Library Advisor - Drumbrae Library

Job Description

PLCW Culture and Wellbeing

Library Advisor - fixed term until 31/10/2025
Drumbrae Library

Salary: £24,064 - £26,468 (pro rata for part time)
Hours: 17 per week

Working pattern -
Mon-Wed 09:45-13:10 or 16:40-20:05 (as needed), Sat 09:45-17:05

Our libraries are at the heart of community life and provide a wide range of experiences and opportunities for all. Our staff are highly motivated and are committed to meeting the needs of our customers alongside other community services.

This temporary position is at Drumbrae library. A busy Branch that caters to a broad community base. The successful candidates will engage with users and partner organisations to provide dynamic services that deliver excellent customer service tailored to the communities need.

Libraries are no longer a transactional service where people come to exchange books:- We deliver on a number of key government agendas to support digital inclusion, reducing poverty and inequalities and helping tackle social isolation. Libraries play a key role in supporting goals and supporting educational attainment for all ages through initiatives such as,

• Read Write Count

• Every Child a Library Member

• Bookbug Sessions

• Chatterbooks

• Craft/Activity sessions

• Gaming & D&D clubs

• Adult learning classes

• ESOL classes (English for Speakers of Other Languages)

• IT Support Drop-Ins

• Coffee mornings

• Knitting Groups

• Film Screenings

• Author Events

We are always looking to broaden our services and provide new experiences for our community and so encourage staff to develop and deliver new activities or events based on skills or personal interest.

So, whether it be for babies and new parents, for children and young people, for teenagers seeking positive activities, digital and IT skills for all ages and stages, providing advice and signposting to our older residents visiting the library to catch up over a cup of tea. We offer something for everyone - including books!

Candidates should be able to demonstrate an ability deliver activities and to work with people of all ages. Successful candidate will demonstrate an ability to engage with people of all ages.

While the post is based at Drumbrae library, the vast majority of working hours will be in this location, the role is seen as part of the Edinburgh City library service and as such, the successful candidate would be required to work in any of the 27 libraries across the city to support wider service requirements should there me an need.

The drive to work with people of all ages and backgrounds if key to the role and a passion for reading, learning and providing excellent service to communities is vital. If you feel you can demonstrate these skills, please apply.

You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

Responsibilities

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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