Lincolnshire Libraries Mobile Service, operated by GLL, is looking for a Mobile Library Driver/Assistant for 36 hours per week, based mainly at Sleaford but covering for holidays/sickness from the Lincoln and Manby bases, when required. This is an exciting time to join our team as we improve and promote the library services for the people of Lincolnshire – whether it’s our valued existing users or widening the offering to a new group of customers.
The role is a combination of mobile library driving, working in a public facing position on the vehicle and delivering items directly to housebound individuals and care home/sheltered housing settings and days of office-based administration.
The service operates 7 Mobile Library vans, delivering the various services to customers throughout Lincolnshire. You will be responsible for driving mobile library vehicles on designated routes while adhering to set timetables. The service delivery involves single staffing on the Mobile vehicles and working with occasional limited welfare facilities. You will be expected to maintain the vehicle in a roadworthy condition, carrying out daily checks and completing a driver log.
With community at the forefront of everything we do, you’ll ensure that every visitor to the Mobile Library is welcomed into a clean, safe and attractive environment that can service their needs. As a key frontline staff member, your passion for libraries and community engagement will be apparent and you’ll adapt to and acknowledge the diversity of our visitors and what they aim to get out of their library visit, as well as helping them to discover our wide range of resources and services. You’ll ideally be a keen library user/from a library background, but it’ll be your enthusiasm for helping others and devotion to customer care that makes you really stand out. Naturally good with people, you’ll be able to put people of all ages and backgrounds at ease whilst helping to promote our services.
The site-based work involves undertaking library stock management and processes. Organised, efficient and thriving on variety, you’ll be competent using IT, such as Microsoft Word, Excel & Outlook. Experience of using Library Management Systems will be useful but not essential as training will be given. It goes without saying that you’ll need excellent numeracy, literacy and communication skills, but you’ll also need excellent administration skills, an understanding of health and safety at work and the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults.
A valid driving licence with category B entitlement is essential.
Closing date: 23 August 2026
In return, you will get:
A full time (36 hour) permanent position with a salary of £26,824 per annum (£14.29 per hour)
Discounted membership at our leisure centres
Discounts across thousands of retailers (GLL Extras)
A fantastic pension scheme
25% off Red Letter Days
25% off Buy a Gift
20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products.
20% off Tea and Tonic products
Free eye tests and discounted glasses
The opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we are run plus associated social events
Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal
Exclusive discounts on our Ski chalets in Bulgaria
Health assurance
Career pathways, professional development are just the start. To ensure you stay at the top of your game, we provide training with practical and theory elements too.
About GLL:
As the UK’s largest leisure operator and 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:
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.
