and Solutions Driven.

This is a permanent position.

It is based predominantly in the Irlam and Cadishead area Libraries. But you will be expected to work at any library across the City when required.

As part of this role you will be delivering our weekly Books and Rhymes sessions for the under 5’s. You will also be expected to facilitate other children's activities.

You will provide day-to-day hands-on support for colleagues and partners in the delivery of projects, activities and events which underpin service priorities and meet the needs of all sections of the community. For example class visits, coffee mornings, craft groups etc.

The working hours are 15 per week as follows:

Monday - 9am to 5.30pm
Tuesday - 9am to 5.30pm

If you wish to discuss this role with us please e-mail michelle.healey@scll.co.uk or maggie.traynor@scll.co.uk and leave a telephone number for us to contact you on.

Please ensure you detail within your application how you meet and demonstrate the skills, experience, knowledge, and behaviours outlined in the person specification.

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For more information on Salford Community Leisure visit our website: www.salfordcommunityleisure.co.uk