Librarian - Families and Wellbeing Team

Could you successfully coordinate aspects of library services to children, families and target adult groups, and do you have great team working skills to work closely with library staff and partners at all levels?

Do you have experience of working with children, young people, families and a range of vulnerable groups of all ages?

Are you a passionate advocate for the importance of library services for specific groups and do you want to influence what we offer?

If so, we'd love to hear from you!

Our libraries deliver essential community-based support, promoting the benefits of reading for everyone, offering a quality, trusted information service, bridging digital inclusion through supporting safe access to online resources, and curating a programme of events and activities that meet the needs of targeted audiences.

Salary: £27,334 to £29,777 per annum with entitlement to Saturday Enhancement for working 7 hours 30 minutes for 1 in 2 Saturdays.

Are you a Chartered Librarian? If you hold chartered status, you will be paid Grade 8 - £30,296 to £33,024 per annum.

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full Time (37 hours per week)

Location:Worthing Library, Richmond Rd, Worthing BN11 1HD

You will need to be able to travel independently around the county, including to areas that may not be easily accessible by public transport. Pool cars and pool bikes available.

The Opportunity

As a Librarian in the Families and Wellbeing Team, you will play a key role in co-coordinating all aspects of services to children, families, and targeted groups of adults.

You will contribute to the planning, implementation, and review of the programme of services offered to customers including regular events, outreach and partnerships, the annual Summer Reading Challenge.

This exciting opportunity will allow you to promote our fantastic library services to specific groups. You'll visit specific libraries and use a range to tools to aid your promotion, including the development and promotion of the Home Library Direct service and reminiscence collections and involvement locally in campaigns such as Dementia Awareness Week.

In this role, you will be responsible for the stock and resources through regular stockwork. You'll have the influence to identify, select and buy new titles within the allocated team budget.

Using a customer focussed approach, you will work with library teams and managers to support the delivery of local priorities and be an advocate for best practice.

The ideal candidate will be a passionate advocate for Libraries and have experience of working with children, young people, families, and a range of vulnerable groups of all ages.

If you are a proactive individual with excellent communication and customer service skills, we want to hear from you!

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Working for Us

As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do.

Along with a generous holiday entitlement of 27 days plus opportunity to buy additional leave).

Upon joining us you will have access to a range of benefits including the following:

• A excellent local government pension scheme
• A range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
• Maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
• volunteering opportunities
• Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans.

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CPP00912.

Does this sound like the opportunity for you? Click apply below, upload your CV, and complete the application form, explaining how you meet the key skills in the attached job description and experience you can bring to the role.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 5 years referencing, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.