Library Supervisor

Make a difference with St Helens Library Service

Are you enthusiastic and organised with good ICT skills and a passion for libraries? Can you lead a team of library staff and ensure excellent customer care?

St Helens Library Service is a modern library service that is vibrant, valued, excellent, responsive to customer needs and at the heart of local communities.

Our Library Supervisors contribute to the management, delivery and promotion of the Library Service, responsible for library staff, buildings and provision of an effective, welcoming library service to every customer.

Making a Difference

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Roles That Matter

Based in Haydock library, this essential supervisor role will directly supervise a team of library assistants and oversee the planning, preparation and delivery of a wide ranging events programme for all ages.

Library Supervisors deliver class visits, Read & Rhyme Time and Baby RhymeTime and train and supervise library assistants to undertake the functions of their role.

Library supervisors support the library book stock and performance management of the service including development and promotion of the library service and vital partnership work within the local community of Haydock.

Library Supervisors are required to work at all Library Service points across the borough depending on service need and be committed to equality of service and high standards of customer care.

St Helens Libraries provide a full induction programme with access to a wide range of training and development and an opportunity to be part of an excellent, award winning library service.

Full Job Description & Person Specification Documents are included with this advert.

We reserve the right to close the advert early, with sufficient applications. Apply early to avoid disappointment.

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Library Supervisor - Haydock Library

To find out more and apply, go to https://jobs.sthelens.gov.uk/

Deadline Friday 12th September

St Helens Council is officially recognised as one of the region’s leading fair employers, achieving accredited status under the Liverpool City Combined Authority Fair Employment Charter. The Charter recognises the ongoing commitment to fair pay, secure work, training & progression & staff well-being whilst celebrating employers who go above and beyond for their workforce providing an inclusive and supportive environment.

Equality & Diversity

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. The Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within selection.

All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles