GLL is looking for a Library Development Officer to work 36 hours a week with North Hykeham, Lincoln as your base. If you have the skills and ambition to join us a Library Development Officer, there's never been a more exciting time. This is more than a job, it's a career.
As a Library Development Officer, you will provide professional training, advice and support to nine community-run libraries in the Lincoln and West Lindsey areas of Lincolnshire. You may infrequently be required to work some evenings and Saturday mornings.
As a Library Development Officer, you will focus on developing the libraries to promote and offer more services to the local community. You will provide support to the volunteers who run the community libraries by visiting each hub on a regular basis or contact via telephone or email. You will be on hand to deal with any queries received, some of which can be quite complex, but mainly relate to operations, IT and stock movement. Your passion for libraries and community engagement will be apparent as you help the volunteers to develop their skills as you will deliver training to new volunteers as well as refresher training to existing volunteers.
What you need:
Ideally come from a library background, with some knowledge of working with volunteers
Excellent understanding and experience of all library operations
Experience of using a Library Management System is essential
Understanding of stock management and development
Strong people skills
Excellent ICT knowledge
Numeracy, literacy and communication skills as well as excellent administration skills
Sound knowledge of Safeguarding, Health and Safety, Equality and Diversity and Records Management
Effective time management skills; organised, efficient and thriving on variety
Passion and personality
Your own car for travel between libraries, where mileage will be compensated
What you’ll do:
Provide professional training, advice and support to community hub volunteers
Ensure regular visits are made to each site to support the volunteers
Ensure effective performance management to deliver outcomes in line with service delivery contracts
Attend Community Hub Volunteer Meetings as appropriate
Remain up-to-date and compliant with all relevant legislation, organisational procedures, policies and professional codes of conduct to uphold standards of best practice, ensuring this information is shared with volunteers
Take responsibility for stock management at sites, maintaining stock in good condition; reacting to local needs by transferring stock between sites and purchasing new stock to specific guidelines
Working closely with the other Library Development Officers to support all the community hubs in Lincolnshire
Work with colleagues in other teams through matrix working to ensure that services are delivered effectively at sites, including contribution of suggestions and development of ideas
Compile and complete statistical returns as required
As a charitable social enterprise owned by its staff GLL has a great range of benefits for its employees:
A full time (36 hour) permanent position with a salary of £33,582.18 per annum (£17.89 per hour)
A value driven organisation
Good pension schemes
Discounted gym membership for you and your partner
The opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say on how we are run, plus get invited to associated events
Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal
Exclusive discounts on our ski chalets in Bulgaria
Career pathways, professional development is just the start. To ensure your stay on top of your game we provide training with practical and theory elements too
Discounts across thousands of retailers (GLL Extras)
25% off Red Letter Days
25% off Buy a Gift
20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products
Ride to work scheme
Free eye tests and discounted glasses
About GLL:
As the largest provider of public libraries in the UK and a charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries and children’s centres.
Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.
One of our core values is ‘More than a Job’, because working with us opens a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we’re having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.
We offer two different types of work arrangements:
A permanent employment contract - part time and full time
A flexible worker engagement by joining our flexible worker pool. If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7 day a week service, then a full-time or part-time permanent contract might be the right choice for you.
So, whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support or working with children, you’ll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL. Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are Investors in People Gold Award employer. However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people’s lives.
We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams. All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location.
